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Instead, at the end of the novel, she’s practically androgynous. After the simulated Larkhill, we never see her dressed the same again. She wears makeup, has long hair, and dresses in feminine clothing such as dresses or skirts. The evidence: when we first see Evey in the comic, she’s very stereotypically female. He is attempting to mirror what happened to him at Larkhill, so why not also put Evey through this gendered humiliation? After she exits Larkhill, imbued with V’s experience and knowledge, Evey becomes a gender anarchist. V strips her of any recognizable femininity. He cuts her hair, shaves her head, and gives Evey a sack for her clothes. V imprisons Evey in a simulated Larkhill to force her to wake up. LISTEN: Want more Alan Moore? Then check out our podcast on the origins of SWAMP-THING! Evey Notice she says that V is “beautiful,” a specifically feminine compliment. Maybe Delia knows what she had done to V through forced transitioning and wanted to see Prisoner Five’s face one last time. Why? Maybe she knows something about V that the reader does not. Instead of asking for mercy, she asks to see V’s face. There is also Delia’s strange reaction to V the night he comes to kill her. Conversion therapy exists and is widely practiced in America. You don’t even need to use your imagination to think about the terrible things that happen to trans-people. Just like watching THE SIXTH SENSE and knowing the twist sheds a different light on the movie, reading V FOR VENDETTA while assuming V is transgender does the same. We always knew Prisoner Five’s time at Larkhill was disturbing. We know she succeeds because the silhouette of Prisoner Five in the fires of Larkhill is clearly that of a man. And now, she has “a heaven-sent opportunity to learn something positive.” That opportunity is Prisoner Five, who she’s going to transition back to a man - forcibly. Delia Surridge’s journal, she writes about hormone research at Larkhill. They would rely on her “biological” sex as an indication of what her gender was. Would an extremely anti-gay, anti-trans group of doctors even think to use someone’s preferred pronouns? Not for a second. Though all the guards and doctors at Larkhill refer to Prisoner Five as a man and use he/him pronouns, this doesn’t phase me. Being trans, of course, made her an obvious target. My specific fan theory rides on the fact that V, or Prisoner Five, as they were known as then, arrived at Larkhill as a woman. It is not a reach to say many trans-people were killed or imprisoned in Norsefire’s regime. Transgender people certainly existed then and well before this time.
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Also, the story is canonically set in the 1990s. It would have also obviously included transgender people, though they aren’t directly mentioned. It’s also a fact that Larkhill housed people who the British regime did not see as “acceptable,” such as queer men and women, Jews, and other religious and political minorities. V FOR VENDETTA tells us that V was one of the prisoners at Larkhill Resettlement Camp before he became the masked vigilante we all know and love. LISTEN: Want to know other thoughts on V FOR VENDETTA? Check out the ComicsVerse Podcast episode #78! Prisoner Five at Larkhill Now that that’s out-of-the-way, why do I think V is trans? He wore a mask because he wanted to be a stand-in for anybody. And so whether V himself is a trans-woman or not, he would not have a problem with this theory. He is a vigilante for all forms of justice: social, political, religious, etc. However, it’s hard to miss that he wants to destroy this government in part because of its disgusting civil rights abuses. In the 1982 comic and 2006 movie, V’s main goal is the destruction of fascism. We need to take back the symbol of V from the internet dredges of 4chan and the like. They can be racist and sexist and then some. V’s image (or perhaps, the image of the Guy Fawkes mask) has been co-opted by various political groups and internet subcultures, some of which are very toxic. This interpretation not only means a lot to me, and it’s an important theory to consider. They are for our minds to fill-in, like the gutter in between panels. There are certain things we simply never know in V. I’m referring to V FOR VENDETTA, the amazing comic by Alan Moore and David Lloyd and the ambiguity allowed in its reading.
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But once literature enters the public sphere, it’s open for critique, praise, and most importantly, interpretation. In a world of alternative facts and fake news, I understand if you’re wary.