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I'm more interested in Sam "Samantha" Healey. Trans* as well?
Here is a little fan theory I just thought of. Healey is Ukranian right? In parts of the Balkans (although it is dying out) there is a class of persons known as "Sworn Virgins." They are/were women who dressed, acted, and took the role of men to become household heads to protect their families. Unlike women they could inhereit property and some even married (though they of course did not have children). Some were raised to become Sworn Virgins by their parents when no male heir was produced in the family.
This would explain Healey's rigid bend to traditions, the name "Samantha," and the unsuccessful marriage to the Russian bride. He/she's of the older generation so he was raised to be a Sworn Virgin by his/her mother but when he/she came to the states, Healey had to undergo a physical and was discovered to be female. So Immigration gave Sam a female name and he/she went on to play the male role in the house while hiding his female gender from the rest of society. Until later, of course, when Sam gets a job with the department of corrections. He/she is able to hide it and has to have a more thourough backround screening...
Sam's superior Caputo is the only one who knows because he has access to his/her file. He uses this information to intimidate Sam (calling his "Samantha" in one episode).
Given what we know about Healey, and the subtle clues the show has given about his/her heritage, this could be a possibility and an interesting twist!
For more information on the Balkan's history of Sworn Virgins, read this book
A Slate article on them.
sworebytheprecious wrote:
SPOILER ALERT:
I'm more interested in Sam "Samantha" Healey. Trans* as well?
Here is a little fan theory I just thought of. Healey is Ukranian right? In parts of the Balkans (although it is dying out) there is a class of persons known as "Sworn Virgins." They are/were women who dressed, acted, and took the role of men to become household heads to protect their families. Unlike women they could inhereit property and some even married (though they of course did not have children). Some were raised to become Sworn Virgins by their parents when no male heir was produced in the family.
This would explain Healey's rigid bend to traditions, the name "Samantha," and the unsuccessful marriage to the Russian bride. He/she's of the older generation so he was raised to be a Sworn Virgin by his/her mother but when he/she came to the states, Healey had to undergo a physical and was discovered to be female. So Immigration gave Sam a female name and he/she went on to play the male role in the house while hiding his female gender from the rest of society. Until later, of course, when Sam gets a job with the department of corrections. He/she is able to hide it and has to have a more thourough backround screening...
Sam's superior Caputo is the only one who knows because he has access to his/her file. He uses this information to intimidate Sam (calling his "Samantha" in one episode).
Given what we know about Healey, and the subtle clues the show has given about his/her heritage, this could be a possibility and an interesting twist!
For more information on the Balkan's history of Sworn Virgins, read this book
A Slate article on them.