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Alien: Romulus and stuttering No spoilers! I'm not sure what I'm expecting from this post, but I feel I need to get out my thoughts somewhere. I just saw Alien: Romulus today and while I liked the movie, I noticed something about the representation of stuttering that I haven't been able to stop thinking about, unfortunately. There is a character in the film who has a mild stutter. I picked up right away that it was probably intended to make this character seem weak or less competent than others around them (there were other character traits that lent themselves to this too, not just the stutter). I was kind of hoping I was wrong about my assumption. Later on in the film, something happens (again, no spoilers) and this character no longer stutters and is visibly more confident and capable than before. I again picked up on this right away, and was upset to seemingly have it confirmed that the stutter was clearly used to enhance a negative trait of this person. I'm sad that this is still a trope used in 2024 in a brand new movie. The last time I had personally seen something so obvious was in Tropic Thunder, and it bothered me then too. I guess people see me as weak, even though I really don't think I am. It's hard to show that in day-to-day life though. I'm not sure what I wanted to accomplish with this post, but thanks for reading this far (if indeed you did).