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exsiliumooc2013-11-11 05:29 pm
moralperil) wrote in exsiliumooc2013-11-11 05:29 pm
small PSA re: Mahdi!
In light of Mahdi's shifting perspective concerning gender identity, I've begun to use non-gender specific pronouns to refer to Mahdi in my tags: instead of him/himself, hir/hirself, he = ze, or simply 'they' - as well as 'she' when Mahdi is dressing completely as female. In Mahdi's society it is not uncommon for people to be all manner of queer, including androgyny and gender-fluidity (hir obsession/interest in human culture is considered a lot weirder), and it's basically accepted with little to no fanfare. You are who you are. It's all good as long as you obey the Charter. Always obey the Charter. Thus, the idea of 'coming out' is pretty foreign to Mahdi, though ze is aware it is something humans often do.
To clarify, Mahdi identifies as androgynous/more female leaning. Currently, Mahdi is struggling because how do people even talk about this stuff what are the words to use why can't I just go with the flow and worried it might complicate friendships. This will likely be a journey for Mahdi: there are several aspects in this shift of self-identification that are still blossoming.
I just wanted to give a heads-up for anyone who might be confused at the sudden change in pronouns. Since the idea of someone being androgynous is somewhat radical to a lot of people, Mahdi will be pretty patient (if bewildered at why it's complicated) if it comes up and not easy to jump to offense, especially since ze has not gone out of hir way to explain the situation outright (yet). I'm not trying to turn this into a big thing either - I'm not saying this to demand that every character from every walk of life suddenly have an epiphany and be totally understanding or even 'get' Mahdi's deal at all. I understand that many characters and indeed many people in general might not find the idea of someone being not entirely male nor female easy to accept for various reasons.
In the end, I need to write Mahdi in the way that feels most natural, and I'd been struggling to call Mahdi 'he' for awhile. Thank you to everyone who takes the time to read this, and thank you to everyone who's received tags with these new pronouns and responded in kind. I love this game and everyone in it. <3
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To clarify, Mahdi identifies as androgynous/more female leaning. Currently, Mahdi is struggling because how do people even talk about this stuff what are the words to use why can't I just go with the flow and worried it might complicate friendships. This will likely be a journey for Mahdi: there are several aspects in this shift of self-identification that are still blossoming.
I just wanted to give a heads-up for anyone who might be confused at the sudden change in pronouns. Since the idea of someone being androgynous is somewhat radical to a lot of people, Mahdi will be pretty patient (if bewildered at why it's complicated) if it comes up and not easy to jump to offense, especially since ze has not gone out of hir way to explain the situation outright (yet). I'm not trying to turn this into a big thing either - I'm not saying this to demand that every character from every walk of life suddenly have an epiphany and be totally understanding or even 'get' Mahdi's deal at all. I understand that many characters and indeed many people in general might not find the idea of someone being not entirely male nor female easy to accept for various reasons.
In the end, I need to write Mahdi in the way that feels most natural, and I'd been struggling to call Mahdi 'he' for awhile. Thank you to everyone who takes the time to read this, and thank you to everyone who's received tags with these new pronouns and responded in kind. I love this game and everyone in it. <3
CONGRATULATIONS YOU ARE FINISHED THIS IS A PICTURE OF A KITTEN
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