… Sigh… Okay so not to be ungrateful as any non-binary representation is basically a good step… But there’s weird issue with non-binary characters so regularly being rendered as shapeshifters or intersex aliens or whatever.
Like, yes, you talk to us and do the “what superpower would you want” thing and like 3/4 of us would say shapeshifting. But there’s still this really weird thing where the audience is lead to accept the character’s gender because of the character’s body. It’s sort of just more gender essentialism but via sci fi fuckery. The character is sort of more arguably intersex with non-binary simply being like Prisig’s Buddhist principle of “Mu”. Are you sexually male or female? - mu. Un-ask the question as the binary does not apply.
Not so much trans representation as the character’s gender is in fact kind of in line with their body’s physicality. The cis third gender with a presentation that your brain recognizes as both and neither.
I am sure that the character will end up being endearing but like… It’s not exciting.
… Sigh… Okay so not to be ungrateful as any non-binary representation is basically a good step… But there’s weird issue with non-binary characters so regularly being rendered as shapeshifters or intersex aliens or whatever.
Like, yes, you talk to us and do the “what superpower would you want” thing and like 3/4 of us would say shapeshifting. But there’s still this really weird thing where the audience is lead to accept the character’s gender because of the character’s body. It’s sort of just more gender essentialism but via sci fi fuckery. The character is sort of more arguably intersex with non-binary simply being like Prisig’s Buddhist principle of “Mu”. Are you sexually male or female? - mu. Un-ask the question as the binary does not apply.
Not so much trans representation as the character’s gender is in fact kind of in line with their body’s physicality. The cis third gender with a presentation that your brain recognizes as both and neither.
I am sure that the character will end up being endearing but like… It’s not exciting.
As a very male presenting nonbinary person, this comment hours the nail on the head.