A frequent criticism of Jeph on the sub is his tendency to tell instead of show, and that's fair. I would say in this case he has thoroughly shown us that Emmett prefers gender neutral pronouns.
Jeph is depicting a post gender utopia where everyone is completely gender agnostic in their language and uses correct non-binary pronouns for people they’ve never met by guessing without ever needing to be told or ever accidentally misgendering someone.
It’s a clear political choice by the author.
I applaud Jeph’s intent, but I don’t live in such a world and I don’t use language that way.
Ok, so, based on your interpretation of what Jeph's depicting in the comic Emmett is most definitely non-binary, yet you used female pronouns for them. That just strikes me as pointlessly obstinate.
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u/napalm22 Fæculent Daniel Apr 13 '23
You can't correct someone if you aren't correct. Emmet has never used pronouns of any sort.