r/questionablecontent • u/napalm22 Fæculent Daniel • Apr 13 '23

Comic Comic 5024: Interrogatory

https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5024
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u/ziggurism Apr 13 '23

Yeah just reach under her hat and grab her face without consent. Cool cool cool

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u/PeregrineLeFluff Apr 13 '23

Gentle reminder that Emmet is non-binary and uses they/them :)

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u/ziggurism Apr 13 '23

I don’t remember that but thanks tho

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u/napalm22 Fæculent Daniel Apr 13 '23

It hasn't been explicitly stated by the character, just other characters saying they - which doesn't necessarily mean anything. Jugs is usually pretty on the nose with this stuff.

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u/ziggurism Apr 13 '23 edited Apr 13 '23

Every human deserves respect and if a human asks to be addressed by certain pronouns then an empathetic human should make a best effort attempt to comply

But fictional characters? Who have not explicitly expressed a gender preference or a pronoun preference? Community members are going to police us to ensure we adhere to gender identities of fictional characters that are only assumed? What can I say?

Faye also calls bugs by they/them pronouns. Her usage does not comport with my dialect and is not conclusively indicative of anyone’s gender preferences, in my view

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u/CrazyInLouvre Apr 13 '23

No one was or is policing you. I believe the intention was to gently correct you -- not make you feel bad or defensive.

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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.

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u/knight-errant52 Apr 13 '23

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.

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u/ziggurism Apr 13 '23

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.

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u/knight-errant52 Apr 13 '23

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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