You lose your balance on the gender fence. Which pronouns do you fall on?
I my me mine, I my me mine, I my me mine, I my me~
(Whatever people feel like calling me~)
I don't know if this is considered controversial or not so I apologize if it is.. but I never really considered pronouns to be something "I" (hoho) define, y'know, they're like... closer to adjectives if anything. I refer to myself as I/me (or "you" when my self-negative thoughts speak to me), and other people can refer to me as to what they interpret me to be- he/she/they/etc are in the eye of others to determine, I feel. If I wanted to be called one more often, it's up to me to give that impression off to people I suppose (though I know there's complications with that, like previous history, unchangeable features, etc that might complicate it for some people to be called what they want to be called- I don't have any preference personally, but I know there are people who do have preferences)
I'll still be polite and call people what they want to be called of course, but personally speaking, I do think it's a silly thing to worry about.. it's kind of like asking someone to call you "cute" or "cool" or "beautiful" or "short" or whatever else in my opinion, people have their own lives and perspective on things like their own definition of what is "cool", what is "masculine/feminine", etc etc, which varies from person to person, and people will formulate an image in their head of you based on their own perceptions regardless. Like, sure, there's conventionally "cool" stuff, conventionally "hype" stuff, conventionally "girly" stuff, etc etc, but just because there's a common perception doesn't mean that's everyone's perception. Personally I'd rather just hear what other people think of me than have them repeat to me back what I want to be called~ I find it really interesting to see how people perceive me.
Gender is an interesting topic but ultimately it's just a set of stereotypes an individual holds about the societal differences between sexes.. people are free to explore and define themselves however they wish via using them or not or whatever makes them comfortable~ For me, those kinds of stereotypes are silly to worry about so I don't really care about it much myself.
And as for my nyan characters, I make sure not to define them~ It's not an important aspect of their characters to me so I don't really think about it, so if people feel they're more relatable as a boy or as a girl or as some sexless Barbie-doll-like creature, that's up to them to decide~ I just draw what aesthetics I personally like and I have zero interest in their genitalia so most of my characters are just drawn with flat chests and rounded out bottoms (I call it a "bean body type") and if they were naked they wouldn't have anything visible down there probably (no I don't know how they use the restroom just pretend they're like those dolls that pee when you squeeze them or whatever)
I will also note, I like androgynous characters, I like crossdressing characters, I like traps/reverse traps, etc~ A personal preference I have is for boys who can transform the rigid canvas that is their body into something conventionally feminine and beautiful/cute/etc.. it's something I find really admirable, being able to be that comfortable and confident in what you look like and how you want to look, and having that look be something so aesthetically pleasing despite being a taller hill to climb against your genetics and whatnot... I have a deep respect and admiration for crossdressers who can really pull it off, moreso for those that are openly male wearing traditionally female attire or aesthetics (fiction of course makes it a non-issue because art can be literally anything, but still, I do like pretty anime boys who are confident in dressing how they like and liking beautiful or cute things or whatever, just look at my list of anime husbandos~)
(again gomen if any of that's weird to say but those are just my personal thoughts on the topic~ as always if you feel like deciding what to call me is too much pressure or whatever just use they or some other generic term of your choice to describe me)
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