Non-binary option for characters, please?

[BillyKaplan]

Such lingual distinctions are created only when there is consistency and utility in those distinctions. Can such exist for genders?

It already does, it depends on language and cultural context.

I could take the modern use of "gamine" for instance, with a very distinct and unique sense of something alike to gender or gendered-ness, but that's not a position between male and female

We're not talking about sexes here though.

And if it actually becomes useful enough to make and use them, we'll eventually have more or new ones, just as others have faded from use.

Sadly that boils down to politics more than anything. Just look at this thread and the backlash over something that ultimately doesn't affect 90%+ of the people who replied in this thread. The words and terms won't hold so long as people reject them for no reason other than xenophobia and bigotry. "leave real life out of our games!" so it's ok to play a dragon waifu but gender ambiguity is too much. Ok.

[Lastelli]

Sadly that boils down to politics more than anything. Just look at this thread and the backlash over something that ultimately doesn't affect 90%+ of the people who replied in this thread. The words and terms won't hold so long as people reject them for no reason other than xenophobia and bigotry. "leave real life out of our games!" so it's ok to play a dragon waifu but gender ambiguity is too much. Ok.

That's not how it works. What the OP wants would pose two additional constraints on the dev team: a financial one, in case they have to go through all the text already in the game and modify it to make sure it's consistent with the the idea of gender neutrality, and one that has to do with creative freedom, since any choice going forward should also accomodate for the chance of having to deal with a third, neutral gender.

I don't want the dev team to waste time and financial resources on something that is relevant for <1% of the player base.