What if: Starting with Dawntrail, everyone starts referring to the WoL as they/them?

[DiaDeem]

Where do you find these S tier gifs?

Around. Some of these weird shows are on YouTube with subtitles too.



I unironically love this crap

[TheMightyMollusk]

There is a specific reason stated in the lore why the Loporrits are mostly referred to by name. Their names are directly related to the tasks they've been assigned, and their entire identity is based on this. There is a secondary less specific reason, and that is because they all look identical. They are still a gendered species, and they will be referred to as he/she, him/her when the context calls for it.

According to Encyclopedia Eorzea 3, the Loporrits have no biological sexes, they just pick up gendered pronouns because they "find these a charming quirk of the people of Eitherys".

[Boblawblah]

According to Encyclopedia Eorzea 3, the Loporrits have no biological sexes, they just pick up gendered pronouns because they "find these a charming quirk of the people of Eitherys".

OH NO, Enclyclopedia Eorzea is confirmed WOKE.

KEEP POLITICS OUT OF MY VIDEO GAMES

[Boblawblah]

You are quickly becoming one of my favorite posters.

[CaptainLagbeard]

According to Encyclopedia Eorzea 3, the Loporrits have no biological sexes, they just pick up gendered pronouns because they "find these a charming quirk of the people of Eitherys".

Venat created them with literal magic. They're not a natural species so using them for an argument is kind of pointless.

Unless people want to try to co-opt Creationism, say that God made humans genderless and then we humans made gender ourselves...

[Aword3213]

Found the 'phobe

You must be from the loving, caring, accepting, tolerant, diverse community I keep hearing about

[Merrigan]

I agree with the first part of your post – using "they" is misgendering if the person is a "he" or "she" – but the rest of your post in summary is that "old-fashioned singular they has been replaced by a new use as a gender-neutral individual pronoun", which isn't the case at all. Though the person you're quoting isn't correct either.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they

The older use of singular they is alive and well, but it isn't a catch-all for referring to any single person and not being wrong. There's an ambiguity to it – it's used where the identity of the person being talked about is unclear or concealed or simultaneously addressing all the individuals who the message could apply to.

We use it in internet discussions because the real identity of the person we are referring to is unknown to us.

I know, I was answering them strictly on the principle of the age of a word as a guarantee of legitimacy. I never said that that specific pronoun wasn't used today (or else there's either a serious reading problem or a serious expression problem on my part).

Side note: even when it's used as an equivalent of the singular, the "they" disappears immediately as soon as the identity of the person is clarified. So it's more of an intermediate step than anything else.

[Gemina]

According to Encyclopedia Eorzea 3, the Loporrits have no biological sexes, they just pick up gendered pronouns because they "find these a charming quirk of the people of Eitherys".

That's cool, but it also expresses the point I made to the poster I quoted that names are used for specificity and become trite when the subject matter is known. The Encyclopedia Eorzea entry on Loporrits is a roundabout way of doing exactly that.

Draconians are also genderless. Yet, when we think of Azdaja, Vrtra, Bahamut, Tiamat, Nidhogg and others of the brood, we will still use male/female pronouns to refer to them. They, themselves also acknowledge this. As an example Vrtra will use "sister" as a term of endearment when speaking or referring to Azdaja along with she/her. Again, it's a roundabout way of doing it, but it's also endearing and inventive, that way a name like Azdaja doesn't become stale.

The Loporrits are even further subject to this considering their names all in end with the suffix, "way." Imagine reading Livingway three times or more in a single phrase, or even multiple Loporrits. Livingway, Cookingway, and Singingway went to Livingway's house, and along the way ran into Dreamingway. What a day!"

.... OK that's actually kinda cute. But you know what I mean!

[SieyaM]

They would only have to write one script without changing any of the wording depending on players choice of gender, so could save some time.

[Immut]

Until that offends someone. If referring to me as "they" offends me, then what?

Now we need another term.

Then you have chosen to be offended. That is your problem and nobody else's.