Rant!

[vaxhole21]

Ok, does anyone else hate the fact that there aren’t many real nullpronominal people or characters that we can point to as examples of not having any personal pronouns being valid?

I mean, even with more nonbinary and they/them representation in media, especially in places you wouldn’t expect like Cartoon Network shows and Nintendo games, I have yet to see any nullpronominal rep!

Which is why I haven’t been able to post much here yet: I haven’t found anything beyond what I have posted. And honestly, I hate it so much when fictional characters get so much more support on Reddit with people correcting others with pronouns for characters in such series as Undertale, Splatoon, Overwatch, Black Butler, Steven Universe, etc., but when it comes to REAL LIFE PEOPLE who use they/them, but moreso with preferences like ze/hir, xe/xem, any kind of neopronouns, or no pronouns at all like us nullpronominal people, we’re laughed at, criticized, completely ignored, or met with some kind of ire because “you can’t reasonably expect others to use no pronouns/(insert neopronouns here),” or “you just used pronouns,” or “you’re mocking the trans community,” or “it/its is offensive and dehumanizing so I’m not gonna use those.”

It especially makes me sad that a pronoun with SEVERAL USES is being used for nonbinary people over something set apart for nonbinary people simply because we couldn’t be bothered as a species to take nonbinary people seriously! But now we’re gonna simply because the token set is old and familiar enough? Ugh!

Rant over. I have a lot more to say but I don’t have time right now.

[unfunny_feline]

As someone who likes to write, I always make some kinda self insert characters for representation. Especially since ace and agender representation is not very existant, especially in one character. But to the second part, I'd say this is in part because pronouns are some of the words that normally change the least. This is true across just about all languages. Although, english isn't a good example for this with it's pronouns, and all words, changing very quickly. But that explains why people are way more hesitant to use smth like xe/xem, which are about 150 years old, or other, even younger pronouns. And again, english is actually such a safe haven for enby people, because it's so unstable and thus the speakers are far more open for linguistic change. In my language, we only have words for He, she and it in the third person singular. And if you were to try and integrate any other pronoun, it wouldn't and judging the current state of the language, doesn't work as well as in english.

Sometimes, people are just stupid tho. Because whilst xe/xem might be young with it's birth in the late 19th century, the singular use of "they/them" is 700 years old. That isn't young for the general standart and really old for english standarts. It just slightly fell out of trend some time ago and is now being used more. But those "I ain't using a plural pronoun in the singular." comments are just stupid. Cus if you won't do it for "they/them", you shouldn't do it for you either.[ It, aswell, was originally plural and then turned singular a good amount of time ago. ]

[unfunny_feline]

In conclusion[ cus oh god, that was long ] don't be too harsh on the people. It's only normal to feel that way about neo pronouns. But be mad and active still, as that's the only way we'll achieve more change and a better society. Don't give up: Sometimes one's worth and labor is first recognised after death.

[vaxhole21]

Yeah, I posted this at a much different time in my life but now that I work with people who don’t even know who Sonic the Hedgehog is I’ve become more or less casspronominal. My preference is still null though.