I speak French as well which as we all know is very gendered, gender-neutrality doesn't really exist. It feels strange to try and force it to be anything else.

Absolutely. Because English isn't a gendered language, it boggles native English-speakers so they force a naming convention to bend to them instead of just doing a little bit of research or asking someone of that country what the correct usage is, it's not that hard.

It's super frustrating because they are terms meant to be comfortable to the person who doesn't understand the naming conventions and not to the people they are trying to use the label for. So while on the surface it looks like an attempt to be polite, it's actually super dismissive.

My understanding is people sometimes revert to that because of the gendered terms, so Filipino/Filipina. A lot of people in the west aren't sure which to revert to by default so they add an 'x' to make it gender-neutral. Latino/Latina gets the same treatment with 'latinx'.

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Hehehueheueheu

STOOOOP.

Okay but fair.

Color palette. Earth tones, browns and greens are chef's kiss.

Love his BIG HUGE

Glasses.

(No for real, love characters who wear shades or glasses all the time and also his hair is iconic to me.)

Oh THAT'S not a problem LMFAO.

Thank you so much! 🫂

I'm fine, it's nothing serious, but I've been on the mend and exhausted since.

I miss posing my little guys and being artistic in general, but health and rest comes first. Hopefully when I get some sort of energy back, I can work on some ideas I've had stewing in the ol' noggin. 😩

I can't wait for you to do your next draw stream, I'm gonna try and not be shy and show up for a couple hours (I say, knocking on wood). Fuck AI, can't steal our creativity.

He never will.

(Says as it's the plan for him in the RP to change, a lot. 😩)

This was the main format I've roleplayed for the last two decades, took a little stop to try and roleplay in an MMO and just found the social politics of it and extra... -Everything- exhausting. It feels fulfilling to go back to my roots and stretch my writing fingers again.

I made it a priority to RP outside of game close to a year ago only and haven't looked back. I don't even RP XIV much anymore - there's just something so freeing about not needing to consider all the extra overhead of glams/mods/housing/whatever that makes it so rewarding, ngl.

I think about him fondly from time to time.

Ament entering his vocaloid era with this boss-ass bunny babe.

(I love them sm!!!)

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Simultaneously.