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[Mis] Desire's pronouns #133

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l-lyrium opened this issue Mar 2, 2024 · 0 comments
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[Mis] Desire's pronouns #133

l-lyrium opened this issue Mar 2, 2024 · 0 comments

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l-lyrium commented Mar 2, 2024

Which video did you find this in?

[Neil Gaiman & Queering Fantasy]

What is the problematic line?

[It/its pronouns are used for Desire, but not exclusively. I would argue Desire is more often referred to with both feminine and masculine pronouns in the comics, often in succession. This is also usually true with gendered titles (i.e "Sister-brother", "uncle-aunt"). It can also be dependent on who is perceiving Desire as to what pronouns are used. ]

Where in the video was it used?

["Desire was and remained non-binary, though back in the day, Desire was referred to as "it" rather than "they/them" in the Netflix series."]

How would you like to be credited?

[l-lyrium is fine]

Anything else?

In The Sandman: Endless Nights a mortal woman, Kara, mostly refers to Desire with masculine pronouns, although she does express uncertainty about Desire's gender. I also did a quick skim through volumes 1-6 of the mainline comics to get a sense of what pronouns are used to refer to Desire, but I didn't do any type of statistical count of it.

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