I’ve been having some conflicting feelings as of late about whether I wanted to participate in Fem V Fridays with my V, Arla, because while she uses she/her and the frame on the right side of the CC, the one we generally label female, I don’t write/hc her as identifying as female, or femme, or as a woman, a girl, what have you. And I know I’m not the only one that must be sitting out here having these feelings; the cyberpunk fandom as I have encountered it has been very LGBT+ friendly, or at least LGBT+ dense, and so I am sure that there are other nonbinary players (and thoughtful other players) out there facing similar thoughts about their nonbinary Vs and Cyberpunk 2077 OCs. I floated the idea of a day for nonbinary Vs recently, and it seemed to be well-received among the few folks involved in the conversation, so I want to maybe gather some thoughts and build some hype here!
To avoid timezone encroachments and stepping on any toes, the proposed day is Wednesdays. I know there’s not a lot of fun, appropriate alliteration to be done with Wednesdays, and so if we want a cute/catchy name, I’m offering up the (admittedly dorky :p) “Nonbinary V ‘Nesdays” - credit to @bubble-bones for that one 💜. The hashtag could be #nbvnesdays .
Realistically, anyone who wants to be :p; it’s not like this sort of thing is in any way policed or controlled, and IMO it shouldn’t be. Participate if it feels right. The intention is for this to be a day for Vs and Cyberpunk 2077 OCs that don’t quite feel right to post on either Male V Monday or Fem V Friday and/or Vs and OCs that fall outside of the binary in some or any way. Generally I’m thinking of Vs and OCs that are nonbinary, genderfluid, genderflux, agender, demigirl or demiboy, bigender, genderqueer, cultural gender identities outside of the understanding/construction of the binary, and/or any other gender identity that I’ve missed here but which falls outside the bounds of the strictly binary genders of ‘man/male’ or ‘woman/female’. It doesn’t matter your V/OC’s visual presentation/fashion, just what you consider/hc their gender identity to be.
“But You’re Welcome To Post On-”
I 100% understand that nonbinary Vs and OCs are welcome and included in the existing posting days/schedule, and I am not in any way suggesting that Male V Monday or Fem V Friday are intended to exclude trans or nonbinary characters. I appreciate that we have such a neat and varied community, and that this is the case. I am also not suggesting that anyone comfortably posting nonbinary Vs/OCs on those days should feel any pressure to move to Wednesdays. However, as a nonbinary player, shoving my beloved nonbinary V into the day that fits what she is largely perceived as (Fem V Friday) feels, for me, uncomfortably close to the way that I will likely be misgendered for the rest of my existence. I want to put this suggestion out there so that anyone that feels similarly can have a media sharing day where they feel comfortable sharing their character. That is all. 👍
Much love to you all; I look forward to hearing from folks and (hopefully) seeing some awesome nonbinary Vs shared on Wednesday!
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