"WHOOO LET'S GO MOSSBAG USES THEY/THEM FOR ALL THE NONBINARY BUGS LET'S GO! He even correctly genders Phantom!"
"OH?? He's addressing the backlash from doubling down on saying that Phantom is a woman? No way this is amazing maybe people will finally start to accept all of the they/them characters- oh and he said that it's open to interpretation and up for debate."
The sheer disappointment I felt when I reached that part of mossbag's newest video was actually so shockingly bad. I wasn't sure if I was even gonna watch the new video but decided to because I wanted to see if he had changed and it was seeming to be going so well. He even used they/them for the Bell Beast. But when I heard him say that nonbinary characters are 'up for debate' I lost all respect all over again.
NONBINARY. CHARACTERS . ARE. NOT. UP. FOR. INTERPRETATION.
I can understand some confusion around characters like Styx who have both he/him and they/them used, but if a character is exclusively referred to with they/them, then there's no excuse for saying that one line of dialogue who it's not even clear who is speaking takes priority over Hornet's own words.
Remember, these aren't just characters to a lot of people. Nonbinary people already get so little representation, so please just let us have just a couple of characters to feel seen through.
