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[–] lemmyng@lemmy.ca 11 points 4 months ago (3 children)

If it was a Futurama setting, would he be Gender Bender?

[–] Norgur@fedia.io 7 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I think I do not want my gender bent by bender, thank you very much

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Bender: "Don't knock it 'til you try it, meatbag."

[–] flicker@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Bender had his gender bent twice! Once when he had a sex change operation and became Coilette to participate in the robot Olympics, and later when the Borax Kid and the Rock Alien changed the gender of everyone on the Planet Express.

Both episodes are imperfect through today's lens but I actually did enjoy the Coilette episode.

"You're making us look bad in front of the other genders!" And "Do you promise to get out of my gender and stay out?"

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

You never know, you may end up wanting to ~~eat~~ bite Bender's shiney metal ass.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] Defenestrator@aussie.zone 3 points 4 months ago

Gending Machine

[–] librejoe@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

I like that player.

[–] neoman4426@fedia.io 8 points 4 months ago

Always fun when art includes the Warforged standard three finger hands rather than the human standard five finger ones. It's such a little detail that doesn't truly matter (may not even be playing in Eberron, or could be a non-standard Eberron with slightly different lore, the distinction will probably never actually come up, etc), but it's always nice to see

[–] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (6 children)

"He's"

So Gender is male? Interesting.

[–] lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 4 months ago

Well associating pronouns with a certain gender is also a social construct, so it still tracks.

[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago

Judith Butler has entered the chat

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 4 points 4 months ago

At least right now

[–] Squirrelanna@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 5 points 4 months ago

Gender is no one's slave (other than for kinky reasons)

[–] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What does being a robot have to do with anything? He still has male pronouns.

[–] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago
  1. Robots presumably don't have a need to be gendered, at least in most portrayal of robots I've seen.
  2. The creator refered to it with a male pronouns, probably because their vision of the character have masculine features. That doesn't necessarily mean the character itself is male gendered.
[–] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Could be the generic he too

[–] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

But it's a specific he. It's referring to a specific person.

And why is a generic pronoun male?

[–] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The answer to your second question is that 'he' was historically used as generic pronouns, though it's not as acceptable nowadays.

[–] Attaxalotl@ttrpg.network 2 points 4 months ago

It still is in Spanish, language is weird

[–] blackbelt352@ttrpg.network 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, gender being a social construct doesn't mean everyone everywhere just suddenly becomes genderless androgynous blobs, we still express our gender in the ways we want to express them.

For example High heels, sheer leggings, long curly hair, and a flowy skirt and poofy blouse adorned with shiny bits. Am I describing the style dress of women today or the style of dress of 17th century French kings?

[–] Attaxalotl@ttrpg.network 2 points 4 months ago

spoilerTrick question, the answer is yes

[–] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Sam Riegel wrote this

Or Freddie Wong

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

dat ai woman with the flipped neck

[–] TheGreatDarkness@ttrpg.network 3 points 4 months ago

It's not ai, I remember seeing this art years before ai art theft was a thing.

[–] yngmnwntr@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago

I've had this idea for a trans pirate pc for awhile that would fit in well on Genders table. Captain Cuntbeard gets his name from being a loud and lewd ladies man, always bragging about conquests and offering to let the cabin boy smell his fingers. He says his name is because he can't get the stink out of his ticklewhiskers no matter what. He is also prepolymorph, so his beard is fake, he shaves his genitals and thighs and glues it onto his face. His motivation for being a pirate is enough gold for a permanent polymorph spell or magic item, in the meantime he has a small stock of polymorph potions that he occasionally uses. He has this whole routine where he gets a barmaid into private, does the whole get comfy we don't have to do anything, tells her his secret, seduces her, and begs her to keep his secret for fear of his life...