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pacifistmoments:

So, there’s been a bunch of fighting in the Fandom recently over whether or not it is OK to portray Frisk and Chara as a binary gender. I prefer my blog conflict free, but I feel strongly about this so I’m going to weigh in as briefly as I can manage.

Frisk and Chara are canonically nonbinary. I’m not going to argue this. @saveloadreset already has. 1. 2.

Now, I think it is everyone’s right to enjoy a work of fiction in their own way. If that means writing a genderbent AU, then so be it. I may not be interested in it, but that just means I won’t read it. The existence of an AU that breaks from the canon doesn’t harm the canon or the original experience.

Please, consider the lessons taught in Undertale. Show some mercy to these creators and let them be.

That being said, nonbinary characters are EXCEEDINGLY RARE. And to a nonbinary individual seeking representation, inclusion in the fandom is of deep importance. 

So if you are planning a fanwork, before you start slapping binary pronouns onto nonbinary characters, I would ask that you please consider why you are doing this. Is it necessary? Or are you just doing it because you can?

And if you have the power to make something inclusive, if you have to go out of your way not to, don’t you think you have a responsibility to do the right thing?

Well. Just think about it. That’s all I ask.

#agreed #please be good to people who choose to interpret something differently #but also try to understand that misgendering in the canon sense can feel very invalidating to others