So, I reasoned, why not just follow the logical trend and make another spelling to indicate the singular they on page, nixing confusion?
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For teen!me, this was a purely intellectual exercise; I never felt I'd be allowed to use it. It just made sense. But as an adult author...
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In writing A Tyranny of Queens, I was super excited to use this pronoun; it's one I plan on making my enby default in all future works.
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Even so, I knew it'd look incongruous without explanation, so I made sure to flag in the text what it was via the POV character's thoughts.
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The POV character is using a language not their own, is aware the enby character uses a pronoun with no direct equivalent in their own -
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- and so tries to find a mental compromise to be as accurate as possible. A textual explanation for an internal & literary choice.
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When my CE came back, the editor had swapped out the pronoun for xir and xe in the first appearance, and left me a comment:
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It said: "I’ve popped in these genderfluid pronouns instead, because the others looked a tiny bit like errors. I think it is something that-
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- you need to decide, but make sure it’s really clear to the readers how you’re referring to them." And I was just, like. Okay.
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Because on the one hand, I appreciate the editor is trying to make the text clear! But on the other, xe/xir aren't exactly familiar, either!
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Like, this is not for a second me dissing those pronouns or people who use them. But for many, they'd register as more unusual than thei.
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What grated, more than the suggestion itself, was the manner in which is was made. "I've popped these in," just. Sounds SO condescending?
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Telling me "you need to decide" on a usage as though I haven't? Already done that? By making the choice I've already made??
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