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What is Bubbles' sexual orientation?
SpanielBear:
--- Quote from: A small perverse otter on 22 May 2018, 13:54 ---
--- Quote from: Thrillho on 22 May 2018, 13:14 ---Letting someone call you 'she' or 'miss' does not make you female. Identifying as female makes you female.
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(Apparently, the forum ate my response. Sorry if this is a dupe.)
Yes, that's exactly my point. Bubbles apparently prefers 'she/her' -- but that does not me she identifies as female. Perhaps she's just used to that form of address and has decided it isn't worth fighting that battle on top of everything else.
My point is exactly the one I asked: No one has ever asked her. We assume she's female, but if it's a matter of real interest, perhaps we should, you know, ask her?
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If we still had twitter accounts to go to, maybe, but otherwise that entirely reasonable course action is going to be... problematic.
100% it is assumptions until she confirms. But a) pecoros7's point that Jeph wouldn't misgender his own character is a good one, and b) Bubbles *has* made a stand on other identity issues, so her tacit acceptance isn't likely to be due to a desire for a quiet life. You are correct that we don't know until it's made explicit by her, but using female pronouns does seem appropriate at present.
awgiedawgie:
--- Quote from: A small perverse otter on 22 May 2018, 13:54 ---My point is exactly the one I asked: No one has ever asked her. We assume she's female, but if it's a matter of real interest, perhaps we should, you know, ask her?
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The thought occurs to me, should we ask her? Is it actually an important detail, or is it just insatiable human curiosity? If it’s just curiosity, is it really anyone else’s business? If she does not feel the need to correct anyone, then why do we need to concern ourselves with why she does not correct them?
Staff_Inflection:
I get the feeling that if Bubbles objected to Winslow or Momo calling her Miss Bubbles (Momo even refers to her as Her Queen) she would politely inform them of their mistake
fayelovesbubbles:
Asking Bubbles that (if she is a lady) seems to me like asking the ocean if it’s the ocean.
Honestly, where are y'all getting this "Bubbles is nonbinary" and "not sure about Bubbles' gender" stuff??? Literally the first comic she appeared in was titled "HER name is Bubbles."
snufflebottoms:
--- Quote from: pecoros7 on 22 May 2018, 13:45 ---I am very confident Bubbles is a woman for one reason: Jeph used "she" and "her" when he posted her profile in 3004. As much affection as Jeph expresses for his characters, I cannot imagine he would misgender her like that in his own comic.
Bubbles's profile in 3004
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He wouldn't. Since Bubbles is fictional, Jeph's word might as well be hers unless he retcons her gender for some weird reason.
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