P: What gave you that idea? (Visibly having boobs)
S: Then you’re still… [a guy]?
P: Nah, guys are stupid. I’m not one of them anymore. [My transition isn’t about dysphoria or a desire for femininity, it’s about politics (namely, disdain for men).]
S: [Oh, you’re agender/gender-apathetic.] But then why do you have BOOBS now?
P: …I just thought they’d be neat!
Panthera is implying that fae doesn’t care about gender norms, identity, or expression, and has only adopted this body and language for reasons of ideology and values: Men and women are both gross and stupid, but boobs are neat. By the end of the comic, Susie is beginning to understand Panthera’s irreverant response to gender as a cultural construct and wants to experiment with doing the same. Gender can be a playground if you’re brave enough, and Panthera has never wanted for courage or obstinance.
Fae honestly would care a great deal about gender norms and formalities. But only for the purpose of using them to screw with people and steal their name and fuck with them.
That’s kinda the best part of all this to me. Fae are the perfect embodiment of caring enough about gender to not care about gender.
thanks a lot. It turns out that I was reading it as a collection of 6 separate occasions with time in between rather than one consecutive ordered conversation. I shall accept embarrassing myself on Lemmy and I wish you will bless us with even more comics in the future.
S: But… you’re a girl!
P: What gave you that idea? (Visibly having boobs)
S: Then you’re still… [a guy]?
P: Nah, guys are stupid. I’m not one of them anymore. [My transition isn’t about dysphoria or a desire for femininity, it’s about politics (namely, disdain for men).]
S: [Oh, you’re agender/gender-apathetic.] But then why do you have BOOBS now?
P: …I just thought they’d be neat!
Panthera is implying that fae doesn’t care about gender norms, identity, or expression, and has only adopted this body and language for reasons of ideology and values: Men and women are both gross and stupid, but boobs are neat. By the end of the comic, Susie is beginning to understand Panthera’s irreverant response to gender as a cultural construct and wants to experiment with doing the same. Gender can be a playground if you’re brave enough, and Panthera has never wanted for courage or obstinance.
Fae honestly would care a great deal about gender norms and formalities. But only for the purpose of using them to screw with people and steal their name and fuck with them.
That’s kinda the best part of all this to me. Fae are the perfect embodiment of caring enough about gender to not care about gender.
thanks a lot. It turns out that I was reading it as a collection of 6 separate occasions with time in between rather than one consecutive ordered conversation. I shall accept embarrassing myself on Lemmy and I wish you will bless us with even more comics in the future.
I was confused by the grammar too, thank you for going to the trouble of asking.