Remember, the 4th is the LAST DAY to order from the store if you want to get your stuff by Christmas! I am leaving early on Wednesday to go visit my parents for about two weeks, and by the time I get back it will be too late to mail out stuff and guarantee it to arrive by the Holidays!
Because I will be in Missouri until the 17th, I won’t have access to my usual workspace! I’ll have my laptop and my tablet, so I’ll still be able to work, and I am not planning for any sort of interruption in the comic, but I can’t guarantee that there won’t be a hiccup! I’ll make sure to let everyone know beforehand, though.
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I think I like this club a lot. XD
I love Eustace’s increasing looks of horror in the middle three panels. This is so great.
I busted out laughing at Eustace’s face! Practically traumatized.
Ok, he/she might be an angel, but jeez Eustace, don’t soil yourself! LOL
This is the first time that Myra actually looks a touch irked in 5th panel. Love this comic so much.
Gabe most hear this a lot when s/he interacts with people. Shame our language doesn’t really have agreed upon ways to address and refer to people that doesn’t rely on the gender binary.
Yeah, what has been offered so far (‘zie’ and the like) is terribly awkward.
I honestly don’t understand why so many people think that. It’s just another monosyllabic pronoun, similar in sound and declension to pre-existing ones.
Monosyllabic pronoun, yes. Similar in sound, not hardly. If it were that similar in sound it would kind of defeat the point of having it in the first place.
I said ‘similar’, not ‘identical’. And I still don’t see why people think it’s awkward.
“They” or “you” seems to work.
Singular ‘they’ works pretty well for third person most of the time, yeah. But ‘you’ doesn’t do anything to replace more formal forms of address like ‘mister,’ ‘sir,’ or ‘ma’am.’
I personally don’t like the idea of using ‘they’ as a non-binary pronoun, mostly because it would be too easily confused with the established singular ‘they’, which is used when the speaker does not know the gender identity of the referent.
Why does there need to be a difference?
I like ‘Hir’ personally.
I think ‘they’ is technically grammatically correct even when used in singular form instead of plural. As in “Gabe must hear this a lot when they interact with people.” The problem is that people are so used to hearing it used in plural form that it *sounds* wrong when used in singular form.
Like I already said, that’s not the problem I have with it. Grammatical awkwardness aside, I object to ‘they’ as a non-binary singular pronoun because it’s already established as a gender-neutral singular pronoun.
My favorite one I’ve heard was “mir”, a combo of ma’am and sir – but yeah. There should be a general one. It’d just be hard to find one that everyone would like? Guh. Issues…
“It” should be fine, but people get their panties in a twist over it for some reason.
It’s a pronoun like any other, and it serves exactly that purpose.
Some people use “it” as their personal pronoun but to others it’s super dehumanizing, so only use it if you know the person you’re talking to/about prefers it.
It sounds like you’re talking about an object. Shouldn’t have to explain why that’s bad.
I love how Gabe just looks amused by all this. That smirk in the third panel makes me think s/he finds their lack of understanding him/her quite funny.
The title-text made me giggle very loudly ^_^
Aww, crap. Now I have to go back to see the mouse-over texts of all the other comics. Thanks a lot! ;)
Love Myra’s eyeroll! Also, at first I was concerned about the driving w/ an eypatch thing, but Bugbear! So that’s OK …
people with one eye can drive just fine.
Depth perception, lack thereof.
Vehicles (similar size) and streets (planar surfaces) are very well-suited for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_perception#Monocular_cues .
Hahaha I love Eustace’s faces there, in the middle panels. He’s all “Oh God she’s leaning on my shoulder” then “OH damn I can smell her hair!” and finally, “MLAAHAHHH SHE’S LOOKING AT ME!”
I use she ’cause that how Eustace sees Gabe.
I just love how Myra doesn’t object to Gabe turning on the radio…
And Marshall is so fluffy ^^
(p.s. I got my medallion today :D I got the sphinx :3)
How soon can I join the Gabe club, it seems interesting.
“Glad to see there’s a CONSENSUS”
Oh that delicious snark. The delicious, delicious snark.
AM DOING GABE COSTUME NOW. PREPARE, INTERNET. GABE IS NOW MAH FAHVRIT.
But Seriously, I love how nonchalant Gabe is about all of that nonsense. Some might here such a conversation and…. I dunno…. DESTROY.
“I’m an Angel. I kill firstborn children while their mothers watch. I turn cities into salt, and when I feel like it.. I rip the souls from little girls.. and from now until kingdom come, the only thing you can count on in your existence..is never understanding why.”
Gabriel [Character] -The Prophecy
Angels are scary….
That’s one of the big problems Humans have: a desperate, niggling desire to Know Why… I find it much more relaxing ever since I stopped caring and just find out as it (whatever “it” happens to be) unfolds. Far less stressful. Just sitting back and paying attention has gotten me more information than asking questions EVER DID.
If you sit silently staring at a person, most will start babbling to fill (what they perceive to be) the uncomfortable silence…SO entertaining! :D
This whole argument amuses me because I spent most of Orientation thinking Eustace was a woman with a gender-blender name.