Shadowlands - An Update on Pelagos' Pronouns

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Shadowlands - An Update on Pelagos' Pronouns
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker
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In an upcoming build for the Shadowlands alpha, we are updating some dialog and quest text referring to a key character to the Bastion storyline: Pelagos. While normally we wouldn’t share these changes in advance, we recognize there is a higher than usual possibility of this being misunderstood if (and when) it is discovered out of context through datamining, and wanted to make sure that our intentions are clear.

A key part of the Bastion storyline is that Aspirants are able to choose a physical form that represents their true self. Pelagos, who presented as a woman in his mortal life, chose to be a man in the Shadowlands. The team had originally written him to use they/them pronouns, but received feedback that he/him would be more respectful of the character’s wishes to be identified as a man. This change is simply the result of us listening and responding to that feedback.

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[Purj]

Lmfao

 

[Chops]

This is the social change I spent a week getting tear gassed for

 

[Daltert Moropi]

kek, asmon is definitely gonna get a kick out of this.
[doublepost=1593648111,1593630569][/doublepost]called it.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/666938369

time stamp: 2:19:00 to about 2:50:00

 

[Leek]

Heh, Bl0zzad must have realiseed they cant force people to use a certain pronoun, cuz They/Them is grammatically wrong

 

[Chops]

They/Them is grammatically wrong

Singular "they" is grammatically sound in english, per Oxford English Dictionary, Merriam Websters, MLA format, APA format, etc. Though I can understand the confusion if English isnt your first language.

 

[Tom Ganks]

 

[Eleannor]

Singular "they" is grammatically sound in english, per Oxford English Dictionary, Merriam Websters, MLA format, APA format, etc. Though I can understand the confusion if English isnt your first language.

Very interesting. A small explanation from Wikipedia.

 

[Leek]

Singular "they" is grammatically sound in english, per Oxford English Dictionary, Merriam Websters, MLA format, APA format, etc. Though I can understand the confusion if English isnt your first language.

definitely never heard it being used that way before.

 

[Chops]

definitely never heard it being used that way before.

yea, its not terribly common but it is grammatically correct.

 

[Donor]

lol
english is weird