To branch off a musing on Lavender Unicorn Syndrome,

Another solution is conlang, inventing pronouns per race-sex combo. I haven't seen it, but with the historic and present xenophobia in ponies, along with the way it's built into the language (nopony, anypony, somepony) it doesn't feel unthinkable… just hard to read.

Dhe/dhim/dhis/dhis

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I would like to have my pronouns be They/Them for now as I am starting to freaking question again, so please and thank you.

Hi everyone! I am very very new here and just wanted to introduce myself! I go by the alias SaishoVibes like everywhere, but just call me Sai (pronounced like the word "sigh"). I am in uni so I can't do too much story posting no matter how much I want to. My pronouns are they/them/she but they might change day in and day out as I am genderfluid. My icon was made by my partner for me and I adore it!!! Anyways, I'd love to get involved more here so if I make a story I'd love some feedback

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Guess how long I called Rainbow Dash by the pronoun 'he' before I finally stopped making that mistake.

5 years. That's right, the entirety of MLP's existence until now.

But thankfully I've gotten that fixed.

Next up? Scootaloo. He's She's gonna take a little bit longer.

During the publishing of "Growing Pains", one particular comment has come up time and again; my decision to refer to Discord as "they". I would like to address my reasons for this here and now, so as to avoid repeating myself further.

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I'm trying different ones out and seeing what sticks

She/they please!

Happy Halloween.

I know it's, sometimes, confusing how certain people appear within our society. You might not even notice the costumes tonight, if you've been browsing through any social media accounts of liberals and leftists, but today's the real day of costumes.

Halloween, when human beings, suddenly, become leftists for a night and in jest.

Some handy neo-pronouns:

Ghostself
Ghoulself
Franksteinself
Vampireself
Werewolfself
Monsterself
Demonself

Source: https://derpibooru.org/images/2976785

First and foremost, I hope that Trixie's refusal to use pronouns wasn't too annoying. When pre-reading, Admiral Biscuit suggested changing some to 'the unicorn' and 'the magician' but he was also uncertain if that would actually help. In the end, I decided that it wouldn't alleviate the situation enough to make it worthwhile.

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Starfield
2001: Space Pronouns

Right: Ugh... pronouns.
Left: pRoNoUnS!! Cry about it!! It's not a big deal, you baby!!! It's not like it affects the gameplay!!!

Right: Also, it's buggy.
Everyone: It's a Bethesda game.
Right: *sigh*

Left: Hey... I entered my pronouns, they/them, and the game doesn't even use them...
Right: Oh, I guess you were right, the pronouns don't affect the gameplay. :D
Left: :(

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I have often been told that dialogue is one of my strongest areas as a writer. I find this compliment a bit unusual, because dialogue is often one of the areas that I spend the least time on. My dialogue technique involves a lot of instinct and guess work (I suppose a lot of my writing does). There is one area, however, where I did have to learn and research, because I am quite bad at it in real life.

Lying.

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How much should you use dialect or constructed language? Very little. Note that I did not write not at all.

By dialect, I mean implying a southern drawl, or using specific words that imply a regional accent like “Darling!”¹ or “Don’t ya know?“ or “A?” or “Brilliant”. By a constructed language, I mean everything from completely made up words to totally made up grammars. This includes writing in English but using a foreign grammar like Spanish or Japanese.

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when ur slightly miffed by ur crush but god u love 'em anyway

i will also note:

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