#like esppp as a binary gnc transguy. it's been so interesting to try and adapt this in a way that still feels true to moe and its identity
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Also Moe gender notes/lore:
It has a more masc leaning identity, and typically uses masculine language/titles but more like. For fun. Like the way you say "SIR." at a misbehaving cat. It will also call itself a man ESP if it's funny. Also I've been toying w it liking the terms "boyfriend"/"boytoy" for itself, which is a very funny combination w Alfonse (in my mind) preferring the term "partner" (broadly, but also esp for himself). So like, Moe calling Alfonse "My partner" and Alfonse, On Occasion, ESPP if the situation calls for it, calling Moe "My boyfriend" (still, partner is the preferred term across the board for both of them -- but if we need to clear up the air...)
BUT ALSO! There are at least, so far, Two cases where Moe prefers feminine titles/language!
One was initially a misunderstanding but it ultimately ended up preferring the term anyway, with "cleric" (one comic idea is to resolve this castle dialogue):
LIBRA.... I WOULD NEVER .......... (Moe didn't realize "cleric" was a femme-gendered term, and had already been using it for itself for a while at this point.)
The other title is "seamstress"! That one is a case of Knowing the genderedness of it, but deciding to use it in a nonconforming way (which is eventually how "cleric" ended up). To me Moe uses these in the same vein as a drag queen, if that makes sense!
#moe tag#trying to explore gender nonconformity when the chara in question IS genderqueer/nb is VERY fun and interesting!#like esppp as a binary gnc transguy. it's been so interesting to try and adapt this in a way that still feels true to moe and its identity#and ofc there is the baphomet inspo which is a balance of all things... esp 'male and female'#which. has also been interesting to adapt. bc no matter what i do have a solid boundary i can't cross#when it comes to a chara that no matter how funky i get w it. is still ultimately a reflection of myself#i have another silly comic idea too of moe further explaining its identity where it calls itself a man for a joke#to be met w 'i thought you were genderless? neither?' where it explains the title thing essentially#and is asked (in good faith) 'are you ever a woman?' and it says#'under no circumstances am i ever a woman.' (tone/expression shift) 'i believe in their beliefs though!'#it's just been such a cool avenue to explore things i typically wouldn't (if i were only thinking of myself)#and the separation IS so important. bc it helps so much. in exploring things i typically Couldn't.#but also i do still have those hard boundaries. and that's interesting too#i love you moe..... blorbo from my mind.............
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