Saber - Mordred you must understand . You were conceived against my will , I would have never had intercourse with her if I had known she was ….
Mordred - How did you not know ?
Saber - ….
Mordred - She has your face in resting bitch version
Saber - [takes a deep breath ] Our face is surprisingly common and …
Mordred - Someone told you to go fuck yourself and you took it seriously?
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Looking up Mordred (Fate) fanart, fanfics, *CoughhentaiCough*, and even more all have the wonderful theme of, "Oh this is really good, I....*Notices Mordred getting misgendered in the tags/description*....Uuuugggghhhh."
Lemme just link the clip for those unaware of how asinine you have to be to call Mordred a girl.
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(via Mordred Mordred Fate GIF - Mordred Mordred Fate - Discover & Share GIFs)
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Rainfall on Camlann
Who's left to cry for Mordred
Stranger in his father's court
As the distant sun grows heavy
In the sky above the fort
Who's left to cry for Mordred
When the tale draws to its end
No one left to mourn the heartbreak
That was far too great to mend
Who's left to cry for Mordred
As he stumbles through the dead
As his world falls through his fingers
Hands so slick and stained in red
Who's left to cry for Mordred
On that lonesome Camlann Hill
Left shattered on the silent earth
His body, cold and still
Who's left to cry for Mordred
When, at last, his fight is done
As the curtain falls on Camelot
One last bow for Arthur's son
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Alright, I've finished looking into the Mordred situation. The TL;DR is that Mordred (Fate) has been disqualified from the tournament moving forward.
My initial reasoning in allowing characters from across the gender spectrum (i.e. Chara, Nimona, Perihelion/ART) was that "girlboss" is a term some nonbinary and male individuals have applied to themselves, or had applied to them by others that they then accepted. Gender experiences are broad and characters who fail to see themselves as "girls" may still be comfortable seeing themselves as "girlbosses." (Similarly, there are many people who embrace being a girl but reject being a woman, or vice-versa - one of my headmates is among these.
However, the parts of Mordred's story that are commonly read as trans or gender-nonconforming elements seem to reject the idea that "girlboss" is an appropriate label for him. For those unfamiliar with the Fate franchise, here are the bullet points. (Note that I myself am not a Fate fan, so any Fate fans in the audience, correct me if I'm wrong on any of these or missed important points.)
Mordred's description in his Saber form uses he/him pronouns for him in multiple places.
Mordred's description in his Saber form explicitly states that "treating him as a woman" will activate his rage (as will "being too obvious about treating him as a man.")
In the original Japanese, Mordred uses a set of first-person pronouns that, while not explicitly gendered, are usually associated with a masculine adult.
There are multiple instances where Mordred snaps and makes violent threats at other characters for referring to him as a "girl" or "woman."
For the sake of balance, I'll also note the following points against the idea of a transmasculine Mordred:
Mordred's description in Rider form uses she/her pronouns for her, as well as stating (in one translation) that she is avoiding grappling with her identity issues in order to enjoy her time at the beach.
Mordred is listed by the game explicitly in multiple places as being female. Contrast this to other canonically trans or gender nonconforming characters in the franchise, such as the nonbinary-coded Astolfo (whose gender is omitted "at their request") and the canonically transfeminine Leonardo Da Vinci (whose gender is listed as "young girl.")
Other characters use she/her pronouns for Mordred frequently.
I have chosen to exclude Mordred from this tournament because most of the points that support his masculine identity deal with his own image of masculinity, and what terms he self-applies, whereas the points against are generally based in his relationship to others and the frameworks that they put upon him.
In practical terms, this means that Nana Daiba (Revue Starlight) is automatically the winner of Round 1 Match 86 and advancing to the next round regardless of the results of the vote. The loser of Round 1 Match 85, Odin (The Bifrost Incident) vs. Enma Ai (Jigoku Shoujo) will automatically win her first match in the loser's bracket, as there is no longer a loser from Round 1 Match 86 for her to battle. Apologies to the fans of Mordred who read his character as feminine and were rooting for her in this poll. Despite my making this decision, I do not endorse any unkindness to the submitter of Mordred, or those who voted for him.
Finally, I would like to apologize to any transgender or gender nonconforming fans of this poll who were offended by Mordred's inclusion in this poll or felt that it made the poll an unsafe or unaccepting place for them. I was not made aware of the complications surrounding this character's gender prior to the tournament, and had I known I would likely have excluded him on similar grounds. As a plural system in which many members are trans, I hope you will be able to forgive and trust us for this error in judgement and recognize that we are doing our best to moderate a poll involving many franchises with which we are not ourselves familiar. It is never our intention to erase the experiences of any transgender individual or invalidate any transgender representation with which those people identify.
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