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alienglowgarden · 4 months ago

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The self-indulgent brain: sym is a love interest character in a dating sim, you can interpret them however u want and shape the romance to best serve your interests, it is indulgence by nature of its genre, you can make the pairing your weird little t4t lesbians. You can think of him as ambiguous n project what you find most compelling. Keep putting him in that miniskirt.

The lore fiend in me: Sym is always referred to as "he". Noctilucent specifically calls Sym "little brother", a very deliberate gendered term. Sym has gone out of his way to similarly note Noctilucents own preference for "they/them", signifying an understanding of gender as part of identity and an active interest in participating in it. It would be unfair to erase that. Effeminate men exist. This is his preferred canonical self.

Some third part of my brain extrapolating even deeper levels of lore: He is also a glorified mushroom smart fridge. He's literally been a tree. Identity is something highly malleable for a Gardener and no one identity feels like it would be repugnant to them, at least temporarily. They themselves at their core are not individuals. Sym can encompass every possibility. Keep putting him in that miniskirt.

Conclusion:

#texted post #also galaxy brain: what if when noct calls him little brother its in the kink sense and plays no part in his actual self presentation #also justice 4 the they thems by headcanoning more of the canon characters as such(silly)#for diversity. for more rep than seeq and nomi...#Tangent in my heart of hearts is most definitely a they/she

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