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2023-09-07
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How many pronouns?

Summary:

Evil Xisuma experiments with a few different pronoun sets.

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(See the end of the work for notes.)

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"Hey derp."
Evil X flops onto Xisumas bed.
X doesn't even look up from their computer.
"Hello Exy."
Evil X sighs very loudly.
Xisuma turns slightly so they're looking at him.
"Okay, okay, I'm paying attention. What's up?"
"I don't think I want people to use he/him pronouns for me anymore."
"Wanna try she/her?"
"Mmmm maybe."
Xisuma watches Evil X sleepily bury her face into their pillow.
"I guess we will talk more about it later, get some sleep."
Evil X waves her hand slightly and mumbles something that is muffled by the pillow her face is buried in.

--

This time, Xisuma hanging out with Keralis when Evil X stomps into the room.
Keralis isn't even surprised, just waves his hand in a greeting.
Xisuma doesn't even get to speak before-
"Fucking she/her pronouns are stupid and suck and," - Evil X kicks at the floor - "whatever."
"Try they/them?"
Evil X just shrugs before mumbling, "Probably be better than she/her."
"Shishwammy, should we invite them to join us with our card game?"
Keralis speaks loud enough that Evil X can hear, and neither of them acknowledge that. Secretly, Ex is glad for it, and they move to sit down at the table.

--

This time, Ex is already home and Xisuma is the one who enters. They stumble upon Evil Xisuma surrounded by... ripped up peices of paper?
"Uh-"
"I'm making a collage about my emotions cause it fuckin helps or something.
At least Zed said it would."
"Oh, okay."
Xisuma just stands there, not wanting to walk any further and accidentally step on anything important. Ex had really spread out all over the floor.
Ex sighs and chucks down the pieces they're holding.
"Ugh fine I'm annoyed because I don't like the stupid pronouns again, and also totally cause they're the same as yours, and you're a derp, and I'm not."
"Well-"
"But there's not any other stupid pronouns to use, so I'm stuck with these because they're the least bad."
Xisuma tilts their head in confusion,
"There's other pronouns Exy, like a lot of other pronouns, the ones you've tried so far are just the most common ones."
Ex gives them a look through the corner of their eye,
"Like what."
"Oh geez, well there's so many it'd be impossible to list them all- gosh anything can really be a pronoun if you want it to be, Beef doesn't use any pronouns at all - and you can use multiple sets, Zed uses she/her and ae/aer, and Joe uses literally any pronouns at all."
There's a pause.
"And then -"
"Well, what do you think I would like."
"Exy, I can't decide that for you."
"Ugh fiiine."
Ex turns away from them, back to the collage, pouting slightly. Ex takes a breath, pointedly not looking at Xisuma.
"Is, would - ugh fuck whatever - I want to be called it."
"Oh! It/its pronouns, sure thing Exy."
It blinks in surprise a few times -
"That's a thing?"
Xisuma nods happily with a small smile on their face.
"Mhm!"
"Right. Well good."
It stares down at its collage.
"Guess I don't need this anymore."
X considers for a moment.
"You could keep it anyway? Maybe make a weird art piece from it?"
It scoffs at that,
"Sure, whatever derpface."

--

X smiles to themselves later when they see the collage up on Ex's wall, it/its painted on top of it in big bold letters.

Notes:

evil x it/its pronouns agenda.
also ft my beef & zed pronoun hcs bc i can
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