I'm just generally skeptical of news outlets doing things like asking permission to say things a certain way in general and I don't know anything about E that would make me think they would be particularly trustworthy for that

yeah.

All news outlets have used both names

The Trans Journalists Association has opinions about that (twitter link).

At any rate, I'm super happy for Elliot and I wonder whether/how their character in the next season of Umbrella Academy (which just got approved last month) will reflect their reality--especially since there's always been a strong ownvoices component to Page's casting in the role.

(I also notice that E only uses he/him for Page, never they/them. [tsk])

The emotional heart of Umbrella Academy has so far been Vanya's journey through queerness and trauma--although they often give other characters more screentime, Elliot's work in the role makes Vanya consistently stand out above and beyond everyone else.

I'd like to see a new season give Vanya some happiness without ripping it away, though? Umbrella Academy is about people who never seem to be able to hold onto happiness, but it's especially hard to watch with Vanya because of the "queer misery" tropes it's reinforcing.

Give Vanya and Ben some joy, you cowards.

@BESW season 2 spoilers

@Adeptus I mean, I could also go into the spoiler rant.

I don't think we know yet if Min is spoiler but if he's not... that's a statement right there, that spoiler.

It's a lot harder to do responsible rep when you're indulging in tokenism, because then your only [demographic] character has to represent all of that demographic for your story.

@BESW He is

I've been (re)watching Dark Matter recently, so now I have to think "are they talking about Five, or Five?"

Twitter, of all places, models how to cover Elliot Page without deadnaming them. Even a libertarian hellscape can be right once in a while.

lol

(Helps readers know who's being talked about by listing the actor's two best-known roles and providing a photo.)

it's still not good enough for me to get a twitter though XD

Nope.

(And Twitter still elided Page's he/they pronouns in favor of implying a simplified binary transition.)

yeah

because gender is definitely simple and we should always simplify it in lieu of learning anything new

(/sarcasm)

@Adeptus this... gave me terrible vibes since the only reason I remember the name (I usually don't remember who played who in movies and other media) is because of a quite horrid scandal related to the game Beyond: Two Souls. And if I get this new right, this kinda makes that scandal worse.

@trogdor The Shantae pakage finally arrived just now. Will let you know if the quality of this limited physical edition was worth the wait.

Meme update alert.