actually, this was the first strip since the one where Angel went into a women's restroom that really made me question the character's gender identity. If Angel identifies as female, but prefers to be called something other than her birth name/nickname, great. As someone that goes by a translation of their birth name, I understand completely. If the character identifies as male but still uses a women's restroom out of practicality, then less great (from the character's p.o.v.) but interesting in terms of diversity. My guess is that Angel was born a biological woman, but after that I await further explanation.Spidrift wrote:Desperate much?Azrael wrote:Still not necessarily.
And until I see that explanation, which I assume is not far off, then I will try to avoid using a gender pronoun. It's basic politeness to use the gender pronoun that a person thinks of themselves as, just like it's basic politeness to call someone by the name they'd prefer to be called.
I was only going to comment on the first bit from this reply, but this jumped out a me too. Like you, I am glad that Ruby sees so clearly what kind of person Dillon is. However, I don't really think it's her duty to bring this to his attention. He's arguably an adult himself, it's his own responsibility to figure that crap out on his own, or fail to. I wouldn't mind if she helped, but I don't see it as an obligation that she needs to shoulder.Spidrift wrote: Mind you, what I find sad about this strip is of course that we don't get to see Ruby's reaction to Dillon's provocation from last time - which tends to imply that she won't give him the volcanic broadside that he deserves, and we won't get to see Ruby's still-unreliable strong side reinforced. I know that Giz & co. really don't do talky strips, and perhaps we'll cut back to see Dillon quivering in the aftermath of a Ruby explosion, but I have a nasty feeling we won't. Which leaves Ruby looking worryingly susceptible to Dillon's "charm", or at least too damn polite, when I keep hoping that at least one character within the comic wasn't going to end up enabling him.