Hahaha I only made this chapter mainly as an announcement for myself. Also, I'm teaching elves gender because why not

Me: Hey! I'm back! *wakes Keefe up*

Keefe: Still haven't read Unlocked?

Me: Nope! Still hoping it gets in my library. Trying not to pirate the book.

Sophie: Good luck.

Me: Thanks.

Tam: What's today's topic? More ships? A book?

Me: Nah. Today's topic is purely self-indulgent. We're gonna talk about neopronouns.

Sophie: So pronouns and gender, huh. Much more serious topic. An announcement, I guess?

Me: Yeah.

Fitz: Uh... I think I heard of them? Like instead of saying "she" you'd use something else?

Me: Yep!

Linh: There's other pronouns? I mean, I know there's "they", but there's others?

Me: I mean other cultures in general use different use different pronouns so that shouldn't be too surprising?

Biana: If this is an announcement, does that mean that your pronouns are changing?

Me: Yeah pretty much. Y'all should still use she/her, but I'm using a second set now. I now go by ve/ver/ver/vers/verself

Dex: So like... Ravi just told us about ver new pronouns that she's using? Like that?

Me: Basically, yeah. Ooh, that sounded nice.

Fitz: Do your pronouns represent a gender or something? Sorry if that's rude or something, I'm just trying to understand.

Me: Nah, it's fine. I told some of my friends and one of them had a similar question. And here's the thing, pronouns don't equal gender

Marella: So like, there are girls that go by he/him?

Me: Yeah! That's exactly it! It's just using the pronouns that suit you best. A lot of these neopronouns don't exactly have a gender, they're a lot more neutral. I still identify as a girl, but who knows, that might change (tbh trying to figure out if I'm a demi-girl, but the pronouns are just one step closer to figuring myself out).

Linh: What other neopronouns exist?

Me: *laughs* Oh, believe me, there's a lot. You have xe/xem, ce/cer, fae/faer, ey/em, ro/rose, and so many more. It all depends on what the person is looking for

Keefe: Woah, there are a lot. I guess you can't name them all, can you?

Me: Definitely not!

Linh: You know, ve/ver sounds really cool actually!

Me: Yeah, it does. Y'all can feel free to test out pronouns for yourself. After all, you might find euphoria from a pronoun, even if you still vibe with your pronouns now

Tam: Wait. Does the kotlc fandom have a lot of headcanons for our pronouns?

Me: Tumblr does, at least. And a lot of them!

Keefe: Ooh, share your favourites!

Me: I'm taking that as an invitation to ramble. Okay, my personal headcanons, with inspiration from the fandom. She/they Sophie. He/him Fitz, but I like to hc him as a trans guy. Keefe, its just everywhere. Sometimes it's he/they, or xe/xem. Dex I don't have yet, but it'd be he/something.

Ae/aer Biana, he/they Tam, she/ve Linh (linh I just used you to project myself on tbh, but I just feel like it works). Uh... idk about Marella yet that's a thought for later.

Biana: Oh wow

Dex: You don't hc any of us as cis, do you?

Me: *laughs* Nope! I don't hc any of yall as straight either. I know cishet people exist, but also I'm too queer for this

Everyone else: *laughs*

Me: So yeah. Audience, if y'all refer to me in a comment or something, here's your reminder that I go by she/ve, and that I hope I don't see exclusively she/her pronouns. Anyways, guess I'll get going now. Bye!