Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24100805-20160201152915/@comment-35757757-20190707030540

BFDIfanStickman2763 wrote: The evidence is all in the name. Chara is a female name. If this doesn’t absolutely confirm that Chara is female, I don’t know what does.

Ummm...

Do you realize that Chara is just one of the names you can pick for them and you can literally name them anything that fits into the six-character limit and isn’t one of the names of a character that you can’t use?

Also, even if a name is associated with a certain gender, their name doesn’t determine their gender. If somebody could name their child... https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-unfortunate-names/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic any of these really, I think they could name a guy Chara

Even then they’re still referred to in-game with they/them pronouns. Try to argue against that

Plus I’m pretty sure the name Chara is supposed to be like Character or something. Just shortened to fit within the character limit since, again, YOU NAME THEM AT THE START OF THE GAME (My current file has them named Player for doG’s sake)

So, let’s recap: They’re referred to in game with gender neutral pronouns, never with any actual gender pronouns. Your evidence for them being canonically, not just in your headcanon, female is their name. That argument falls apart when you realize that I just discovered this: http://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-famous-men-with-womens-names

It also falls apart because FOR THE THIRD TIME YOU CAN NAME THEM! CHARA IS JUST THE MOST POPULAR NAME IT SEEMS BECAUSE OF THE FLAVOR TEXT SAYING “The True Name”. BUT STILL, HOW WOULD YOUR OPINION YOU’RE TRYING TO CLAIM AS CANON FACT WHICH IS THE ONLY REASON WHY I’M COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS MAKE ANY SENSE IF SOMEBODY NAMED THEM MARK OR TOM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? AND DO NOT TRY TO USE MY OWN WORDS AGAINST ME BECAUSE YOU’RE THE ONE SAYING THAT MALES ARE INCAPABLE OF BEING NAMED CHARA OR SOMETHING. I’M BRINGING THIS UP BECAUSE IT TEARS YOUR THING APART WHILE FOLLOWING YOUR OWN FLUFFING LOGIC

Sheesh, my headcanon thing that they’re biologically female but they’re agender makes more sense than you. If you wanna go by the female name thing, then them also being agender would explain why they’re referred to with they/them pronouns. Even then it’s just a headcanon. It’s probably only like that because of the naming thing

Now please just except that you’re headcanon is your headcanon and not canon like everyone else here who’s reasonable can. I won’t fault you for having opinions, but I will fault you for saying something is canon when it’s not. Basically because I don’t like Baka people (don’t question why I used a Japanese word there. And Before you say that when translated it doesn’t make sense, Baka has more than one translation you Baka). I think you’re argument has been shut down by canon dialogue and the fact that Toby Fox recommended that players name them their own name if they didn’t know what to do. That includes male players

And nothing’s stopping them from being agender too. Just a note. Even if it’s not canon unless Toby Fox ends up saying otherwise, it’s still a possibility. Just like them being male or female

That was surprisingly kind of fun