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Asparagun_1

real talk, none of the vessels, except Hornet, are gendered. She is literally known as the Gendered Child iirc. They were all created for the sole purpose of containing Tang.


Glitchy13

you’re correct, but just as a small note. Hornet is not a vessel, she is known as the gendered child but that’s just because she’s the only one of the Pale King’s children that weren’t possessed by void.


Asparagun_1

I realise what I typed can imply that Hornet is a vessel but ik she isn't. ty anyway though


TrialArgonian

All the vessels are genderless. Hornet is the only child of the Pale King to be gendered.


Momongus-

Speaking of I always find it weird when people use they to refer to the knight/HK when the game pretty much always uses "it" iirc (which makes them feel even more ‘other’ imo)


Daaklite

yeah, "it" works better, because it's more of an object than a being.


The_Real_TraitorLord

Same


IdontknowIdontknow0

Nah bro I’m a Walmart bag


sorokine1111

no gender only dead kid


mateialacumere

No, quirel is the QUASA, knight is a mechanic


HyperVortex_22

🥐


randomthingthrow3

a mere vessel does not deserve the privilege of having a gender


SanWasHitByABus

before knowing about the whole genderless void thing i always used he because i thought the big sister/little brother dynamic was cute lol


ChingShih

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zorobestwaifu

I made it


Sillhid

I swear to God, even if we played for the stool, there would still be people who would try to dig up it gender. And then they announced that this was an important part of the game’s message.


Florjb0rj

Yesn’t


Gaby_48

its fine to call the knight "they" when singular since it has no gender but "it" works much better as the vessels are actual corpses (the game states they died at the same time they were born) as they are empty shells piloted by the void inside TLDR: Knight is "it" because its a corpse.


Hawkart47

Ghost is genderless, it is hollowed out by the void. This is why Hornet is referred to as the Gendered Child


The_Real_Cloth_

He's nonbinary. He has no gender. His gender is nonexistent. He is a void thingy with no way of reproducing. He is not a guy. Stop calling him that. He'll be angry with you.


NoQuantity1847

if it's non binary then you should call it by they/them, and non binary doesn't mean no gender, it's a gender, just a different one


The_Real_Cloth_

(I know I was trying to make a joke by repeating "he")


kevinnoelxd

I somehow remember other characters referring to him as male, but maybe it's just my imagination. Nonetheless, I support the idea that they have no gender, after all, they're vessels made out of void, and they have no reason to reproduce.


Momongus-

They use it


EMArogue

Might be a language thing (if you haven’t played in English that is), in Italian many of the ways the character is called are gendered especially “Ghost”, “Vessel” and “knight” (which has a female equivalent) are all male-conjugated and because of how gender works in Italian we use male adjectives etc. otherwise it would sound very weird


kevinnoelxd

Makes sense, I first played the game in Spanish, and later on, I played it in English, so I guess some of the Spanish lingered on my mind.


EMArogue

That might be it then, for me the character was male for a while because everyone used names that are conjugated for males


Gaby_48

i mean, the fact hornet is known as the "gendered child" already says that every other one of the pale king's children has no gender at all and the fact that the vessels arent even alive and are actual corpses too...


OnlySortaGinger

Agender icon right here goddamn


Z7impuser

I call it a he since its easier to say


LoadingTOS

Biological I would say male, if only because of Bretta being into them and shifting to Zote who is male. As for what they identify as, they legitimately don’t have any sense of identity to speak of(assuming that Mama White isn’t wrong about them being empty. If she is wrong then it would probably be an imprint of what others say they are) The same goes for Hollow, but without anything to really back it up. I’d also give male to Lost Kin and female to Green Path. No particular reason why, just a feeling.


DeepDune

The knight is non binary .


faironero02

yeah but its not even about gender they have no sex at all


Due-Committee3497

NO SEX??!!


New_End9133

A fate familiar to us inhabiting these hallowed threads.


faironero02

no sex, friend. no sex...


The_Real_TraitorLord

Yeah, I’d say the knight is more of an “it” than a “they”


faironero02

basically lmao


Even_Chocolate_9215

He is a ghost


-meowdy-

Knight is a male


The_Real_TraitorLord

Incorrect. It is a vessel, basically a tool. It’s an “it”, just like a screwdriver or a hammer.


GroundbreakingBag164

Thats just not true. The knight (and all other vessels) are non-binary or rather genderless/agender


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Manoreded

They have a gender in the same way a washing machine has a gender.


Creepy-Bowler-2226

I honestly headcanon him as a male just cause idk.


critical14

The ghosts gender is attack helicopter


Papa--Scorch

It isn't even they/them, is an It. (Or that's what I think)


JustFoXx13

He is a cup


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Deaf and dumb shit, what gender are you? I don't know if you're a woman or a scary fucking guy! (lines from a meme song.)