Morph from X-Men '97
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transandnonbinaryX-Men '97 is a show I've heard a lot of good things about, but alas I do not have D+. So, I don't know how it's depicted on the show, but the character of Morph is non-binary according to Word of God in this particular iteration of the X Men.
According to the character's voice actor JP Karliak:
“Two things about that—one, as far as I know, we’re never going to say the word ‘non-binary’ because nobody said it in the 1990s. It’s not that it didn’t exist; it was just in no way a mainstream term at the time,” he revealed.
“Morph’s understanding of who he is could equate to what a modern person would say is non-binary, but he just doesn’t have the terminology for it. At the same time, they/them wasn’t a concept in terms of using it as a pronoun.”
Have you seen the show? Would you realize that Morph is non-binary without statements from show's creator Beau DeMayo or from the voice actor?
According to the character's voice actor JP Karliak:
“Two things about that—one, as far as I know, we’re never going to say the word ‘non-binary’ because nobody said it in the 1990s. It’s not that it didn’t exist; it was just in no way a mainstream term at the time,” he revealed.
“Morph’s understanding of who he is could equate to what a modern person would say is non-binary, but he just doesn’t have the terminology for it. At the same time, they/them wasn’t a concept in terms of using it as a pronoun.”
Have you seen the show? Would you realize that Morph is non-binary without statements from show's creator Beau DeMayo or from the voice actor?