^Shiver's confirmed a girl; in addition to in-game dialogue, someone actually bothered to write to Nintendo themselves to ask about Shiver's identity.
Apparently (and this is just based on a poor machine translation I did of a japanese tweet, so I may have misinterpreted something) Shiver is deliberately made to be androgynous because her character is based off Kabuki theatre, where actors were traditionally expected to play roles of the opposite gender (most well known were men playing the roles of women after female actors were banned, but Kabuki was originally an all-female thing).
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Linterdiction
Sep 25, 2022 5:43AM
thats so sick, thanks for sharing
Evitron
Sep 25, 2022 7:04PM
reportedly shiver also alternates between male and female pronouns when speaking in japanese, so it's entirely possible that shiver is some manner of genderfluid. that's just what i've heard though, i have no hard evidence to back this up
FilthyFlow
Sep 25, 2022 11:38PM
^From a quick look up it seems that Shiver refers to herself by the feminine pronoun "uchi" in Japanese so I suspect you've been had.
Hylarn
Sep 26, 2022 6:04AM
^From a quick look up it seems that Shiver refers to herself by the feminine pronoun "uchi" in Japanese so I suspect you've been had.
'Uchi' isn't gendered
ShortHairedCrow
Sep 26, 2022 12:43PM
Shiver is female, uses female pronouns, and is referred to as she/her in-game several times. Not genderfluid or nonbinary. Confirmed by Nintendo and the game itself.
ArsenicCatnip
Sep 28, 2022 12:06AM
i dont know if shivers a guy or a girl, but i still headcanon them as non-binary no matter what
Matchariyu
Sep 28, 2022 8:23PM
^^^i dont know too much on the issue, but uchi IS a feminine pronoun, despite it not being "gendered". People can use guys and dudes to refer to both genders but people will still associate it with males.
atleast thats what ive picked up from accidentally witnessing like 100 splatoon arguments on twitter lmao
Hylarn
Sep 28, 2022 9:10PM
Uh, 'uchi' is a personal pronoun. You use it to refer to yourself. It's more feminine than masculine, but I've definitely come across male characters using it
Linterdiction Sep 24, 2022 7:07AM
wait isnt shiver a guy
FilthyFlow Sep 24, 2022 7:12AM
^Shiver's confirmed a girl; in addition to in-game dialogue, someone actually bothered to write to Nintendo themselves to ask about Shiver's identity.
Apparently (and this is just based on a poor machine translation I did of a japanese tweet, so I may have misinterpreted something) Shiver is deliberately made to be androgynous because her character is based off Kabuki theatre, where actors were traditionally expected to play roles of the opposite gender (most well known were men playing the roles of women after female actors were banned, but Kabuki was originally an all-female thing).
last edited at Sep 24, 2022 7:20AM
Linterdiction Sep 25, 2022 5:43AM
thats so sick, thanks for sharing
Evitron Sep 25, 2022 7:04PM
reportedly shiver also alternates between male and female pronouns when speaking in japanese, so it's entirely possible that shiver is some manner of genderfluid. that's just what i've heard though, i have no hard evidence to back this up
FilthyFlow Sep 25, 2022 11:38PM
^From a quick look up it seems that Shiver refers to herself by the feminine pronoun "uchi" in Japanese so I suspect you've been had.
Hylarn Sep 26, 2022 6:04AM
'Uchi' isn't gendered
ShortHairedCrow Sep 26, 2022 12:43PM
Shiver is female, uses female pronouns, and is referred to as she/her in-game several times. Not genderfluid or nonbinary. Confirmed by Nintendo and the game itself.
ArsenicCatnip Sep 28, 2022 12:06AM
i dont know if shivers a guy or a girl, but i still headcanon them as non-binary no matter what
Matchariyu Sep 28, 2022 8:23PM
^^^i dont know too much on the issue, but uchi IS a feminine pronoun, despite it not being "gendered". People can use guys and dudes to refer to both genders but people will still associate it with males.
atleast thats what ive picked up from accidentally witnessing like 100 splatoon arguments on twitter lmao
Hylarn Sep 28, 2022 9:10PM
Uh, 'uchi' is a personal pronoun. You use it to refer to yourself. It's more feminine than masculine, but I've definitely come across male characters using it
last edited at Sep 28, 2022 9:10PM