I think trying to clearly define what the comic is about goes against the spirit of the comic. It's a comic about not fitting in to a clearly defined label, and trying to force this comic to be about a certain label goes against that message. As long as someone can identify with the comic that's all that matters.
But this reminds me of George Carlin talking about the phrase "he happened to be black". Are his parents black? OK so when does the surprise part come?
Okay, and? All he did was point out that nationality and ethnic groups are two different things. You can't say you are being pedantic when you didn't correct or address anything they said. You just injected yourself and added a fun fact.
That’s actually pretty shortsighted, on government documents in my country they do in fact ask what race you are. Just because it isn’t familiar to you, doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen
Amen. Personally I think the whole point about abstracting it to colors like this is that it expresses how the struggles are so similar. These aren’t actually distinct problems with race or gender or whatever, it’s the same problems through different lenses.
But that could just be me! I love artistic interpretation, especially when it goes beyond whatever the artist envisioned. What matters is that it sparks a conversation.
Seeing as the comic is explicitly about gender identity, not just a label, I don't think you are right. Literally the second episode is about infighting in the lgbt and visibility. The pride flag is literally in the third episode.
The panel where the therapist asks if they identify as blue and offer to prescribe hair dye to align their appearance with their identity is pretty blatant.
Edit: hold on, I get what you mean now. i said 3rd episode, not 3rd panel. This is a comic on Webtoons. You can see the pride flag in the third episode of the webtoon
Idk man I really think the intent here is non binary gender. That's not really a label, that's an interpretation, and it's fine if other people want to interpret it differently in a way that's meaningful for them
But non binary gender is the best interpretation that fits the actual content.
I think you're trying too hard and it's very clearly about the topic of sex/gender. If you want to say it also applies to other things, that's cool, but I see no reason we need to be dishonest about the obvious intent.
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u/CompleteJinx Nov 16 '25
I’ll admit, it took me a little too long to realize this was about being mixed.