How come one of the vampires is non binary?

Heloks

I get that you probably wanted to represent non binary people, but aren't they supposed to be hundreds of years old? The concept of non binary appeared relatively recently and them suddenly being non binary after the concept became more popular and more people identified as non binary this decade makes it look like it was just some trend for them.

larrackell

Who are you talking about, @Heloks ?

Heloks

@Iarrackell I forgot their name, they are one of the three older vampires you meet in the latest chapters.

RozaSaint696

I would be more concerned with the inaccuracy of the waistline of my dress before I care about a non binary vampire. 

These books are not historically accurate and I'm sure people from minorities enjoy being represented,  even in small ways.  

larrackell

I just replayed the chapters. You're talking about Nys.

Not only what's said above, even if non-binary is a relatively recent concept, you can easily explain this way: Nys is so old and ageless that they simply don't care anymore about gender or presenting one way or another. After a certain point, literally nothing matters if you don't care about it. 

LeiaM

The term non-binary might be something new, but that doesn't mean non-binary individuals weren't around before then.

Heloks

@Iarrackell it's one thing to not care about gender and another thing to be non binary.
@LeiaM gender dysphoric people did exist before the concept of being trans existed but you can't say that someone could identify as non binary before the term was invented, maybe have the same feeling as someone who is non binary now but not non binary per se.

larrackell

@Heloks But It doesn't matter. They didn't identify themselves as non-binary or feeling genderless. The text just said they. It's not the first time it's happened in text, in this app no less, to gendered characters. They're non binary, they're not non binary. The text just said they. 

JassTee3302

...Vampires actually don't exist, so it makes no sense to say non-binary people will not exist in this fictional world. Also, as pointed out, while the terms may not have been created/spoken non-binary, trans, and queer people have ALWAYS existed. 

RaymondSilverstein7788

Who really cares? It's just a fantasy. Even if were real it wouldn't be that of a pressing matter anyways, people can express themselves how they want to, even if it doesn't seem like it's in "right time" which does seem strange but the significance is that we made these classifications more normalized. 

RustyKnight

Nonbinary and gender nonconformance is not new it is ageless Google a bit about different cultures