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Gary Gygax's passing made me think again about that little short story thing that I posted on here a while back, you remember, the one about the gaming shop? And then the second and final installments of it?

Well, I was interested when I wrote it whether anyone would notice and/or comment on the fact that there aren't any gender-specific pronouns (except for one relating to the narrator's cousin) in the whole thing, which was sort of something I did because I thought it was kind of interesting. Since I didn't get any comments about it at the time, I'll solicit: did anyone think at the time that the story WASN'T about a guy? anyone have the narrator and their sig other pegged for a gay couple? a lesbian couple?

I know that, if you are play the odds about gamers' genders (at least as it's traditionally been understood), you'd start out thinking that the narrator was a guy, and perhaps end thinking they were a girl, or something like that.

So, if you re-read it and have interesting thoughts about how it seemed different, or the same, or if you just want to read it for the first time, feel free, and feel free to post a comment by clicking on "# Commentzorz" below. It's your internets, after all! You are the master of your domain.