I've received clarification

[xp_catseye]

I have asked, and for those wondering: Rictor's post about having a plant that contains the spirit of a man is not a veiled reference to his new relationship with Shatterstar. Discussion around a sapient plant still makes no sense, but let's congratulate them both.

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[xp_rictor]

I think everyone except you accepted and understood that Ted the Man-Thing is both a man and a thing

[xp_lusized]

so he's non binary?

[xp_rictor]

I forgot to ask during the magic psychic torment but I will next time 💀

[xp_lusized]

omg I thought you were kidding was he really tormented that's so sad

[xp_rictor]

Ted might be, that's also still unclear. But I meant my magic psychic torment, which was all a misunderstanding.

[xp_lusized]

OH NO
are you okay I mean you see okay

did the torment lead to you and shatterstar deciding you're in love because was that worth it I hope it was you guys are so cute

[xp_rictor]

Yes and yes! I promise, I am fine. I survived Death's attack on District X, the video game kidnapping, and the Slendermen. Ted was like a spa day in comparison.

[xp_catseye]

It's rare for plants to have distinct genders. Technically most of them are hermaphroditic, or able to change genders based on their environment.

Maybe the plant is a They-Thing.

[xp_lusized]

most plants aren't talking to us though, you can be intersex and still identify as a single gender, so he could be a man-thing or a they-thing, or a man and just stuck in a plant body

possession makes gender confusing

[xp_catseye]

Sex and gender are also distinct, at least to my nose. Although if he's a plant, would there even be chemical signifiers to detect?

I must smell the Man-Thing.

[xp_catseye]

I doubt it. Boys have notoriously strange relationships with their man-things.