June Egbert
Sep. 1st, 2019 02:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
failure_artistJohn Egbert as a trans boy has been done for years but recently John as a trans *girl* has become popular in the last few months. John got the new fanon name June after a canon chat where John remarks that John with 8 Os sounds like June. Not the most creative new name but maybe that fits John.
This fanon ascended to "canon" after Andrew Hussie held a contest where anyone who found his signed Tolberone candies would get a wish granted. A fan found one and asked for June Egbert to be canonly June Egbert and Andrew Hussie granted the wish. Yet it's unknown whether this paratext will appear in any of the official text of the Pumpkinverse. The comic is over, the Epilogues (where such a thing would most likely have happened) seem to be over, and Pesterquest seems to be a prequel. The writing team could add a few trans egg comments to John's route, though that would make their absence in the comics and Epilogue more prominent. Hussie could add commentary in up-coming books where he suggests certain remarks show John is trans and smooth over his "I identify as an attack helicopter" jokes in Openbound. Maybe in the end Hussie saying "June Egbert is canon" has as much weight as "all ships are canon" and "all fantrolls are canon". A nice sentiment, but still paratext.
What I'm really wondering with June Egbert is why after all this time is this possibility popular. I wonder if it's more than just transfeminine pride. The Epilogues tarnished Jane Crocker and made John/Terezi completely canon. Maybe John is serving as a replacement Prospit Girl and the change in gender means that Terezi and Vriska are still lesbians. This is just a theory.
I might just be bitter I didn't find a Tolberone and make Hussie declare that Gamzee was an enby with a heart of gold. So you can disregard what I have to say.
This fanon ascended to "canon" after Andrew Hussie held a contest where anyone who found his signed Tolberone candies would get a wish granted. A fan found one and asked for June Egbert to be canonly June Egbert and Andrew Hussie granted the wish. Yet it's unknown whether this paratext will appear in any of the official text of the Pumpkinverse. The comic is over, the Epilogues (where such a thing would most likely have happened) seem to be over, and Pesterquest seems to be a prequel. The writing team could add a few trans egg comments to John's route, though that would make their absence in the comics and Epilogue more prominent. Hussie could add commentary in up-coming books where he suggests certain remarks show John is trans and smooth over his "I identify as an attack helicopter" jokes in Openbound. Maybe in the end Hussie saying "June Egbert is canon" has as much weight as "all ships are canon" and "all fantrolls are canon". A nice sentiment, but still paratext.
What I'm really wondering with June Egbert is why after all this time is this possibility popular. I wonder if it's more than just transfeminine pride. The Epilogues tarnished Jane Crocker and made John/Terezi completely canon. Maybe John is serving as a replacement Prospit Girl and the change in gender means that Terezi and Vriska are still lesbians. This is just a theory.
I might just be bitter I didn't find a Tolberone and make Hussie declare that Gamzee was an enby with a heart of gold. So you can disregard what I have to say.
