As we strive to support greater inclusivity in our stories, we’ve added support for three-option replaceables.
These are very useful when you want to respect a reader’s pronoun choices or gender identity choices.
You can now write replaceables with three options: male, female, and non-binary.
These can be used in flexible ways, and they’re not associated with any particular character.
Examples:
set PRONOUNS_LI f
NARR
I really love [PRONOUNS_LI:him:her:them].
I really love her. (Expected)set PRONOUNS_MC m
NARR
Did you meet the new [PRONOUNS_MC:guy:gal:person]? [PRONOUNS_MC:He is:She is:They are] so mysterious.
Did you meet the new guy? He is so mysterious. (Expected)set PRONOUNS_LI2 nb
NARR
[PRONOUNS_LI2:He is:She is:They are] beautiful.
They are beautiful. (Expected)
Technical description:
This is a special version of our `set` command. The syntax is `set PRONOUNS_[SOMEKEY] [VALUE]`.
`[SOMEKEY]` is whatever you’d like, such as `LI` for love interest, `MC` for main character, `LI2` for second love interest
`[VALUE]` is one of ‘m’, ‘f’, or ‘nb’ These replaceables support three options, such as
[PRONOUNS_SOMEKEY:He:She:They] made me realize what I’m looking for
The first option (‘He’) is used if the pronoun setting is ‘m’, the second (‘She’) is used if ‘f’, the third (‘They’) is used if ‘nb’.
As a reminder, you can use the `set` command for other replacements.
set favorite_coffee a cappuccino
I just love [favorite_coffee] in the morning!