the sibling to the royal we, the "pretending that an organization isn't just me" we
i do this all the time when talking about solo game dev stuff, even when there's no reason to. i'll be like "we sold X units the first week-- wait why the hell am i saying we, it's literally just me on this one"
Join our Patreon! (it's just me) Buy merch from our store! (also just me) Our comic Wet Floor just finished updating on Filthy Figments! (literally just me, i did all of it)
it's weird to feel like a pronoun is the equivalent of a little collared shirt and necktie, an indicator that you're a Proper Spokesperson who's currently operating in Professional Mode. but then, who has more experience than us queers at imbuing pronouns with extra linguistic baggage, am i RIGHT FOLKS,
I started choosing to go by "they/them" so saying "we" kinda felt natural to start saying as well. But also, I'd get ask if I had a mouse in my pocket when I was a teen, addressing myself as we, so YES, I do have multiple cartoon mice, thank you for asking. Here is a stylized mouse as proof.
