Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6986530-20171111052140/@comment-4698889-20171124224042

I agree that this needs to be handled with care. As per the fact that the spirits are genderless, we've implemented "they" pronouns for Gumillia and Michaela for their time as spirits, and only start using feminine pronouns after they are reincarnated.

I'd argue that no, the body does not indeed dictate the gender. The one dictating their gender is Elluka, since Elluka's all "I just imagine you guys as women" and promptly gives them female bodies.

Let's wait for Price to give her input based on the Japanese characters Elluka uses to refer to Michaela and Gumillia. For now, I'm sticking to my suggestion that Michaela's gender goes Male -> Genderless -> Female.