Talk:Varien

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Latest comment: 11 months ago7 comments5 people in discussion

Not sure if it was discussed here, but I think the used pronouns for Varien should be revised. The Twitter link in the article's page notice has expired. Spotify and Monstercat Wiki refer to the subject using he/him. The Instagram profile also now displays "he/him" in the bio.

If this was already revised, then I apologise for my ignorance. 144.122.18.41 (talk) 23:30, 12 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

144.122.18.41, do you have archive evidence of the profiles that show that this is a recent change? AngusW🐶🐶F (bark • sniff) 17:17, 21 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

YouTube still reads as Nikki and uses she/her in the About section. https://www.youtube.com/@varienofficial/about but no videos have been posted since 2021. Are there newer social media updates? Also instagram deactivated according to this tweet: https://twitter.com/variendarkboi/status/1589014325771251714 AngusW🐶🐶F (bark • sniff) 02:28, 23 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

His Spotify and the Monstercat wiki both indicate a swap back to he/him pronouns 2601:195:4180:7D0:F862:F272:F17B:EAA0 (talk) 01:23, 16 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

Their Spotify uses both male and female pronouns: better known by his stage name Varien; she has set the bar while she was there. userdude 22:31, 17 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

Their website uses "he", their Instagram has "he/him", and their Twitter handle has changed from variendarkgirl to variendarkboi. Their YouTube video announcing their transition has also apparently been removed . It seems like Varien is using he/him pronouns again. Pinging @Inertia666: who seems to have a connection to Varien. userdude 04:33, 17 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

A lot of those links seem to be out of date or removed unfortunately (and none of their social media list any pronouns now)... and the YouTube video seems like it wasn't deleted for its own sake but cos the YouTube channel "violated community guidelines" (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmFlin2pA6Ok7njw-I_hr3w)

They've also changed their variendarkboi Twitter/X account (no posts/inactive) to have a link to variendarkgirl in the description.

Maybe it'd be best for someone to reach out to Varien directly and ask? 123.255.47.249 (talk) 11:12, 1 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

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