Folks of all genders can and should use .) Well, I refuse to ignore those implications. And I demand that these tech companies drop the sparkle aesthetic in the meantime. It's not for them.

The Sparkle plush figure uses the design from the game. Meanwhile, the Pom-Pom plush figure is wearing their default conductor’s uniform, and they look happy with stars in their eyes.

“I started when I was 15,” says Ryan Gifford, a sword fighter from England in town from Korea for the gathering who, adorably, asked for his lady’s favor before his first bout. He’s been sword ...