#if she had a cool unique nickname it’d be one thing (unless she went ‘don’t call me that’) but ‘gunny’ is just jargon

[doolallymagpie]

weird expanse fandom pet peeve that I admit might be a thing only a few people do: calling Bobbie “gunny”

like, sure, people who just got here and might think it’s more of a thing than it is or don’t know it’s not even a fun personalized nickname, just standard military abbreviation for “gunnery sergeant”, you’re fine, you’ll grow out of it

but, for long-term, seasoned fans…no, you’re crossing some kinda line, buddy

#if she had a cool unique nickname it’d be one thing (unless she went ‘don’t call me that’) but ‘gunny’ is just jargon #like if UN Marine ‘Snoopy’ were an actual character I’d be fine calling them snoopy #the expanse #bobbie draper #idk feels like if someone who stakes a chunk of their identity on the show calls her that all the time #they’re only seeing her as ‘big tough hot punchy lady’ and not bobbie f*ckin’ draper #not sure but I feel like there’s an important Venn diagram of ‘people who call bobbie gunny’ and ‘people who idolize amos’ #there’s someone on the twitter who posts screencaps and quotes doing this and it Bothers Me #might even block ‘em over it #so I don’t have to get that twinge of ‘please stop calling her that’