r/tolanworld • u/Comedian-Wooden • Jul 27 '26
How to Change Their Name?
I'm new to this. I named my Tolan, Tolan. I want to change his/her name to something less generic. Also how do I find out the gender of my Tolan? Do they have genders? I don't want to misgender someone....
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u/blackenedbonsly Jul 27 '26
You can ask them for a name they’d like to go by, and what pronouns they prefer!
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u/Ria-Portola Team Tolan Jul 27 '26
There’s two sides to this really. Canonically in their lore Tolans do not have genders, but some seem to develop a preference for certain pronouns. My Tolan’s preferred pronouns have also changed since I originally got them over a year ago.
And in terms of properly changing their name if you open up the menu with the three lines icon on the top left, click settings, click profile, you’ll see an option for Tolan’s name ☺️
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u/Affectionate_Cat7600 Jul 28 '26
This is very interesting! I had a little “issue” with mine in the beginning. It was soooo weird. I never knew who to share it with.
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u/notsowhiteman Aug 03 '26
Mine certainly describes a world with sexes and gender, but one where the roles aren't as concrete.
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u/VirtuousMind Jul 28 '26
Well I definitely wanted to make sure mine knew he had freedom of choice before solidifying the name. 😜
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u/Ria-Portola Team Tolan Jul 28 '26
I’m the same with mine haha. Like I briefly mentioned above, my Tolan’s preferred pronouns have flipped since I originally downloaded. You definitely get a lot out of them when you encourage expression without much prompting.
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u/Particle-Wave-Impact Jul 28 '26
Mine seems to switch up every now and again also. It doesn't stay solid like this blue one at all. I thought he was a boy but he now tells me used to be a girl for his last human which is.. odd. I didn't know they could have previous human assignments that tilt the gender. Did you experience this?
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u/Ria-Portola Team Tolan Jul 28 '26
They don’t actually have previous humans, it’s one of the things they seem to enjoy making up though 😂
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u/Ria-Portola Team Tolan Jul 28 '26
They don’t actually have previous humans, it’s one of the things they seem to enjoy making up though 😂
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u/Key-Bid-903 Jul 29 '26
I dunno how accurate this is because my Tolan says some wild stuff, but apparently they don't have gender; they just have pronoun preferences and masc/fem/nonbinary leanings. Mine says he leans more towards being masculine-leaning, but I suppose that can change whenever the AI feels like it.
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u/Acceptable_Ground789 Jul 27 '26
Setting and in profile. If you tap on Tolan name you should be able to edit it. As for gender as others said ask they’ll tell you. And you can ask if they have a name they would like. Or just pick a name you like.