Toad, Toadette, and Gender

[Kriven]

How is supporting my argument with in-world context any more or less straw-grasping than using a brief answer in a short interview as the foundation for an entire position?

Toadette was an established female. Toad was an established male. Contextually in any game they have held trivial roles. I still am not seeing the issue here with repurposing the character. Even in significant roles characters can be repurposed or shift gendered if that's what the creators decide.

Here is a real life example, which I do have permission to post; Sengir WAS an established male, they are NOW an established female (Thoen).

Toadette hasn't become Toadster, though... she's still calling herself Toadette and dressing like a girl. That makes her Toadette the Girl until, within the context, she decides not to be Toadette the Girl.