The season's plots revolve around campaigns, betrayals, ethical dilemmas in trading, and personal crises rather than identity-focused conflicts. However, Taylor's established non-binary identity and they/them pronouns remain a deliberate, normalized feature of the character across all episodes, with the showrunners having created the role specifically to introduce and sustain this representation starting in season 2 after researching gender non-conformity.

Creator Brian Koppelman cited inspiration from his children's exposure to preferred pronouns, and the production consulted non-binary individuals while framing the inclusion as a way to disrupt traditional Wall Street norms without overt lecturing. This places the element as prominent and intentional but secondary to the core premise of empire-building and rivalry. Diverse casting in supporting roles like Kate Sacker (Condola Rashad) and others fits the modern New York setting organically without source-material alterations or forced clashes.