diff a/code/datums/components/component.dm b/code/datums/components/component.dm	(rejected hunks)
@@ -47,12 +47,14 @@
 	
 	procs[sig_type] = CALLBACK(src, proc_on_self)    
 
-/datum/component/proc/ReceiveSignal(sigtype, list/sig_args)
+/datum/component/proc/ReceiveSignal(sigtype, ...)
 	var/list/sps = signal_procs
 	var/datum/callback/CB = LAZYACCESS(sps, sigtype)
 	if(!CB)
 		return FALSE
-	return CB.InvokeAsync(arglist(sig_args))
+	var/list/arguments = args.Copy()
+	arguments.Cut(1, 2)
+	return CB.InvokeAsync(arglist(arguments))
 
 /datum/component/proc/InheritComponent(datum/component/C, i_am_original)
 	return
@@ -62,14 +64,14 @@
 
 /datum/var/list/datum_components //list of /datum/component
 
-/datum/proc/SendSignal(sigtype, list/sig_args)
+/datum/proc/SendSignal(sigtype, ...)
 	var/list/comps = datum_components
 	. = FALSE
 	for(var/I in comps)
 		var/datum/component/C = I
 		if(!C.enabled)
 			continue
-		if(C.ReceiveSignal(sigtype, sig_args))
+		if(C.ReceiveSignal(arglist(args)))
 			ComponentActivated(C)
 			. = TRUE