text; un: Jetshard

[dubiouslychthonic]

o)+ ALright, foLks, quick PSA before this has a chance to become an awkward issue, since I have friends around here and for some reason so does JaiLbreak:

o)+ TroLLs have a greater variety of romantic reLationships than humans usuaLLy do. Some of these are more or Less equivaLent to human romance - we caLL those ones red romance, generaLLy sPeaking - but we aLso have a couPLe of modeLs of bLack romance, which is founded PrimariLy in confLict and contention rather than more Positive emotions.

o)+ Kismessitude is normaL and heaLthy in my sPecies, and JaiL aPParentLy has a sense of adventure more usuaLLy associated with PeoPLe getting eggs Laid in their thoraxes. She seems to think she knows what she's getting into by continuing to needLe me. We're both aduLts and abLe to Look our for our own interests.

o)+ As such: it's ok to react to PubLic disPLays of contention with the same sort of miLd censure with which you'd treat equivaLent PubLic disPLays of affection. I wouLd request that you foLks not attemPt to arbitrate between us without exPress invitation. Doing so is imPoLite at best and tantamount to a ProPosition to a different romantic quadrant at worst.

Comments

[nojohnyouare]

Romance is complicated.

[dubiouslychthonic]

o)+ Sure is.

[nojohnyouare]

This explains... surprisingly a lot. About more than just you around here.

[nor_iron_bars]

[The other half of this burgeoning example of beautiful kismessitude chimes in immediately afterwards, albeit with much more brevity.]

tl;dr i'mma hate-date a hot alien.

[motherfucking_ghost]

see that makes a lot more sense than wtf was goin on w egg laying usually its just hatesex but we floats ur boat

[nor_iron_bars]

thanks. def aiming for hatesex too, but y'know, gotta take this one step at a time.

with the egg thing i'm pretty sure she just means that being all 'sure i'm down for anything let's go for it' around aliens you've never heard of before can get your ass super dead in embarrassing ways if you're unlucky.

it's cute how she thinks that'd stop me.

[anarchia]

We have multiple forms of partnership, but none built on that kind of emotion.

I'd say the concept of keeping a passionate hatred alive for thousands of years is too impossible for it, but that'd be a lie.

[dubiouslychthonic]

o)+ Some of our highbLoods seem to manage it.

o)+ Most of us haven't that kind of LifesPan, though.

[anarchia]

With a lifespan like ours, long term commitment is pretty significant.

There's no conceptual reason for hate to be any different to maintain than love, thinking about it.

[fistsofchange]

A romantic relationship based on conflict and contention?

Really?

[dubiouslychthonic]

o)+ ReaLLy. The way it's usuaLLy Phrased is "romantic hate," but I don't think that transLates as weLL.

Phone tag no fonts

[fistsofchange]

So that’s kinda like if you hate this one guy’s guts but you liked being annoying to him just to prove a point?

un: purrsonafied

[beguiledcard]

As long as you're both safe.

[dubiouslychthonic]

o)+ Safe, just maybe not as civiL as some around here wouLd exPect.

o)+ I'm mostLy aiming to keeP foLks from worrying, not make them worry more.

[beguiledcard]

This actually reminds me of a term that people use, back home.

"Hateship."

text; elevencrows

[founderinglight]

I assume congratulations are in order?

Also, I feel I should ask if I have any particular social obligations in this, just in case.

[Since yknow he's still kind of the closest thing you've got to a red.]

[dubiouslychthonic]

o)+ None particuLarLy. I mean, I'd Prefer you not go out of your way to Pick fights with her on my account, but I think we're aLL reasonabLy cLose aPProximations of functionaL aduLts here, and there's no reason to stand on any sort of ceremony.

o)+ And thank you. :)

[founderinglight]

I don't go out of my way to pick fights with most people.

[Yes there's one exception to that right now and he can hear your smug grin on the other side of the text, Jetshard, don't go there.]

I just wanted to be sure that I wasn't being rude by not doing so.

[blackestwitch]

I'm sorry for anything Jailbreak does, has done, or will do.

[dubiouslychthonic]

o)+ She rooms with you, doesn't she? I'LL do my best not to get in your way.

[blackestwitch]

She's my boss, so really I'm rooming with her. What does O+ mean by the way?

[shikosuki]

What

[dubiouslychthonic]

o)+ The ParaLLeLs between my PeoPLe and humanity are surPrisingLy extensive, but they're not exact.

un: seriousasa

[myocordial]

A relationship based on conflict... Interesting.

I can definitely see the appeal of that.

[apparently as one of the few, judging by the comments]

[byanyother_name]

Ah... that's something common in your culture? It's not entirely unusual among youkai, since strength and power are so highly valued.

I'd be quite the hypocrite to offer censure to your PDC, honestly.