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.

[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.

[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.

[fistsofchange]

A romantic relationship based on conflict and contention?

Really?

un: purrsonafied

[beguiledcard]

As long as you're both safe.

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.]

[blackestwitch]

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

[shikosuki]

What

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.