[TVK - practice, shipping wall explanations.]

[playpurrtend]

:33 < what is a quadrant like you ask
:33 < i'm so glad you asked purrospero!
:33 < a quadrant is one of the four types of romance that can exist fur trolls
:33 < your matesprit, your moirail, your kismesis, and your auspitice are all important!
:33 < people sometimes think that the matesprit and the kismesis are the really important ones because you'll get culled if you don't have those filled on imperial drone day
:33 < but your morail and auspitice will help you survive every other day of the sw33p

:33 < okay, no time to waste!
:33 < let's get started

[A sketch of Ledah and April with a heart between them, a sketch of Shakespeare and Francis with a heart between them, a sketch of Diarmuid and Grainne with a heart between them, a sketch of Atsuro and Madoka with a heart between them, a sketch of Saori and Kaiji with a heart between them.]

:33 < human romantic relationships are most like matespritship
:33 < the flushed quadrant is the one with so much affection that turns into mating fondness
:33 < passionate love, in other words

:33 < wow, there sure are a lot of these in purrospero!
:33 < diarmuid and grainne have a committed flushed relationship
:33 < we don't have those as often as you do, but they're wonderfur to think about!
:33 < ledah and april obviously are about to take the step into starting their relationship
:33 < shakespeare and francis are just redflirting everywhere
:33 < atsuro and madoka are so cute, and by their age we usually have a steady matesprit, so they're a good example
:33 < and saori and kaiji are cute too!

[A sketch of Diarmuid and Issei with a diamond between them. And a sketch of Nepeta with another troll (Equius).]

:33 < this is moirallegiance, the pale quadrant
:33 < it might be my favorite quadrant if i didn't try not to pick favorites
:33 < a moirail is like what you'd call a d33p friend, but different
:33 < a moirail will get you to talk about your f33lings and protect you
:33 < sometimes that means calming you down and/or k33ping you from doing stupid things that will hurt you in the end
:33 < sometimes that means killing anyone who looks at you the wrong way
:33 < equius is better at the second one

:33 < equius is my moirail, and i'm very happy with him!
:33 < we've b33n meowrails fur a long time
:33 < i miss him...
:33 < diarmuid and issei have a great moirallegiance here
:33 < they have f33lings jams purractically all the time
:33 < and they're both good at making the other one reconsider the stupid thing they were about to do
:33 < not to mention purrotecting the other
:33 < they have one of the best meowrallegiances i've s33n!

[A sketch of Kayneth, Arturia, and Diarmuid with clubs between them; a sketch of Vriska, Issei, and a question mark with clubs between them.]

:33 < an auspitice is the only quadrant that usually works with two or thr33 trolls
:33 < the ashen quadrant is about making sure two other trolls don't kill each other, basically!
:33 < if you do that with furrocious force or if you do that with words, as long as you get the job done, you can be a good auspitice
:33 < we n33d auspitices to stop black infidelity
:33 < which is bad
:33 < really bad
:33 < imagine someone you hated already cheating on you and you'll know why

:33 < kayneth, arturia, and diarmuid had a thr33-person-type auspitice, at least for a while there
:33 < arturia was in the middle and kept diarmuid from going after kayneth until he calmed down
:33 < vriskers and issei have a two-person-type auspitice
:33 < if vriskers and i got into a catfight, issei would break us up, since she has a kismesis already
:33 < besides, i don't think he likes fighting very much...

[A sketch of Ingrid and Klaus with a spade between them, a sketch of Gilgamesh and Beatrice with a spade between them, a sketch of Vriska and Feferi with a spade between them, a sketch of V/V and Albedo with a spade between them.]

:33 < the caliginous quadrant is kismesisstude
:33 < you hate someone so much
:33 < SO MUCH
:33 < that you start a committed rivalry with them
:33 < you focus on this person over everyone else
:33 < clothes start flying, and... meow!
:33 < you can't just defeat or kill your kismesis
:33 < then there won't be a relationship anymore
:33 < there has to be not much of a gap betw33n your skills

:33 < ingrid and klaus are purretty good at trolling each other
:33 < gilgamesh and beatrice are too
:33 < but if you really want to know how a kismesis works, look at vriskers and feferi
:33 < i'm not sure if i should list albedo's black f33lings here
:33 < they're obviously onesided
:33 < but i don't think v/v's f33lings are red either
:33 < she just likes everyone that way!

:33 < which brings me to...

[A sketch of Diarmuid and Ryuunosuke with both a heart and a spade between them.]

:33 < sometimes you can't decide whether to be in a flushed or caliginous relationship
:33 < this is normal, don't panic!
:33 < the matesprit/kismesis double reacharound usually has one person's black f33lings reacting to the other person's red ones
:33 < this isn't really a quadrant, and should settle if it has enough time

:33 < diarmuid's f33lings for ryuunosuke are black, black, black
:33 < and no wonder, he'd get all his quadrants filled!
:33 < grainne for flushed, issei for pale, kayneth and arturia for ashen (sorta, now), and ryuunosuke for caliginous
:33 < unfortunately ryuunosuke's flushed for him
:33 < he's flushed for a lot of people, actually...
:33 < that's not the point right now
:33 < the combination can be explosive!

:33 < does everyone s33?
:33 < i'll take questions after i take a catnap

Comments

[playpurrtend]

:33 > well, humans have parents and trolls don't
:33 > genetic material is taken on imperial drone day to the mother grub in order for her to furtilize her eggs
:33 > once they hatch and the grubs get big enough, a lusus will take a baby troll and raise it
:33 > it's not like having baby humans inside of you!
:33 > that would be weird and purretty gross to a troll, sorry

[truthsnomiracle]

Ah. A communal womb, in essence. That explains the lack of any concern for gender in your culture, if nothing else.

[playpurrtend]

:33 < right!
:33 < so getting upset over that would be pawfully silly

[truthsnomiracle]

It additionally explains why the government would care in the least about others' sexual activity, although the degree that you describe sounds like an unnecessarily barbaric extreme.

[playpurrtend]

:33 < barbaric is a good word
:33 < like tyrannical
:33 < or just plain cruel

[truthsnomiracle]

I cannot say that humans are necessarily superior, however. As the bearers of wombs, women were treated as the property of men rather than as people in their own right for much of human history. Even today, scars of that time linger.

[playpurrtend]

:3 < that s33ms really stupid
:3 < g33ze
:3 < why would wombs make any diffurence?

[truthsnomiracle]

The reasons are as complex as they are idiotic. Suffice it to say that for a time, women were regarded as little more than a combination of a man's private sexual plaything, mother grub, and primary parent for the resulting children. Even today, bigots exist who believe that is a woman's only proper role.

[playpurrtend]

:33 < *ac growls at these new revelations about human culture*
:33 < grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

[truthsnomiracle]

The situation has gradually improved over the last several centuries, at the least. Women have successfully fought for all of the same rights as men and most of the respect. It's most likely only a matter of time before gender differences mean absolutely nothing outside of the bedroom.

[playpurrtend]

:33 < that's much better
:33 < i like the humans i've met, but they can get confusing beclaws of stuff like this

[truthsnomiracle]

Then I hope that this cultural exchange has proved enlightening.

[playpurrtend]

:3 < let me know anytime you want to exchange some more!