On recent CR at Entaglement.

[fastestonnolegs]

...Is there anything I should know about dating an Alternian troll, mun? Because I KNOW he's been flirting with me, and he wants to see me run.

That's not a date - I know you're saying it is one, but that's just because you're kind of a tease and a dick - but I am actually pretty happy about this and I want to make it work.

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[wwrathofangels]

My mun says at some point wwe're goin' to hawe to hawe a talk about quadrants just so you knoww. Otherwwise you're probably goin' to be on the receiwin' end a an unpleasant sort a surprise...

[fastestonnolegs]

...this is going to be messy, isn't it.

[wwrathofangels]

This is really somethin' that'd be better explained by Kar or Kan but I don't really wwant to get either a them in here for reasons.

So basically you knoww that mowie Serendipity? Wwhere in the human wersion the twwo people find each other an' they're soulmates an' shit through random happenstance?

The troll wersion a that mowie is a lot longer 'cause wwe hawe to find fiwe romantic partners before wwe achiewe serendipity.

[fastestonnolegs]

What.

[Erriiiiii, you have some splainin to do.]

[wwrathofangels]

::This is why Karkat or Kanaya would be better at explaining this.::

Okay, for wwhatewer reasons you guys do twwo thin's entirely different:

One. You expect one person to fill a lot a romantic roles, wwhich wwould newer really wwork in troll society.

Twwo. Humans don't hawe romantic hate. You guys do platonic hate an' from wwhat I'we seen a human history you guys do that really fuckin' wwell, but you don't do romantic hate wwhich is kind a wweird if you ask me considerin' howw good you are at doin' it platonically.

So I'm sure you can see howw a troll wwould hawe at least twwo romantic partners considerin' you can't pity the same person you hate.

Wwell, you can, but that's a pretty fuckin' unstable relationship.

[fastestonnolegs]

(Have a facepalm, while she thinks about this and tries to sort it out.)

Wait. Wait. Are you telling me that trolls are expected to have a hated enemy as well as a beloved foo-friend?

("foo" equals either "boy" or "girl." Solve for foo.)

Okay, you know what? I can honestly live with that if you're going to be a boyfriend. What are the other two?

[wwrathofangels]

More like fated riwal but yeah you kind a got the point a it. That's your black concupiscent quadrant an' it's represented wwith a spade.

The other twwo quadrants are your conciliatory ones. You got a moirail, an' then either twwo auspisticees or an auspistice an' a felloww auspisticee.

Moirails are your best ally meanin' you can be perfectly honest wwith them about your feelin's an' not hawe to wworry they'll use your wweaknesses against you. Usually wwhat happens is you hawe a highblood an' a lowwblood partnered 'cause the highbloods tend to be more wiolent an' also need a pacifyin' influence, wwhile the lowwblood wwill generally need some kind a protection. But you don't wwant to get too disparate on the hemospectrum otherwwise the lowwblood is goin' to die wway before the highblood. ::He has no idea he is making this unnecessarily complicated by mentioning different bloods and the hemospectrum. None. As far as he's concerned it's an essential part of understanding things.::

The auspistice is your black conciliatory quadrant an' the most common situation -or at least most easily recognisable at any rate- is wwhere one or both a the auspisticees already got kismeses -that bein' your fated riwal- an' so there's someone bein' a meddly fussyfangs betwween them so they don't go cheatin'. Otherwwise if you got twwo brinesuckers tryin' to make wwith the hateflirts at each other but they're no good as a match for wwhatewer reason like maybe one a them is too much wweaker than the other an' is goin' to up an' get themselwes culled tryin' to keep up or some shit, then maybe someone might decide to step in also for wwhatewer reasons they got. Not too uncommon for someone on the more friendly side a bein' your enemy to wwant to not see you end up dead ower tryin' to fill your matin' quadrants. ::And there is the other part where he might be confusing, considering it's a bit awkward trying to parse the Alternian concept of the word for friend being the same as the word for enemy into a language that makes distinctions between such things.::