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And some more new backstory for Emily's self discovery. She's a very complicated girl. XD
In case you were wondering, no, Carver has never been mentioned in the story before now. Although he has been very vaguely alluded to as one of the "handful of people who know" about her orientation (after all, if Maria didn't know before Rain and Ky, who else could have possibly known?). So none of these flashbacks are anything we've seen. I may post color versions of those panels at some point though, because Emily looks really cute in the green junior year collar. Admittedly, it doesn't quite suit Debbie or Devon as much though (they definitely look better in blue).
Also, this was originally planned to be a two-pager with the next one. So if this feels incomplete, that's why. I mostly split it just so the scene could end on Friday (because I'm committed to keeping that going for as long as I can). XD
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Funny, I have a character with the initials of B and C. The first name is similar, but the last name is different.
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That's almost the look maria had when Rudy outed her.
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Interesting, so Emily knew, and dated someone else, that was pansexual as well. I wonder how that went for her. To be fair to Emily, it might not have been the best approach to have told everyone, just because of what kind of school it is. But, what other things does he have. I don't think it is often that we see that kind of face on Emily very often.
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Would it be ironic if she stopped him by hitting him WITH a pan?
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thanks for the following picture in my head:
Blair: we are pansexual otaku's
Emily: (hits him with a pan) no we're not, baka
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IDK about ironic, but I would find it hilarious.
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Hmm, I wonder if Blair had come out, would he have been the first openly, none straight student at that school. Gotta love the look on Emily's face in the last panel. I don't think we see her panic, too often. Also, I love how Emily and Maria are talking. I don't if it is possible, but if it is, I would ship them as friends ^_^ (a friendship, as it were).
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I think that's one thing some of the older civilizations got right. The old Romans, for example, didn't really have much of an understanding of orientations. If you found someone attractive, that was that. Hetero, homo, pan, a, they're all just terms. Love who you love.
Of course, it's entirely possible I'm talking out of my arse and don't know anything. I have a tendency to do that. :s
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No, you're completely right. In fact, it goes back even further. Gay couples in Ancient Greece were often recruited to become hoplites, as they believed they would fight harder to protect each other.
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Then again, the older civilizations also weren't really attached to the idea that God/The Gods would get angry and punish mortals for sexual misbehavior other than adultery (which was more or less defined as "sleeping with somebody else's partner"). It's the whole "God hates sex unless it's for making babies within a marriage" idea that is the root of a lot of our hangups about non-vanilla sexual combinations/expressions.
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That attitude is also partially responsible for the level of overpopulating that today's society has gotten to.
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Hmm, well, there have been other incentives for overpopulation. On the tribal/national level, each group wants to outgrow its rivals, which leads to a standard "tragedy of the commons" problem--that which is beneficial to those who do it is detrimental to everyone when all do it. On the family/personal level, in societies where child labor is still a thing, children are an economic asset to low-income families instead of the economic liability they are in most First World societies when they consume food and goods and go to school but are not profitably employable until sixteen or older.
Basically, it's almost always been the case that it's a good thing for your own family/tribe/faction/nation to grow, while it's a bad thing for everybody else to grow (in terms of benefit to you). Thus, everybody is trying to outgrow everybody else in a "me first" competition.
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Logic would dictate that the ideal solution for such a problem in that stage of civilization would be to ignore all coupling conventions altogether. The entire village would participate in group orgies and each member not actively engaged in either hunting, gathering, cooking, or guarding would be raising the children.
Granted, that can cause population growth too fast for food supplies to be maintained. In that case, the end result could easily be the starvation of the entire tribe, or the tribe being forced to go to war with neighbouring tribes. Both situations would lead to extinction, as in the case of war, too many of the tribe members would be children or busy raising children.
It's entirely possible that this is precisely what happened. It would go a long way towards explaining the persisting convention of two member coupling, and of harems. We have a saying "It takes a village to raise a child", but I don't believe that has truly been practiced in millennia.
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If it were only about numbers, then yes. However, there is also the issue of paternity. If priority for inheritance of a male's possessions, titles, and social rank goes to those who most share his blood (i.e. his blood-related children get priority over any other children birthed by the same mothers), then being certain of the paternity of a child becomes of paramount importance--if for example an heir's claim to rule is based upon being the descendant of a previous ruler. Given that pre-industrial societies had very little knowledge of how to test genetics beyond "a child should resemble both parents", the only way to be absolutely certain of who a child's father is, would be for there to be only one candidate--i.e. the mother had only one partner during the plausible time of impregnation. Thus begins the social pressure for monogamy (issues of emotional jealousy aside). By the way, this applies in a matriarchal society as well--even if the inheritance from the mother is ten times greater than that from the father, as long as the potential heirs consider it worthwhile to fight over who gets Dad's possessions and legacy, then there is pressure to know just who each child's father is.
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That's sensible. Of course, in a tribal setting, there is frequently little belongings of high enough quality to be passed down in the first place.
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Well yes, but there's also inheritance of social status--e.g. the son of the old Chief gets a higher claim on becoming the next Chief than the stepson of the old Chief. As long as there's any notion of value-of-bloodlines as opposed to pure-meritocracy, then knowing each child's pedigree is socially important.
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A valid point. Also another reason why any tribes who employed the group coupling would be more likely to die out, due to infighting over leadership.
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I'm guessing they broke up because college? They seem pretty suited to each other.
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First off, any mention of Blair makes me think of Star Ocean 3, one of my early adventures in gay shipping. XP
In any case, this is pretty neat to hear about. The idea of meeting this new character now makes me wonder what effect he might have in the future, if any. I mean, it's totally possible to have a character show up, leave an impression, and then disappear into memories, speculation, and fanfics. I am interested in seeing how this plays out. Oh, why must you tease us like this!
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Id love to see this Blair guy in full color. and isnt that a coincidence, two pansexuals dating? but i suppose you never know what someone elses orientation could be before they tell you
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Me and a very close friend of mine are both pansexual, although I personally prefer to identify as Omnisexual. She's been a great source of advice for me : )
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Well thats good, as i said in one of my other replies, i had no idea how common it seems to be
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I actually know a pansexual couple here in my city. I have played some D&D with them 😄
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really? thats pretty cool. ive only met one pansexual person myself
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I know a panromantic couple. And quite a few pan people in general. It's certainly not that unlikely that multiple pan people would end up dating.
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i guess its more common than i thought
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'among other things...' wait what are those other things?!?!
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I get the feeling this doesn't end well for Blair.
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This is super duper weird for me, as Blair Carver is also the name of a character I have. I had to do a massive double take a moment. It's funny how these coincidences happen.
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Oh, really? Wacky. And here, I changed his name like a dozen times because my first ideas felt like too common of names. XD
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Hehe, I know the feeling. My characters get their names changed all the time. And unlike us it doesn't cost them anything!
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