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:33 < *ac furowns at the network unsure of how to phrase this*
:33 < *quite frankly she is purrplexed!*
:33 < *eventually she decides to just say what is on her mind*
:33 < i have b33n watching some of these human romance movies and read a few novels of the same genre
:33 < they are really purretty fascinating! you humans can be surpurrisingly passionate about your relationships! :OO
:33 < but some things came up that made me curious
:33 < why do you ask about what love is or f33ls like?
:33 < it s33ms purretty straight forward furom what ive s33n and read so why do you ask these questions?
:33 < *ac pawses fur a moment befur admitting something*
:33 < then again i am not quite sure what human love entails and how much of it diffurs furom troll culture
:33 < if there is even such a diffurence
:33 < i suppose what i want to ask is
:33 < what is love to a human and why do you question it so often?

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That aside, why do you assume the entertainment genre reflects on the species? Romantic books and films are unrealistic and geared towards female fantasies. I would recommend viewing something marketed towards males to get an idea of the differences in romantic opinions per gender but even then, it's nothing more than vicarious wish fulfillment.

:33 < ??
:33 < *ac does not know how to reply to that furst line and decides to ignore it fur now*

:33 < there are gender diffurences in the genre?
:33 < how strange! our species does not have anything gender specific other than clothing
:33 < but to answer your question
:33 < media can give a good idea about what a species finds interesting or purrhaps what sort of qualities they value by putting them in a spotlight
:33 < *she taps her chin*
:33 < then how do you view love mr sherlock?

It was a Vigenère Cipher. Simply meant to be as annoying as your typing quirk.

All romance movies are geared towards women. Men are either heroes or idiots and the women either damsels in distress or self-rescuing princesses. Dull, boring, pointless. Any movie geared towards men equates romance with a vacuous sex scene thrown in a movie primarily about explosions in which men are always heroes and women are vixens or virgins. You can learn about as much from a species from its entertainment as you can about procreation through pornography. It may be related subject matter but the representation is limited, flawed, and unrealistic.

From what my work has shown me, love is anything from obsession to codependency. It rarely brings out the best in people, it causes a complete malfunction of rational thought, and serves primarily to complicate simple relationships. Love isn’t required for procreation nor the formation of basic social structures and is, largely, a simple chemical defect.

[Types the hypocrite.]

:33 < i...s33
:33 < i think i do anyway

:33 < i dont think i can make a comment on that when im not sure about human culture
:33 < but our movies can be unrealistic too!
:33 < i think thats what draws people in

:33 < *she furowns*
:33 < that sounds depurressing
:33 < why is it like that?

I have a rather fair understanding of Troll romances from an event experience nearly a year ago. Interesting enough though just as needlessly convoluted and confusing. Humans desire red and ignore or try and escape black. I’ve never really known much red myself. But humans do not relish adversity in most cases—adversity is something to be overcome, as you’ve no doubt noticed in your limited research. Appreciating the person who is in opposition to you is a rare thing for humans.

It’s not depressing so much as it is hormones--cocktails of chemicals making the body react in inadvisable ways that are not controlled by the mind so much as the brain. There is always an issue when the body takes control. I will concede to the fact that not all love is fashioned from chemical compatibility but argue it as the case in most instances.

It might mean different things to different people.

:33 < *she considers the reply*
:33 < purrhaps but there are significant similarities betw33n each interpurretation arent there?
:33 < how do you s33 or f33l it?

Me personally or in general? ["Purrsonally?"]

:33 < hmmmm
:33 < both if you f33l comfurtable with it?
:33 < im interested in learning more about your species culture and i felt that this would be a good step forward!

[Minato smiled a little before answering. Look, look at him smoothly sidestepping the question for now.]

You don't remember that we did this before, right, Nepeta?

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"Troll culture"?

[Oh man, you have got to be kidding him. Aliens? Really?]

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:33 < yes!
:33 < i am a troll!
:33 < *ac is furry purroud of this too :))*

Oh...okay.

I don't mean to be rude, but that's really confusing to me.

:33 < *she giggles*
:33 < its ok!
:33 < we dont s33m to be well known to humans so it is only natural!
:33 < *ac gives you a grin*
:33 < would you purrefur to use video to talk then?

That might be a good idea.

[Give him just a minute, he's new at this. But he's a teenager who livesd in America in 2010, so it doesn't take him too long to figure it out and switch to video.]

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It's like when it's muggy outside, and cloudy. Like it's going to rain but it hasn't yet.

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[Nepeta considers this.]

So...it is something sad?

Oh, or it's like when you're at the top of a roller coaster, about to go down, and there's wind in your hair but you're still stuck at the top.

Oh, I get it! Then it doesn't sound all that diffurent furom our flushed relationships. But if you know what it feels like, then why do you question it?

I dunno. Feelings get mushy when you try to talk about them.

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i think it's because people are scared.
like...
they can know for sure they care about someone
but if it doesn't feel as huge and dramatic as tv and stuff makes it seem
they start to worry that they're not really in LOVE with them?
and they don't want to hurt that person!
because they do care.
so they start to wonder if maybe love isn't as dramatic as tv makes it seem!
kind of like how, i dunno.
women on tv and in movies are always really really pretty all the time but
like
rose explained to me once that even if they aren't supposed to be wearing makeup, they still are!
so nobody on tv looks like they do in real life.
but unlike seeing people without makeup on, we might only fall in love once or twice.
and we want to be sure it's real so nobody gets hurt.
but we have nothing to compare it to!
i mean,
that's what i think it is, anyway.

[This might be the kind of thing John has been thinking about lately anyway.]

:33 < i suppose that makes sense
:33 < it would be purretty awkward
:33 < but why not take a chance even if it might hurt?
:33 < isnt it part of life to have some pain to balance the happiness?
:33 < how can you learn if you dont take that furst step and tumble like a clumsy kitten a few times?

well it's embarrassing too!
and hurting other people isn't fun...
well, not to most people anyway.
and there's lots of other things involved, usually.
like if you're gay or straight or
if your parents approve
or if you want to stay with that person forever or if you're holding somebody back by being with them when they could be with someone better.
that kinda stuff...

[All things John is still worrying about.]

:33 < no hurt is nefur fun but it is a necessary part of life right?
:33 < i can understand about a lusus not appurroving the choice of partner
:33 < but i dont understand one thing. why do humans think its bad to love someone beclaws of what gender or sex they are?

[She pauses for a moment.]

:33 < i believe that if the purrson chose to be with you then that means you are that someone better in their life
:33 < i sort of know how that can f33l like

i...
i guess because it's just been that way a long time.
i'm not sure how it started but some people still think it's bad
or gross
or something.
and them thinking it passes into other people and it just...
keeps going?

[John hesitates too.]

what if they don't know that they could find someone better?
or
if they think you're better than you really are?

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