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LOGRIS: "You know, you are rather more likely to be an Heir of Yonris than I am, Vesper."

"What do you mean?"

LOGRIS: "You are Bai, are you not?"

"Well, they have to be pretty."

Logris clears her throat.

LOGRIS: "No, I mean a person of the Baihu ethnic group."

LOGRIS' FACE: *And not that other thing.*
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Physique gets enthusiastic about ROOSTER BIG. Vesper gets uh uhh uh buttons? Uh uh uh about pretty lady Logris. Integrity knows something is going on, but doesn't.

Sounds about bi.
 
I was honestly really hesitant about the Bai/bi pun because sexual identity labels feel kind of anachronistic in Exalted but I didn't get this far into this project by passing up questionable joke ideas.
 
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I was honestly really hesitant about the Bai/bi pun because sexual identity labels feel kind of anachronistic in Exalted but I didn't get this far into this project by passing up questionable joke ideas.
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Look, if it works it works and I'm pretty sure you could put together some kind of Creation compliant reason for our use of bi to pop up there, completely by chance, and in a way that makes a sound alike pun sensible. Exalted has a canon hrt and medical transition for trans people. There are canon trans characters. If the developers aren't bothered by saying hrt exists in forum posts, then you're good.
 
Hyacinthium said:
Look, if it works it works and I'm pretty sure you could put together some kind of Creation compliant reason for our use of bi to pop up there, completely by chance, and in a way that makes a sound alike pun sensible. Exalted has a canon hrt and medical transition for trans people. There are canon trans characters. If the developers aren't bothered by saying hrt exists in forum posts, then you're good.
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To be clear there is no issue with bisexuality existing in Exalted. From its inception the franchise has been very queer throughout. There have always been lesbian, gay, bi and trans characters (portrayed with shaky but improving degrees of sensitivity). These things are considered unremarkable in-setting.

The issue is the use of terms of sexual identity. Exalted draws on a (heavily sanitized version of) classical sources for a lot of this stuff: sexual identity as we understand it is a largely unexamined component of identity in-setting.

Characters that we would consider very clearly conforming to a recognizeable sexual identity exist; for example the Sidereal Iron Saika is very obviously a butch lesbian. However, the narrative text does not say Iron Saika is a lesbian, it just says that she exclusively prefers women sexually.

I wouldn't describe a character as bisexual in an Exalted publication for the same reason I wouldn't describe a character as white; these kinds of sexual and racial identities are relatively modern social constructs that don't exist in the premodern pastiche of the Exalted world. This is not to say that characters that we would call bisexual or white do not exist in the world of Exalted. They do. That's fine. It's just a matter of consistent presentation.

Anyway I disregarded this entirely because I wanted to make a funny. Such is life.
 
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Crumplepunch said:
To be clear there is no issue with bisexuality existing in Exalted. From its inception the franchise has been very queer throughout. There have always been lesbian, gay, bi and trans characters (portrayed with shaky but improving degrees of sensitivity). These things are considered unremarkable in-setting.

The issue is the use of terms of sexual identity. Exalted draws on a (heavily sanitized version of) classical sources for a lot of this stuff: sexual identity as we understand it is a largely unexamined component of identity in-setting.

Characters that we would consider very clearly conforming to a recognizeable sexual identity exist; for example the Sidereal Iron Saika is very obviously a butch lesbian. However, the narrative text does not say Iron Saika is a lesbian, it just says that she exclusively prefers women sexually.

I wouldn't describe a character as bisexual in an Exalted publication for the same reason I wouldn't describe a character as white; these kinds of sexual and racial identities are relatively modern social constructs that don't exist in the premodern pastiche of the Exalted world. This is not to say that characters that we would call bisexual or white do not exist in the world of Exalted. They do. That's fine. It's just a matter of consistent presentation.

Anyway I disregarded this entirely because I wanted to make a funny. Such is life.
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I know, and that is what I meant. I don't think there's a problem with your webforum based quest having a bisexuality pun joke when a person who works on the official material directly uses real world terminology, also on a web forum. Even if that isn't in one of books.
 
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    [X] You, er...
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    "You, er..."

    You trail off, staring into mid-distance in her vague direction.

    LOGRIS: "Well, I am glad we could sort this all out."

    She stands and stretches, a liquid motion remeniscent of a preening bird. Your mind blanks.

    LOGRIS: "Are you sure you are quite alright? You have clearly had quite an ordeal this morning yourself. Perhaps you should take some time to relax."

    The word relax reverberates through your skull. By the time your eyes refocus, Logris is standing directly in front of you, looking up at you, close enough that you can see the image of the reflection on the surface of her eyeglasses.

    Without breaking eye contact she runs a single finger upwards across your belly. You feel a strange tingling sensation, like the touch is echoing across your skin in every direction. Sweat stings your eyes.

    INTEGRITY: VERY DIFFICULT
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    INTEGRITY: I think she's trying to seduce us.

    What? Seduce? What does that even mean?

    INTEGRITY: You know, seduction. It has something to do with Physique.

    PHYSIQUE: HANDS!?

    But what is it? What happens?

    INTEGRITY: It's very complicated. We don't have time to think about all this just now.

    What? I have to know something helpful about this.

    Your brain is silent.

    LOGRIS: "I have a few errands I could send Lateya on. She would be away for a few hours, so we could have some privacy."

    [ ] I need to go, this is making me uncomfortable.
    [ ] I could stay a little while. Maybe there will be coffee.
    [ ] I'm supposed to meet Mai after lunch, but I don't care about that.

    This is a consequential decision, please vote.
     
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    • [X] I need to go, this is making me uncomfortable.

    Vesper will not beat the bitchless behaviour allegations.
     
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