Update 2 of 2. Make sure you haven't missed the previous one!
About Renchos “having no self control”:
It’s BS, but it does come from a twisted/uninformed interpretation of two facts…
1) the Rencho culture doesn’t have anything like marriage, and extramarital sex is very taboo in Keol (unless it’s some dude with a prostitute… double standards FTW!).
They do have committed long term relationships, but that’s strictly between the partners and have absolutely nothing to do with in-laws (which isn’t even a thing for them). Renchos tend to view human marriages as family politics, while Keol humans think of Renchos as… free spirits, to put it gently.
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2) the majority of Renchos are pansexual. That’s where they get the geoduck thing. Back in the days, Keol humans thought you couldn’t be attracted to a woman unless you had a sausage, or to a man unless you had ladybits. Therefore, pansexual must mean the person must have both parts!
Even though THAT myth has been debunked for quite some time now, the unfortunate nickname has stuck.
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Back to the tea, the “logic” is that if someone doesn’t care whether their partner is male or female, they must be really, REALLY desperate and completely unable to control themselves. Of course that’s not true at all, but… :\
I adore Danbi, really, but he deserves every bit of grief Lushaka is dishing out right now. Come on man, he's done nothing but help you guys. You gave Ethan the benefit of the doubt despite being a total stranger roughly the size of a bull elephant whose first act upon meeting you was to hit on you. Where's your head at?
I don't think Danbi understood that Ethan was hitting on him. X'D But yeah, there is a bit of bias showing, isn't there... Even if Danbi himself doesn't consider Lushaka as a potential threat (which is arguable), he doesn't see anything wrong with making him drink the tea.
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