The (Lesbian) Adventures of Kanira Baxter
I don't get a lot of fan mail regarding Kanira Baxter--maybe a message every month and a half at this point; I started this thing in July, so...you do the math--but today I got one from one of my YouTube peeps telling me that Kanira and Dare should, heh, "get together".
Now, okay, I haven't exactly made being a lesbian a secret on YouTube, but...well, it kind of amuses me that someone would naturally assume that Kanira and Dare both are. Or maybe it's wishful thinking; goodness knows that being female on the internet gets you a fair amount of "Take off your top!" on its own merits, and given how romanticized guys on the internet have made lesbian sex, well... I guess I shouldn't be shocked to have gotten that about Kanira and Dare.
At least he didn't actually insist on sex; he just thought they should be in a relationship...or so he said. Heh.
Still, I admit I've given some thought to the sexual orientations of my characters. Granted, sex is NOT a focus of Kanira Baxter; I'm quite open to the idea of the characters finding romance at some point, though I don't have that planned; if it happens, it'll either happen naturally or because I saw a great plot opportunity as I went along.
But, as I say, I've considered what form that would take, what the orientation of my characters are. Nothing's decided permanently, but I'm pretty darn sure Kanira's straight. Dare's probably bisexual. Jonas is rabid-and-screamingly straight; haven't decided whether that's just a cover for homosexuality...kinna doubt it, tho. Meglen, well...the Myanai species have different sexual politics than humans; safe to say that he's probably omnisexual or pansexual or...whatever the term is. The Myanai don't have the same "ick-factor" that humans do regarding the sex they aren't naturally inclined toward; the very concept is--literally--alien to them. Among Meglen's people, romance/sex, and procreation are basically separate issues entirely. So they'll happily romance or boink anyone of any sex, for pleasure and for love, regardless of procreation.
I've tried to explain how that might have come about from an evolutionary standpoint; I think a large part of it is that the physical differences between the sexes are not so readily apparent with the Myanai as they are with humans, and the social differences aren't that magnified either, thus the lack of the "ick-factor".
Anyway...that was something I woke up to this morning, and it quite amused me. But it also made me think a bit.
Now, okay, I haven't exactly made being a lesbian a secret on YouTube, but...well, it kind of amuses me that someone would naturally assume that Kanira and Dare both are. Or maybe it's wishful thinking; goodness knows that being female on the internet gets you a fair amount of "Take off your top!" on its own merits, and given how romanticized guys on the internet have made lesbian sex, well... I guess I shouldn't be shocked to have gotten that about Kanira and Dare.
At least he didn't actually insist on sex; he just thought they should be in a relationship...or so he said. Heh.
Still, I admit I've given some thought to the sexual orientations of my characters. Granted, sex is NOT a focus of Kanira Baxter; I'm quite open to the idea of the characters finding romance at some point, though I don't have that planned; if it happens, it'll either happen naturally or because I saw a great plot opportunity as I went along.
But, as I say, I've considered what form that would take, what the orientation of my characters are. Nothing's decided permanently, but I'm pretty darn sure Kanira's straight. Dare's probably bisexual. Jonas is rabid-and-screamingly straight; haven't decided whether that's just a cover for homosexuality...kinna doubt it, tho. Meglen, well...the Myanai species have different sexual politics than humans; safe to say that he's probably omnisexual or pansexual or...whatever the term is. The Myanai don't have the same "ick-factor" that humans do regarding the sex they aren't naturally inclined toward; the very concept is--literally--alien to them. Among Meglen's people, romance/sex, and procreation are basically separate issues entirely. So they'll happily romance or boink anyone of any sex, for pleasure and for love, regardless of procreation.
I've tried to explain how that might have come about from an evolutionary standpoint; I think a large part of it is that the physical differences between the sexes are not so readily apparent with the Myanai as they are with humans, and the social differences aren't that magnified either, thus the lack of the "ick-factor".
Anyway...that was something I woke up to this morning, and it quite amused me. But it also made me think a bit.