[seasonality] catchall for nier

[wtfox]

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[wtfox]

Maybe it just wasn't socially acceptable in that time period?

[she flips through the script]

Okay, you point out the next gay scene.

[amain]

The past sure is strange.

[ Hmm..

MERCUTIO
If love be blind, love cannot hit the mark.
Now will he sit under a medlar tree
And wish his mistress were that kind of fruit
As maids call medlars when they laugh alone

Actually, he isn't sure, but... ]

... Mercutio is really involved in and critical of Romeo's love life.

[wtfox]

Oh, he's super jealous. Gay.

[amain]

Yeah... I mean. Shouldn't you be happy if your friend finds love? Or wants to find love?

[ Mercutio? ]

[wtfox]

Yeah, definitely! I'd be thrilled if my friends found people they were in love with.

[amain]

That's what I was thinking, too... I'd be ecstatic to see my friends find love and marry. Weddings are pretty fun.

[wtfox]

They are! I've been to a couple of them, they're really nice.

[amain]

I want to say maybe there will be a wedding here, but... I don’t think I want to stay here long enough for it to pan out.

[ Oof. Back to homework, though. ]

Do you think it would have ended terribly if Mercutio was honest with his feelings?

[wtfox]

Maybe if he had been, no one would have--

[she pauses. wait. spoilers.]

Do you know how this play ends?

[amain]

Nope. It's a typical boy meets girl story and they live happily ever after, right?

[ HAHHAHA ]

[wtfox]

Umm... not exactly.

[amain]

[ ............ ]

Should I read the whole play before doing more homework?

[wtfox]

...nah, I think it'll be more fun if we have you go in blind.

[she giggles]

[amain]

... I have a bad feeling about this.

[ WHY IS LILA EVIL ]

[wtfox]

[yeah! good question! why is she evil!]

It's just a play, it can't hurt you.

[amain]

... That's what I told my sister when I read her stories and she would definitely cry.

[ FICTION HURTS, LILA? ]

[wtfox]

...do you cry easy?

[amain]

I don't think so?

[wtfox]

Then you'll be fine! Promise.

[amain]

All right.

[ We can speedrun the play since Nier is looking through it and... Towards the end, he's frowning. ]

[wtfox]

[looking between his face and the book]

Sooooo...

[amain]

[ LOOKS AT HER ]

Why?

[wtfox]

Because heterosexuality is tragic, I guess.

...

At least, I think that's the lesson we're supposed to take away from this?

[amain]

[ He knows it's a story and there are plenty of stories, but it's how this class frames it. The lesson that Lila is presenting him... ]

... Now that you mention it, every heterosexual couple I knew ended in tragedy.

[ maybe he's thinking too much into it. ]

[wtfox]

[she gasps]

Maybe making us realize that was the whole point of this class!