Richard, King of Windor (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
ledbythewind) wrote2013-03-06 09:43 pm
ledbythewind) wrote2013-03-06 09:43 pm
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[Ah, Valentine's Day. The one experiment a year Richard hates most, for a variety of reasons. Granted, this year wasn't TOO terrible, as he was spared the unfortunate fate of falling in love with anyone under the effects of the experiment... but that didn't stop other people from from falling in love/lust with HIM, much to his dismay. And that's left him with many things to think about, as have some of the reactions to the experiment that he's seen from other people. Which leads him to ponder...]
Indulge my curiosity: what sorts of things are considered traditionally "masculine" where you come from?
[A bit later on, Richard will head out of the house on a shopping trip to All Passions and the item store, where he can be found looking for a new wardrobe and a few other things, probably as a result of some of the answers he received to his question. After picking out a bunch of things to take home with him, he chooses something new to wear home as well: cargo pants, combat boots, and a leather motorcycle jacket, because all of those things are super-masculine, right? Alas, on someone with the approximate build of a toothpick and delicate features like Richard has, the end result is a bit ridiculous, but don't tell him that. (Or do, your choice.) He can't quite bring himself to cut his hair - he's still far too proud of it - so instead he opts to pull it back into a ponytail.
There. Much better, in his eyes. Now the question is, what will his friends and housemates think of this?]
Indulge my curiosity: what sorts of things are considered traditionally "masculine" where you come from?
[A bit later on, Richard will head out of the house on a shopping trip to All Passions and the item store, where he can be found looking for a new wardrobe and a few other things, probably as a result of some of the answers he received to his question. After picking out a bunch of things to take home with him, he chooses something new to wear home as well: cargo pants, combat boots, and a leather motorcycle jacket, because all of those things are super-masculine, right? Alas, on someone with the approximate build of a toothpick and delicate features like Richard has, the end result is a bit ridiculous, but don't tell him that. (Or do, your choice.) He can't quite bring himself to cut his hair - he's still far too proud of it - so instead he opts to pull it back into a ponytail.
There. Much better, in his eyes. Now the question is, what will his friends and housemates think of this?]
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[Even though he knows this isn't the same Naoki, hearing that in Naoki's voice still hurt him deeply.]
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He's just... different. That's all. For some reason, my world seems to have several variations.
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[His Naoki had never treated it as strange, but... well.]
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It's shameful to the more bigoted, but not everyone.
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[And it's pretty clear that this knowledge bothers him a great deal.]
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[And antiquated. Could be somewhere on earth still, but there's no way he's saying that.]
That's not your world, though. Or this one. There's probably some kingdom in some world where you can be executed for wearing purple on the wrong day, but that doesn't mean anything here.
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[Before, it had been easy enough for him to believe that no one had a problem with it because no one had ever said anything. Sure, his world didn't exactly accept it, but there's a big difference between "not accepting" and "wishing death on." It never really occurred to him that people could feel so strongly about the issue to want people to die for it.]
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If you ask me, I don't think that even counts.
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[It's a rhetorical question more than anything. Sure, they may not be able to do anything here, but now there's going to be a constant question at the back of his mind whenever he meets someone new-- what if they're one of the people who would want him executed?]
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I know it might not be easy, but... you can't go around worrying that strangers will think poorly of you all the time.
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And he's not going to give in to that part, not this time.]
... that's easy for you to say.
[Maybe he really should go change out of this...]
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[He shrugs.]
But sometimes words are all someone can offer.
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You can do what you want with my old wardrobe. I won't be needing it any longer.
[No turning back, now that he's made this decision.]
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[He pinches the bridge of his nose.]
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No. It's not.
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[Because when you like girls, you're normal. Image doesn't matter nearly as much, or at least that's how Richard sees things.]
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He sighs.
Dammit, Richard.]
You know what? Fine. I'll clear out your closet and get rid of your old things since you're so set on this.
[And by "get rid of" he means "stash them somewhere until Richard gets over this".]
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You can do whatever you'd like with them. Feel free to keep anything you like for yourself, or just throw it all out. I have no preference either way.
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Sure, whatever.
I still don't agree with what you're doing, and that's not going to change any time soon, but it's not my job to tell you what to wear.
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[It's more blunt, more clipped than he'd usually be, but let's face it, he's really not in a good mood right now.]