• LaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      Garma and Char were just good friends from back in the naval academy. It’s a very straight place where no men have had sex with other men. It’s all about the tradition of being a warrior, just like the samurai of the old days.

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        1 year ago

        Y’all ever see / remember that episode of Samurai Champloo where the Dutch guy is sneaking around with the gang trying to be gay in Japan because they were more accepting of homosexuality?

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          1 year ago

          It’s been on my “half watched this when it was on TV, mean to watch it now” list for a minute.

          My understanding of the cultural bit is that gay relationships are tolerated over there, but after you reach a certain age they expect you to enter a straight marriage and make children. Real Shinzo the-doohickey Abe hours.