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It has come to my attention that the greater part of you [humans, he means--] remain completely and inconcevviably ignorant of the fundamentals of troll romance. WWhile this is not all together surprising, considering the lack of reading material pertaining to our culture, are you incapable of making any sort of inferences wwhatsoevver? I didn't think it especially difficult to assume an alien species wwould also havve alien customs, nor is observvation from afar a particularly arduous task.
If you still fail to comprehend my forthcoming explanation of a single aspect of our culture, ask a lowwblood to further elaborate; howwevver grueling that may be.

Matespritship is of the flushed quadrant. I expect this to be the easiest for you to grasp, as it is the most similar to human romance. Howwevver, the concept of 'pity' takes more prevvalence. It is concupiscent.
Moirallegiance resides in the pale quadrant. It typically occurs wwhen twwo trolls devvise something of a pact wwith each other in order to counterbalance their traits. As insinuated, one is the instigator, wwhile the other is the pacifier.

[INSTIGATOR OF... WHAT. sure is being inexplicit here]

Kismissitude, in contrast to matespritship, is a rivvalry; though it is also the other of the reproductivve quadrants. It is considered to be caliginous. This seems to be the most difficult for humans to wwrap their ~~thinkpans~~ heads around, as it lacks a more distinct parallel. Consider it synonymous to havving someone you loathe dearly, though also find attractivve-- the description in itself provving to be a markedly shalloww comparison, but that's a necessity. Generally, as it is a rivvalry, it requires the acceptance of equality.
Thus, I suggest you refrain from ostentatious displays of hatred for another of my species here, lest they get the... wwrong idea.

[hint fucking hint. ahem.]

Auspicitization occurs wwhen a third troll intervvenes wwith the relationship abovve. This is to prevvent one another from outright murdering each other, wwhich wwould obvviously vvoid the possibility of a successful filling. It is also to prevvent unitentional infidelity, as a kismissitude can quickly become destructivve to nonparticipants. Its quadrant is the ashen one.
And this concludes the summarization of a sypnopsis.

As for the lesser of the trolls here: Do go on embarrassing yourselvves wwith your purposeful naivveté; it isn't as if there is an entire exposition of the superficiality of human culture in the form of a library a feww floors awway.

[locked to agoodoffen2e]
Some questions regarding your flawwed reality. I suggest you answwer them.

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Hmm. Alright, that is more or less what I thought. It is an interesting concept overall, for a species that appears to be so inherently combative to have a system in which dependency on another is encouraged, even if not strictly necessary. Charmingly contradictory, in a sense.

You could say that. Regardless, we take a great deal 'a pride in it.

[if you. haven't noticed??]

An' what of you?

So I've noticed. Then again, you seem to take a great deal of pride in many things, Dualscar.

[In other words yeah, she kind of has.]

What of me?

You didn't seem to protest very vehemently when I said you were unfit for quadrantship.

[She tilts her head a bit, somewhat incredulous, and then gives her shoulders the barest of shrugs.]

Because humans don't have quadrants- thus, being unfit for something my species isn't intended for is not that great a concern.

You're the first human I've seen to be disinclined to the idea 'a interspecies relationships.

But then, it would be hypocritical 'a me to say that it's not unheard of.

It is not so much that I am disinclined as that I am patently disinterested unless I am approached regarding the fact. It wouldn't do me any good to go imposing on romantic or platonic relations if the other party was not interested in such.