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Sex and Sexuality; Canon and Canonicity
8 years ago
Not a meme, or survey or anything like that (usually because I tend to find out things I really didn’t want to know about people that way) but just thoughts.
Now that I've finished the uploading catch up of reposting characters and art, I thought I’d do a brief discussion in regards to my characters and adult art.
Sexuality
The canon breakdown goes a little like this: (Name - Gender - Sexuality - BDSM - Duo vs Groups - Availability)
Mains
Akeashar - Male - Bisexual - Dominant - Groups Okay - Open
Calixa - Female - Bisexual - Submissive - Groups Okay - Open
Niah - Female - Bisexual - Submissive - Groups Okay - Open
Protagonists
Cendrine - Female - Bisexual - Switch - Groups Okay - Open
Eluria - Female - Straight - Submissive - Duo - Open
Kalandra - Female - Straight - Submissive - Groups Okay - Open
Matt - Male - Bisexual - Submissive - Undecided - Open
Nekoko - Female - Straight - Tsundere - Duo - Closed
Niut - Female - Straight - Switch - Groups Okay - Closed
Sgaile - Male - Bisexual - Dominant - Groups Okay - Open
Souji - Male - Straight - Hell No - Groups Okay - Open
Antagonists
Black Spiral - Female - Bisexual - Dominant - Groups Ok - Open
Iathaine - Female - Straight - Dominant - Groups Ok - Open
TBA! - Female - Bisexual - Dominant - Groups Ok - Open
Unaligned
Mounia - Female - Straight - Undecided - Undecided - Open
Selina - Female - Bisexual - Dominant - Groups Okay - Open
Non-Sexual:
Meiji
Of course, those classified as straight may have sexual encounters with the same sex in canon, but they consider themselves to be straight. An example would be Selina and Niut in college stories, where Selina classifies herself as Bi, but Niut considers it having fun with a friend, but swears that she's only interested in boys and meaning it, until the next slip up.
Characters like Mounia and Black Spiral are honestly harder to place, as each could be considered ‘beyond’ sexuality, but in relation to planned encounters, I’ve placed them in their respective categories. An upcoming character will find herself in the same classification as Black Spiral for that reason.
And of course there could always be Yaoi fanart of Souji, Akeashar and Matt, but that would only be for fun and completely non-canon (as much as Matt might like otherwise)
I've included BDSM and Group information since they're of interest to me artwise. Nekoko is included as the bakeneko is actually the second oldest of my characters despite her appearance. Closed or Open is whether I'd consider getting adult art of them outside of my own characters, which as you can see only applies to three characters. (Of course, close friends tend to be able to bypass rules)
Pretty much all my characters are very sex positive, with positive outlooks on it, and embracing it both within and without relationships. Some are much more positive than others. I don’t consider interest and exposure to sex and multiple partners outside of a closed relationship to be a bad thing, and it has a number of different facets depending on who it is. Black Spiral uses it for her goals, Niut as an expression of her love, Niah to blow off steam, and both she and Calixa because they enjoy it so much. There are a couple of shy more reserved characters, like Eluria, Mounia, Nekoko and Kalandra. And then theres Meiji.
Meiji is about the only sex negative character I have, which falls squarely on events that have occurred to her throughout her life. Aspects of the character were originally planned for a story arc involving Kalandra Beta, but when the character’s role was removed for a while, the story arc fell onto Meiji in a natural fashion. While Kalandra has returned, with a revised character, the arc remains with Meiji. If that aspect of her past and personality will ever get explored, and if she will move beyond it… I’m not sure. But until I get a grip on the character and where she is at and where she’s going, she’ll remain sex negative.
Canon vs Non-Canon
Of course, all this ‘who does what to who’, and that they’re all characters involved in a large story brings up the question of what could be considered and what isn’t canon. With Meiji this is rather simple, anything that is adult or fanservice for her is not canon, unless it is something that would make sense for the character such as bathing, being in a hot spring, or something meditative in nature in which case I'd do a case by case basis.
With everyone else, with first party characters (ie. Others of mine) I’ll note whether a particular piece of art could be considered canon or just for fun.
For third party characters pictured with mine, the default setting is that it isn’t canon, unless there is discussion and agreement that it is.
Why does it matter? Because it affects the characters story, and even if it isn’t included in my writing, it affects their growth, who they are, who they go home to, conflicts it might create, pain and sorrow it might sooth. So it matters to me and the story at hand. I’m very unlikely to enter my characters into actual canon serious ongoing relationships with third parties simply because of how it would affect my writing going forward, particularly if things change between the people involved.
Niah being in submissive sexual enounters, and enjoying multiple partners are canon traits to her. Exactly who the partners are would be the non-canon part without the agreement. Pouncing and domming her for non-canon fanservice is fine. Wanting to be Niah’s Master or Mistress for realz…? That’s a whole different story.
... of course, no one except me might care about the canon/non-canon but there you have it! Thanks for reading if you got this far!
Now that I've finished the uploading catch up of reposting characters and art, I thought I’d do a brief discussion in regards to my characters and adult art.
Sexuality
The canon breakdown goes a little like this: (Name - Gender - Sexuality - BDSM - Duo vs Groups - Availability)
Mains
Akeashar - Male - Bisexual - Dominant - Groups Okay - Open
Calixa - Female - Bisexual - Submissive - Groups Okay - Open
Niah - Female - Bisexual - Submissive - Groups Okay - Open
Protagonists
Cendrine - Female - Bisexual - Switch - Groups Okay - Open
Eluria - Female - Straight - Submissive - Duo - Open
Kalandra - Female - Straight - Submissive - Groups Okay - Open
Matt - Male - Bisexual - Submissive - Undecided - Open
Nekoko - Female - Straight - Tsundere - Duo - Closed
Niut - Female - Straight - Switch - Groups Okay - Closed
Sgaile - Male - Bisexual - Dominant - Groups Okay - Open
Souji - Male - Straight - Hell No - Groups Okay - Open
Antagonists
Black Spiral - Female - Bisexual - Dominant - Groups Ok - Open
Iathaine - Female - Straight - Dominant - Groups Ok - Open
TBA! - Female - Bisexual - Dominant - Groups Ok - Open
Unaligned
Mounia - Female - Straight - Undecided - Undecided - Open
Selina - Female - Bisexual - Dominant - Groups Okay - Open
Non-Sexual:
Meiji
Of course, those classified as straight may have sexual encounters with the same sex in canon, but they consider themselves to be straight. An example would be Selina and Niut in college stories, where Selina classifies herself as Bi, but Niut considers it having fun with a friend, but swears that she's only interested in boys and meaning it, until the next slip up.
Characters like Mounia and Black Spiral are honestly harder to place, as each could be considered ‘beyond’ sexuality, but in relation to planned encounters, I’ve placed them in their respective categories. An upcoming character will find herself in the same classification as Black Spiral for that reason.
And of course there could always be Yaoi fanart of Souji, Akeashar and Matt, but that would only be for fun and completely non-canon (as much as Matt might like otherwise)
I've included BDSM and Group information since they're of interest to me artwise. Nekoko is included as the bakeneko is actually the second oldest of my characters despite her appearance. Closed or Open is whether I'd consider getting adult art of them outside of my own characters, which as you can see only applies to three characters. (Of course, close friends tend to be able to bypass rules)
Pretty much all my characters are very sex positive, with positive outlooks on it, and embracing it both within and without relationships. Some are much more positive than others. I don’t consider interest and exposure to sex and multiple partners outside of a closed relationship to be a bad thing, and it has a number of different facets depending on who it is. Black Spiral uses it for her goals, Niut as an expression of her love, Niah to blow off steam, and both she and Calixa because they enjoy it so much. There are a couple of shy more reserved characters, like Eluria, Mounia, Nekoko and Kalandra. And then theres Meiji.
Meiji is about the only sex negative character I have, which falls squarely on events that have occurred to her throughout her life. Aspects of the character were originally planned for a story arc involving Kalandra Beta, but when the character’s role was removed for a while, the story arc fell onto Meiji in a natural fashion. While Kalandra has returned, with a revised character, the arc remains with Meiji. If that aspect of her past and personality will ever get explored, and if she will move beyond it… I’m not sure. But until I get a grip on the character and where she is at and where she’s going, she’ll remain sex negative.
Canon vs Non-Canon
Of course, all this ‘who does what to who’, and that they’re all characters involved in a large story brings up the question of what could be considered and what isn’t canon. With Meiji this is rather simple, anything that is adult or fanservice for her is not canon, unless it is something that would make sense for the character such as bathing, being in a hot spring, or something meditative in nature in which case I'd do a case by case basis.
With everyone else, with first party characters (ie. Others of mine) I’ll note whether a particular piece of art could be considered canon or just for fun.
For third party characters pictured with mine, the default setting is that it isn’t canon, unless there is discussion and agreement that it is.
Why does it matter? Because it affects the characters story, and even if it isn’t included in my writing, it affects their growth, who they are, who they go home to, conflicts it might create, pain and sorrow it might sooth. So it matters to me and the story at hand. I’m very unlikely to enter my characters into actual canon serious ongoing relationships with third parties simply because of how it would affect my writing going forward, particularly if things change between the people involved.
Niah being in submissive sexual enounters, and enjoying multiple partners are canon traits to her. Exactly who the partners are would be the non-canon part without the agreement. Pouncing and domming her for non-canon fanservice is fine. Wanting to be Niah’s Master or Mistress for realz…? That’s a whole different story.
... of course, no one except me might care about the canon/non-canon but there you have it! Thanks for reading if you got this far!
As I said, I'm not entirely opposed to connections as long as its discussed first and theres agreement. :3 But part of the fun can definitely be exploring connections, and thats how a lot of character growth and plots have happened with my characters in the past.
Its a little funny, but Meiji is actually one of the more popular characters when I offer a choice on who people would like to draw. Given the nature of some of the art, I end up gently turning them down.