Askerian: biologically speaking there's three genders in the troll species, and those are "mother grub", "drone" and "troll". male and female having merged some time ago and the differences are now in body chemistry and superficial appearance, but their role in reproduction is the same and the differences are mostly cosmetic and behavioral, so they don't really qualify as different sexes. (genders, yes, since that's more mental/brain chemistry/etc) Askerian: the trolls don't see it like that, but that's a bit like a lot of people don't see humans as monkeys bkprsn101: huh. makes sense Askerian: the major difference between males and females being that traditionally/when they were built more like insects, males were the mother grub's genetic diversity providers and the females were more like the warrior drones, so the male type is better adapted to fight each other and the female to fight outsiders. XD idek. Askerian: then the consorts and the warriors were merged somehow, idk. mutation? Askerian: or maybe there never was something like that because insectoid =/= insect and also they're aliens anyway bkprsn101: yeah. Makes sense, really. I imagine an individual who could function biologically as either a male or a female would have twice the opportunity to provide genetic material, and so evolutionarily it would become the norm sooner or later Askerian: but it cracks me up that societally speaking the main difference between troll men and women is that one of them fights for status/dominance in-group and the other one hunts and kills monsters for food bkprsn101: like lions Askerian: .. hee. yes! bkprsn101: the lionesses are the hunters, and the lions basically sit around and fight amongst themselves to see who gets to bang the girls Askerian: it makes sense for thre trolls we've seen too XD the women are all badass Askerian: and since trolls are so aggressive with each other... i guess boy trolls have more to do than lions. XD bkprsn101: yes indeed! XD Askerian: i guess by now there's a fair bit of overlap, but in prehistoric times... bkprsn101: yeah Askerian: also i guess if the objective is to protect your clan from being eradicated you'd be better at cooperative hunting. >__> hence women being more sociable (hah) like humans, but not because they're aw so nice, but because it makes them more lethal and efficient hunters bkprsn101: yeah. and the guys tend to be more loners. Askerian: then again trolls don't seem extremely sociable, i mean sol lives in a communal hivestem thing but he's the only one, so Askerian: :3 bkprsn101: ...they are, actually. They're the stereotypes that tend to be less social Askerian: right! the girls FLARP more Askerian: .... bkprsn101: the hacker, the angry shouty one, the creep (sorry Equius), the stoner, the one with low self esteem... bkprsn101: and Eridan bkprsn101: XD Askerian: "FLARPing as a derivative of ancestral hunting parties" Askerian: ... GAMES FOR GIRLS bkprsn101: ...huh. It sort of puts a different spin on -- bkprsn101: ahahaha bkprsn101: Karkat not so much telling Tavros to stop being lame as attempting to warn him off a pretty dangerous passtime? Askerian: well. he wasn't wrong. bkprsn101: true that Askerian: also probably both sides have their "our gender is better! and this is why!" bkprsn101: yeah Askerian: so male trolls would be like collaborative things are for pussies who can't stand on their own, to soothe their mauled pride. u.u Askerian: that'd only add to tavros not being a very macho guy Askerian: he's not decisive, he doesn't like to fight other people Askerian: ... he plays collaborative things... XD bkprsn101: and female trolls are like why would you put in all that effort when you can be more lethal in a group? bkprsn101: boys are dumb Askerian: or maybe "pff all that useless chest-thumping, stop fronting and go out and do shit already" bkprsn101: XD that too Askerian: "while you were busy snarling at your neighbor i brought down an antelope for dinner, bitch."
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Askerian: the trolls don't see it like that, but that's a bit like a lot of people don't see humans as monkeys
bkprsn101: huh. makes sense
Askerian: the major difference between males and females being that traditionally/when they were built more like insects, males were the mother grub's genetic diversity providers and the females were more like the warrior drones, so the male type is better adapted to fight each other and the female to fight outsiders. XD idek.
Askerian: then the consorts and the warriors were merged somehow, idk. mutation?
Askerian: or maybe there never was something like that because insectoid =/= insect and also they're aliens anyway
bkprsn101: yeah. Makes sense, really. I imagine an individual who could function biologically as either a male or a female would have twice the opportunity to provide genetic material, and so evolutionarily it would become the norm sooner or later
Askerian: but it cracks me up that societally speaking the main difference between troll men and women is that one of them fights for status/dominance in-group and the other one hunts and kills monsters for food
bkprsn101: like lions
Askerian: .. hee. yes!
bkprsn101: the lionesses are the hunters, and the lions basically sit around and fight amongst themselves to see who gets to bang the girls
Askerian: it makes sense for thre trolls we've seen too XD the women are all badass
Askerian: and since trolls are so aggressive with each other... i guess boy trolls have more to do than lions. XD
bkprsn101: yes indeed! XD
Askerian: i guess by now there's a fair bit of overlap, but in prehistoric times...
bkprsn101: yeah
Askerian: also i guess if the objective is to protect your clan from being eradicated you'd be better at cooperative hunting. >__> hence women being more sociable (hah) like humans, but not because they're aw so nice, but because it makes them more lethal and efficient hunters
bkprsn101: yeah. and the guys tend to be more loners.
Askerian: then again trolls don't seem extremely sociable, i mean sol lives in a communal hivestem thing but he's the only one, so
Askerian: :3
bkprsn101: ...they are, actually. They're the stereotypes that tend to be less social
Askerian: right! the girls FLARP more
Askerian: ....
bkprsn101: the hacker, the angry shouty one, the creep (sorry Equius), the stoner, the one with low self esteem...
bkprsn101: and Eridan
bkprsn101: XD
Askerian: "FLARPing as a derivative of ancestral hunting parties"
Askerian: ... GAMES FOR GIRLS
bkprsn101: ...huh. It sort of puts a different spin on --
bkprsn101: ahahaha
bkprsn101: Karkat not so much telling Tavros to stop being lame as attempting to warn him off a pretty dangerous passtime?
Askerian: well. he wasn't wrong.
bkprsn101: true that
Askerian: also probably both sides have their "our gender is better! and this is why!"
bkprsn101: yeah
Askerian: so male trolls would be like collaborative things are for pussies who can't stand on their own, to soothe their mauled pride. u.u
Askerian: that'd only add to tavros not being a very macho guy
Askerian: he's not decisive, he doesn't like to fight other people
Askerian: ... he plays collaborative things... XD
bkprsn101: and female trolls are like why would you put in all that effort when you can be more lethal in a group?
bkprsn101: boys are dumb
Askerian: or maybe "pff all that useless chest-thumping, stop fronting and go out and do shit already"
bkprsn101: XD that too
Askerian: "while you were busy snarling at your neighbor i brought down an antelope for dinner, bitch."