>>6766762Thing is, why would them being gay not work if there’s straight ones? Not like they have equipment to work together.
If no romance, why emotional attachment at all?
The problem with andwering these questions is from the start they’ve been technoorganic robots. Then it was decided they don’t reproduce, babies come from McGuffins or pop up out of the ground. They eat energy which also came from the ground, and is only rare as of the war and modern era. They also don’t really die of age, just get weaker.
So they just sort of exist and have no real purpose in life since they don’t pass on genes or have to cooperate for survival really.
That makes it hard to reason why they have sapience, friendships, hatreds, or romance. Since having the same urges for power and companionship are handwaved in, it is logical that close romance-like friendships exist too. Since they don’t breed gender is arbitrary, so why would they limit those relationships.
Literally the only reason to exclude it is the meta reason that some readers find it gross, but then you’re alienating some of your audience too.
So the path of least resistance is just having it, but not at the center of any stories. After all, there’s more autists buying toys that are into shipping than conservative ones.
