Leigh

The politics of gender and sexuality was probably much different in Tellius’s distant past. Sephiran has lived through it all; the good times and the bad times to be queer.

That being said, Sephiran was much too attached to Altina to contemplate ever moving on for a long, long time. As I’ve said, I believe heron laguz, along with dragon laguz, tend to be monogamous. Unfortunately, Sephiran was then led to believe that he had been punished for reproducing with a beorc, which nearly destroyed him.

For this reason, Sephiran never really identified as anything, gay, straight, or otherwise. He was much too traumatized by his first love.

It probably didn’t help that Altina went on to marry another man. Her lifespan was far shorter than his, and yet she was able to move on, while Sephiran was left questioning everything about what he knew about himself and the way the world worked.

And then there was Zelgius.

This is probably an unpopular opinion of mine, but… I personally hc Zelgius as Altina reincarnated. And I like to think that while Sephiran didn’t immediately figure it out, he did feel an instant kinship with Zelgius, as if they had known each other for much longer.

It’s not something either of them discuss, but they both have their suspicions. For Sephiran, it doesn’t really matter. He just wants to focus on the present, and not ruminate on the past any longer.

However, the past and its trauma never really go away. It takes Sephiran a long time to feel comfortable with romantic gestures, especially if he’s not the one initiating them.

Thanks for reading!

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