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Rita dresses a bit masculine and has a thing for never wearing skirts ever, which at first is seen as a very strong female character thing to do. At some point tho, after seasons over seasons of Jupiter totally not standing Rita, she is revealed to actually be... Surprise! A man. But like In the most transphobic way possible. They even have a montage of all the "masculine" things Rita did posing a a woman like refusing to wear skirts. His name is Richard or some shit and he explains that he did it because a) there was this woman working with Jupiter at the time who rejected him so he started dressing up as a woman to be friends with her and be near her like a fucking creep or something or b) thought dressing up as a woman would have given him advantages because "women can do pretty eyes to their boss and get promoted" (read: misogyny), clarifying that there is a totally cishet explanation behind all this and that Richard is cis. After this Jupiter immediately becomes buddies with Richard because... They're both cishet men now? Some fans keep hc Richard as trans and the writers get really mad and make him say something really transphobic or idk what

hi! sorry it’s taken a bit to respond to this.

tbh I’m not sure that I can easily explain it, but what I personally romantic attraction as is as follows:

romantic attraction is an organic (ie, not forced) inclination to date someone or perform romantic actions to them as your cultural understanding of romance dictates. for example, in my culture, that includes a desire to ask that person out, typically to bring them on dates, to make out, and to be in a very close, typically monogamous, and committed relationship with that person.

I’ve never really tried to define platonic attraction, so, here’s my best thought: platonic attraction is the organic desire to be friends with someone as per cultural norms. For example, wanting to talk with them, do fun activities with them, typically with a much stronger willingness to do those activities with a group of people you’d consider friends than with a romantic interest, and generally no desire to make out, unless you also experience sexual attraction towards them.

I... really hope this helps because honestly it really is up to the person to define it as they want. I’d also like to offer that the quioromantic community exists, and that you may want to look into that community if this is a long-standing question.