[Filial pails. Lucky for Kid, Karkat latches onto the latter part.]
When did I ever imply it was otherwise? Of course it's an obligation that might cost your life. You either have both your flushed and caliginous quadrants filled and produce the requisite genetic material, or you get culled. One quadrant's not enough, either.
The quadrants themselves give their own emotional satisfaction, so don't take what I'm saying to mean people only ever pair up to save their skins - though there are trolls who do hook up for that reason, and I've got more than a few works where that's a plot point of some kind.
[Wherein two trolls instigate a one-day-stand for purposes of evading imminent culling, yet ultimately develop true feelings of hate/pity for one another is the start of so many troll movie titles it's not even funny.]
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When did I ever imply it was otherwise? Of course it's an obligation that might cost your life. You either have both your flushed and caliginous quadrants filled and produce the requisite genetic material, or you get culled. One quadrant's not enough, either.
The quadrants themselves give their own emotional satisfaction, so don't take what I'm saying to mean people only ever pair up to save their skins - though there are trolls who do hook up for that reason, and I've got more than a few works where that's a plot point of some kind.
[Wherein two trolls instigate a one-day-stand for purposes of evading imminent culling, yet ultimately develop true feelings of hate/pity for one another is the start of so many troll movie titles it's not even funny.]