I can't sleep so eh, ship who you're logged in as? ft. two flavours of owl

because I have two browsers open

it's either Eda, who is bi and whose taste is Raine, unspecified men, and Bad Girls™ and who is prone to ghosting and Pretending She's Fine

Eda is too messy and too spontaneous for Kate. Kate is also not a Bad Girl.

or Zanth, transfem owlin mad scientist robotics TA, whose orientation(s) are a mystery even to me, but whose type tends to be "monsters" or "doomed by the narrative" and who I think at least likes the idea of romance

but whose closest thing to a relationship has been "childhood friends to QPR to didn't talk for eight years to ?????"

Sharkleberry : probably not the best fit then! but it's entirely possible Kate's dodging a bullet lmao

to ramble a bit more I don't think Zanth has a gender preference, but does have some... ingrained matriarchy shit to unpack

and I'm perpetually back and forth on whether she's ace

her official stance is "who has time for that when you have tech startups to pitch"

she's also "extremely ride or die" or "burn all her bridges the moment something goes wrong" no in between

and protective to a slightly white knight degree when it's the first one

but uhhhh, on the plus side she'll tell you you're pretty like five thousand times a day and make you little robots and try to invent things to solve your problems with Science™ and feed you if you seem sad and preen you like you're a bird

ymmv on whether that last one is a plus

she will also curl up on you like a cat for hours despite not needing to sleep

she will also overanalyze your Themes And Motifs because she's Autistic As Fuck™ and that's easier than just having a conversation

also she lives for validation

you give: compliments about how smart she is + warm lap
you get: an absolutely deranged woman in STEM who is also a 4'11" owl willing to fight God for you

is this a good deal? who knows!!