[RFC][SI][Multi-Xover]Being You is Suffering

[Black Aeronaut]

robkelk wrote:

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blackaeronaut wrote:

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I began to wonder if she had other bisexual tendencies or this was
just a holdover from her early childhood. Although, if she actually was
bisexual, then it would help to know before it took us all by surprise
and provoke misunderstandings. Particularly so if she didn't realize it
herself. ...

At her age, she probably doesn't know what her
sexual preferences are. She might not even have sexual preferences yet.
(It would explain her actions that night - her subconscious might be
trying to find out what feels good for her).

Yeah, pretty
much the entire reason for Garrick's line of thought there.  At this
stage, he's pretty sure she's at least heterosexual - she didn't even
flinch when he picked her up after what she saw, which means she has no
qualms about physical contact with men.  The upshot is that she saw that
Minagi was definitely enjoying herself, so at least there won't be any
thorny issues about being afraid of that sort of thing.  So, this only
leaves Garrick with two lingering questions: will she be physically
attracted to girls as well?  And if so, can we catch it quickly enough
to guide her through her bi-curious phase without any nasty psychological scars?

ClassicDrogn wrote:

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after this adventure is done or a major incident where Yuki just barely
gets through mostly intact thanks to the skills she's picking up now, I
can see Sasami forgiving her amid a waterfall of tears, saying how much
she hated being so mean about it, but now Yuki's seen why everyone was
so upset.

Freezing up in fear a time or two, not necessarily even at the first or
biggest moments of danger, would also be in character for Yuki as a
first timer in dangerous situations. Fortunately, she's got a good set
of team mates to pull her through in those rough patches - and the will
and fire to make real contributions herself with that bit of tempering.

Yeah, pretty much this.  I got a pretty good idea of how to make it happen.  the basic premise on why things were permitted to go as far as they do (that is, Yuki being in a potentially dangerous situation) is simple: Garrick realizes that they can't keep her locked up.  Not only would it be wrong, but she also needs that WHAM moment to force a paradigm shift on her.  It's a little Gendo-ish on Garrick's part, but by the time Yuki realizes what he did she'll probably be mature enough to understand why he did it... and ask forgiveness for being such a spoiled brat.  Hindsight can be a bitch.