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  1. Anonymous Creator on Chapter 1 Sun 05 Jul 2020 10:45AM UTC

    Ahhh thank you!! Honestly same so I am absolutely delighted to hear this!

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    1. Sky2Fall on Chapter 1 Tue 07 Jul 2020 12:33AM UTC

      I love that subversion of the trope! And biologically, there’s a good precedent for this! Studies have shown that homosexual individuals actually prefer the smell of Other homosexuals over that of the opposite sex as well as heterosexual members of the same sex, so it makes sense that alpha attracted alphas would follow similar rules!

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      1. Anonymous Creator on Chapter 1 Tue 07 Jul 2020 01:32AM UTC

        Gosh this is so interesting and I genuinely love things like this! Have you ever heard of the major histocompatability complex? It has many many functions but one of the functions is in mate selection for vertebrates through olfacation which allows us to essentially “sniff out” the most compatible mate for us through their sweat as they would have the most diverse set of genes — meaning their genes are almost entirely opposite to us and that our offspring would therefore have a greater chance of survival which the mixture of our DNA. I would honestly look it up I am doing it no justice. But smell plays a MASSIVE part in attraction and pheromones literally exist and we have chemoreceptors in our brain !!

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        1. Sky2Fall on Chapter 1 Wed 08 Jul 2020 05:51PM UTC

          Actually, it doesn’t look for the most opposite genes, rather, it lookS for the most diverse in terms of immunocomposition! So partners with an immune system that best compliments our own smell best! That also, apparently, factors Into sexual orientation, which is wild!

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          1. Anonymous Creator on Chapter 1 Wed 08 Jul 2020 06:30PM UTC

            See, I totally butchered it but it is so super awesome you know about it too I find it so cool and similarly wild! Thanks for educating me !! 🌟🌟

            Last Edited Wed 08 Jul 2020 06:30PM UTC

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            1. Sky2Fall on Chapter 1 Wed 08 Jul 2020 10:15PM UTC

              Nah, not totally butchered it. You had the overall concept, there was just a bit more nuance beyond it :)

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              1. Anonymous Creator on Chapter 1 Thu 09 Jul 2020 03:47PM UTC

                Ahhhh you’re too kind 🙇🙇

                Last Edited Thu 09 Jul 2020 03:48PM UTC

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