PAGE 1
Hemospectrum terms
Trolls are taught these from a young age, both explicitly (through schoolfeeding) and implicitly (through societal stereotypes). Anyone who doesn't know the hemospectrum basics can struggle to understand and survive around trolls.Hemospectrum: Troll blood color, which traditionally goes from one end of the rainbow to the other. Can be judged based on the blood caste system. During daily life, trolls tend to show the color of their blood through clothing, accessories, and even text colors.Blood Caste System: Troll systemic separation based on one's blood color, which traditionally goes from one end of the rainbow to the other. The Empire assigns each troll a symbol based on their blood color, both of which they're expected to wear. Lowest to highest hemocastes are
Rust, Bronze, Gold, Olive, Jade, Teal, Cerulean, Indigo, Purple, Violet, Fuchsia.Lowblood: Lowest castes of the hemospectrum. Stereotyped as blunt, soft, weak, poor, and crafty. Includes Rust, Bronze, Gold, Olive.Midblood: Obscure term for castes in the middle of the spectrum - may identify more as lowblood or highblood depending on their spectrum position. Neither well-off NOR struggling, as long as they do as the Empire tells them. Still quite intimidating to lower castes. Includes Jade, Teal, Cerulean.Highblood: Highest castes of the hemospectrum. Stereotyped as classy, hot-tempered, robust, wealthy, and 'cool'. Includes Indigo, Purple, Violet, Fuchsia.Royal hemocastes, given the best of the best, are Violet, Fuchsia.Fuchsia trolls are all Empresses.
They are only chosen for upbringing once the old Heiress has died, thus any newly-hatched fuchsias are culled for no competition. The Empire's ideal number of non-Empress fuchsias on the planet is 0.Mutant blood: A troll of mutated blood genes, which usually means being culled for (what the Empire sees as) defectiveness. Includes Lime, Cherry-red.
Lime used to be a regular caste among the others, but has been hunted to extinction - thus, any new limeblood can now be effectively treated as a mutant.
Cherry-red is not a caste in itself - it is a Lime caste, its mutation changes the blood appearance rather than caste.Culling: Government mandated killing. Usually targets those who go against the Alternian Empire, but is predominantly biased against lowbloods & mutants. Enacted for various reasons, from minor kerfuffles with highbloods to rebellion participation.Hemocasteism / Casteism: Systemic oppression that disadvantages lower castes for the benefit of higher castes.The Empire: Troll equivalent of a government. A single fuchsia Heiress rules over it. The Empire reigns above all regions of the planet, and no troll (aside from the Empress) is above its word. They made it so that no adult troll can stay on Alternia, as all adults are enlisted to do their empirical duties off-planet. The Empire will not stop in their conquest of other planets. Nonetheless, rebels try.

PAGE 2
Biology Vocabulary
Likewise, basic biology is important when conversing. They are all a ways different from human biology terms, thus even the most casual drop of "auricular sponge clots" wring confusion out of an unexpecting human.Acid Tract: StomachAcid Tubes: Intestines.Aggravation Sponge: Part of a troll's brain. Likely the amygdala, the human brain section responsible for fear, aggression and the fight or flight response.Anguish Bladder: A gland inside the troll forehead that stores dismay fluid.Auricular Sponge Clots: Eardrums.Autoerogenous Shame Globes: Part of the troll sexual anatomy. Karkat Vantas (known mutant blood) mentions "stimulating our autoerogenous shame globes" as an analogue for masturbation.Bellowsacs: Lungs.Bellowsac Enclosures: Ribcage.Bone Bulge/Nook: A vulgar term for some troll sexual organs. Bone bulge is synonymous with "bulge", bone nook is synonymous with "nook".Cartilaginous Nub: Nose.Chagrin Tunnel: Either rectum, or the mouth of a complainer. May be intentionally synonymous as an insult.Chitinous Windhole: Larynx.Collapsing and Expanding Bladder Based Aquatic Vascular System: The sea troll equivalent of the heart. Functions similarly, but with a different name.Dismay Fluid: Tears. See: "Anguish Bladder".Frond: Long protruding appendages, such as trees, tails, and legs (as in "pulling someone's frond").Gallsphincter: Some nature of valve in the troll biliary tract, possibly the sphincter of ampulla.Gander Bulb: Eyeball.Glance Nugget: Eye.Hatched: The way trolls are born, having emerged from their eggs.Hear Ducts: Ear canal.Hoof: Slang term for foot among certain circles of troll society, typically landed highbloods with a fervor for muscle culture.Lobe Stem: Brainstem.Lookstubs: Eyes. More common within countryside Alternia regions (such as "peepers" being more common within countryside regions).Lumpsquirt: A vulgar term for any nature of bodily fluid.Nubs: Synonymous with prongs, but also refers to 'rounder' appendages (such as horns and noses).Porous Cranial Plates: Some area of internal head or skull anatomy.Posture Pole: Spine.Probechute: Part of some sensory organ (nostril, ear canal, some opening in the gills or fins on the sides of sea dweller faces).Prongs: Fingers, toes, etc any small thin appendage on one's body.Protein Chute: Espophagus.Pupa: A troll larva in pupation, but frequently and cultural used as a term for a young child, most likely a toddler who's only freshly pupated and emerged from the caverns. Used as an insult for cowardly or fanciful older children. "Pupa Pan", troll Peter Pan, is eternally child-like.Pusher: A shortened term for "blood pusher," or the heart, and also a position in Arena Stickball.Pump Buscuit: Heart.Seed Flap: Biologically refers to another organ, but used perjoratively as a term for someone's mouth.Shame Globes: Testicles.Sniffnode: Part of the olfactory system.Snotbarrels: Nostrils, either internal and/or external.Shout Sphincter: Vocal chords.Spinal Crevice: Ass / ass crack.Spine Lump: Depending. Perhaps a part of the forehead, scalp or horns, part of the upper hack, or some sort of insect worn as a hat or helmet.Sponge: Part or all of the brain. May refer to any soft, spongy tissue (i.e., sponge clots).Squawk Blister: Voicebox and/or Adam's apple.Squawk Gaper: Mouth.Squeal Pipette: Throat.Strut Pod: Foot.Talk Blaster: Mouth.Think Pan: Mostly refers to the brain, but may generalize the entire head.Throb Stalk: Either part of troll genitalia or a sex toy, depending on context.Thump Tortoise: Heart.Torso Pillar: Spine.Wriggler: "Baby" for humans. Refers a newly hatched troll before their pupation period, hence they cannot walk and instead 'wriggles' like a caterpillar.

PAGE 3
Lusii & Beasts
Lusii are often present in a troll's lives the entire time they are on-planet, only parting ways when they have become an adult. While lusii - on average - are more capable of fending for themselves/trolls than commonplace beasts, all beasts share biological features with lusii species'.Barkbeast: Canine.Barkfiend: Canine (with negative connotations - think "mutt" being used as an insult).Cheese Critter: Mouse.Cholerbear: A bear-like lusus. Some varieties (for the higher castes) are armored. Sometimes a lusus for tealbloods, noted as being sluggish and large enough to ride. Particularly strong arms.Cluckbeast (& Ova): Chicken. They lay cluckbeast ova (chicken eggs).Dirt Noodles: Earthworms.Gobblefiend: Turkey.Hoofbeast: Horses, bulls, cows, and other hooved beasts.Lusus: A Troll's bonded animal guardian, found during their trials in the caverns as infants and sharing a blood colour. Trolls and their Lusii in a symbiotic relationship, acting as dual-caretakers, guardians and pets.Marchbugs: Ants.Meowbeast: Feline.Musclebeasts: Alternian centaurs. Might also refer to horses or impressive hoofbeasts in general, as a hyperbole.Nibble Vermin: Rat. Also a derogatory term for mice and conniving trolls.Nut Creature: Squirrel.Purrbeast: Feline (positive connotations).Skyhorse: Alternia's flying seahorse Lusii, generally used by seadwellers.Spleenfowl: A type of bird large enough to ride, described as "brainless" and "squawking". A common lusus for tealbloods.Throttlemoth: A type of Alternian insect.Trunkbeast: Elephant.Woolbeast: Sheep.

PAGE 4
Objects / Settings
Various following terms are key to understanding how to navigate troll homes. Others terms are moreso to understand the planet at large.Ablution Trap: Bathtub.Ablutionblock: Bathroom.Block: Room. See: "Respiteblock," "Rumpusblock," "Looneyblock."Clutchropes: Grappling hooks / harpoons.Communal Hive Stem: Apartment tower.Combustion Sludge: Gas. (Does not refer to troll flatulance)Crossing Trestle: Bridge.Dong Shouter: Bell.Dross Coffer: Garbage can, dumpster, wastebasket, bin, trash receptacle.Enclosure Talons: Quotation marks.Falldown Slat: Skateboard.Finish Crumbs: Periods (the punctuation).Game Grub: Alternian equivalent of game cartridges, discs, USB drives and so on. Also the name of an Alternian / Beforan gaming magazine and counterpart of Earth's GameBro / Game GRL.Gander Precipice: Balcony.Glam Badges: Stickers.Grubshed: Some sort of toolshed, woodshed or barn.(Game) Grub Tubes: An equivalent to electric plugs. Game Grubs are fed and accessed by these tubes similar to an umbilical. Not to be confused with GrubTube.Hive: Can be synonymous with troll houses, but can also be a term for any type of place one considers "home".Hold Poles: Railings.Husktop: Laptop.Tobacco Flutes: Cigarettes.Lawnmeal: Picnic.Lawnring: Yard.Load Gaper: Toilet.Looneyblock: Derogatory term for padded rooms, such as within psychiatric institutions.Medicalizer: A small contraption in the wall for highbloods that is capable of healing serious injuries such as broken bones. Mainly fit for arms and/or legs.Omniscuttlecoach: Bus.Rakeprong: Alternian utensil similar to forks, but may be used for more than food.Recuperacoon: The containers of Sopor Slime that Alternian trolls use as beds. Trolls refer to all beds as these or cocoons.Resifluid: Greywater; sullage.Respiteblock: Bedroom.Sopor Slime: Soporific sticky lime-green substance that can calm daymares and sooth psionic powers by its proximity alone. Commonly used inside recuperacoons, but must be replaced periodically in order to be fresh. Not supposed to be eaten, but produces a high when ingested. Can be physically and mentally draining, it's not unheard of it injuring wounded/unhealthy trolls when they go to sleep.Rumpusblock: Rumpus room / rec room.Schoolhive: Schoolhouse.Scourdray: Mop cart.Scuttlebuggy: A car or car-like vehicle.Shout Pole: Exclamation mark.Smearspinner: Floor waxer.Snuggleplane: Blanket.Splaysac: Beanbag chair, typically filled with sopor slime. Needs occasional jostling.Stingbug's Nest: Bee/hornet/wasp's nest.Subgrub: Suburbs.Surprise Noodle: Question mark.Sway Chair: Rocking chair.Thresher: Depending. Can refer to an air fan, but may also refer to hatchets.Troll Caegar: An item of coinage, roughly equivalent to an American dime ("troll caegar a dozen"). It depicts a Troll Julius Caesar (called Caegar) with his eyes on one side scratched out.Tubeflora: Chopped wood.Wheel Device: General term for wheeled vehicles. Usually proceeded by number of wheels. EX: One Wheel Device = Unicycle.Zigzag Incline: Stairs.

PAGE 5
Food Terms
Take a swig every time "grub" appears.Beefgrub: Grub (Alternian food/livestock) that is especially meaty.Bileslaw: Alternian food that is prepared similar to human coleslaw.Boiled tree blood: Maple syrup.Carbonated Hydration Juice: Soda. One popular flavor is Clawgunk. Stored in a "hydration cylinder".Container of Scalding Leaf Fluid: Cup of tea.Cruel-Aid: Kool-Aid.Fart Niblets: (Collequial / casual term for) Edible beans.Flavor Disc: Pizza.Fricasseed Throttlemoth Reticulum: A type of food which it is dangerous to breathe in while preparing, and can give you Throttlemoth Virus. Similar to dangerous humans foods like pufferfish.Grub: A highly common term used for various sorts of insect larvae (and non-larval insectoids with neotenous, larva-like shapes) and their derivates. May also refer to troll wigglers.Grubcake: A type of food, which has glucose sacs.Grub-Fisted: Ham-Fisted.Grubflecks: Cereal.Grubloaf: Alternian food with similarities to one or more of meatloaf, bread, sausage rolls or meat buns. Likely fashioned from insectoid livestock. Commonly leavened. Traditionally goes with grubloaf.Grub Juice: A juice which can supposedly help restore depleted reserves of psionic power.Grubsauce: Blanket term for any troll condiment; can be high or low in fructose, high or low in sucrose, etc. It comes in multiple colours and it can be mistaken for blood.Grubslurry: Edible slurry from some sort of insectoid livestock, which needs agitation. Similar to Earth cows, albeit refers to more animals.Grubslurry Agitator: Contraption that which speeds the process of agitating grubslurry.Grubsteak: Steak from some sort of insectoid livestock.Grubwurst: A type of sausage made from Alternian insectoid livestock.Hunger Trunk: Refridgerator.Huskloaf: Food made from troll grubs or grub carapace. Similar to grubloaf but with a distinctly different taste/preparation.Hydration Cylinder: Soda can.Meal Block: Kitchen.Meal Tunnel: Throat (when used in context of wanting to eat).Meat Vault: Section of the fridge/freezer that stores meat.Nutrition Cylinder: Canned food.Nutrition Plateau: Plate.Snack Mineral: Salt.Sopor (Slime) Pie: A pie made of soporific slime. Unadvised to be eaten, but causes trolls to become high when ingested.Thermal Hull: Fridge, but specifically the freezer.Tuber Paste: Mashed potatoes. Often goes with grubloaf.

PAGE 6
Troll Culture Terms
Now, these vocabulary words may be suited for those who may be staying among troll society for more than a few perigees. Those who come not to have a vacation but to utterly soak in the nature of troll society.12th Perigee's Eve: The Troll equivalent of Christmas week, occurring around the same time of the sweep/year cycle. A troll's Lusus leaves prior to this event and returns on the 12th day of this celebration with a behemoth leaving for the purpose of decorating, similar to the logging of conifers for use as Christmas trees.Alternian Slam Poetry: An ancient form of rap. Not to be confused with human slam poetry, which is not a music genre the way it is on Alternia.Archeradicator: An elite unit in the Troll military. Sought by Equius (known indigoblood). Considered "perhaps the most noble echelon the imperial forces have to offer". Involves masterful archery.Arena Stickball: A very well-known Alternian sport, mostly played by lower castes. Players use a cuebat to hit stickballs. Various "Leagues" exist to measure a player's capabilities against other teams. Xefros Tritoh (known rustblood) won the 3rd place within the Outglut Grub League. Best described (by humans) as a hybrid of baseball, quidditch, rugby, and pool.Arena Stickball Positions: Various positions include: Brawler, Controller, Prowler, Pusher, Wrangler, and Zapper.Arena Stickball Balls: There are various types of them. The DOZER, which makes those who touch it fall asleep. STITCHER, a loose pile of yarn which must be rolled into a ball before scoring and may distract the Prowler. TRACER, which will try to follow the path of the previous game. FINISHER, which will move on a predetermined path to the goal. MATCHTIP, which can burn you. CLOVER, which is very hard to hit. SNOWBALL, the deadliest. MAN ON THE MOON, which Pushers can't interact with.Behemoth Leaving: Poop of a large creature. Traditionally dragged in by one's lusus and decorated similar to a Christmas tree on 12th Perigees' Eve.Cavalreaper: Elite mounted unit of the Alternian military, in which they oft tame beasts and ride them into battle. Sought by Tavros (known bronzeblood).Espiacrooner: A FLARP class involving both stealth and singing.Filial Pail: The type of buckets used to store and transport troll reproductive slurry. All buckets are seen as sexual items as a result of this function, albeit some desperate or unphased trolls may soldier through the societal judgment and use it to store other items.Pail / Pailing: The act of producing troll reproductive slurry, typically through stimulating erogenous zones until it is expelled through some reproductory organs.Fantasy Phantom: Imaginary friend.Flaysquad: A unit of Threshecutioners.Gambligant: An Alternian class of roguish noble thiefs and pirates, regarded as a scourge upon Troll society but also hired as mercenaries. Vriska Serket (known Cerulean) aspires to be one of them.Imperial Drones: Cyborg creatures tasked to do the Empire's dirty work. Some are set to culling lowbloods and other societal 'undesireables'. Other drones are told to collect reproductive slurry for the Mother Grub.Laughsassin: An Alternian class of performer-assassins, a sub-type of Subjugglator. Gamzee Makara (known purpleblood) has referred to their usage of trapezes.Legislacerator: An Alternian class of bounty hunter-lawyers. Terezi Pyrope (known tealblood) aspires to their ranks.Mating Fondness: Sexual attraction (between matesprits).Maturation Rites / Rites of Maturation: The rites a troll must go through upon maturation, in order to be allowed off-planet.Mother Grub: A gigantic creature that which pushes out troll eggs through being given troll slurry. All trolls are born from the Mother Grub, hence all trolls being incestuous products in human contexts.Muscle Theatre: An indoors event in which muscular trolls/beasts can show off their gains, similar to various martial arts.Oral Sphincter: Some part of a Mother Grub's anatomy, of which it possesses at least three, one of which is vestigial.Rainbowdrinker: The troll equivalent of a vampire, a jade-blooded troll who has drank the blood of other trolls. The word "rainbow" refers to the many colours of the troll hemospectrum. Rainbow drinkers are stated by Kanaya Maryam (known jadeblood) to be clearly distinct from shadow droppers. Their skin can glows white and their eyes yellow (and they are naturally unaffected or benefit from sunlight, and are more comfortable with sunshine than normal trolls) and they are apparently incredibly fast.Ruffiannihilator: A exceptionally strong, unarmed class of the Alternian military.Schoolfeeding: The education system for growing young trolls. They are given homework for the careers they've been assigned to. Often such careers and classes are based on their blood color, but higher castes have more freedom to choose.Subjuggulator: An Alternian class, social and possibly military as well, of religious police and enforcers, recruited exclusively from land-dwelling Purplebloods. Often synonymous with "Highblood" when said by lower castes.Scienstiff: A historical group which drew the ire of the Subjugglators.Scythian: Troll Amazon. Has caste-based barriers to ordering certain items. No returns for rustbloods.Shadow Dropper: Certain types of diurnal Alternian undead (trolls are nocturnal and the Alternian sun is dangerous, meaning the living are unlikely to ever cast a shadow while outdoors), of which there appears to be a variety.Slam Or Get Culled: The Alternian form of "American Idol" and similar shows, in which trolls use their best musical skills in order to impress judges. Only highbloods (in particular, purplebloods) have ever won. Losers will be culled.Solar Sweep: Alternian equivalent of a year. Exactly as long as 2 Earth years and 2 Earth months (give or take a few days due to variable month length), or approximately 2.16 Earth years.Wriggling Day: "Birthday" for humans. Refers to the day a troll hatched from their egg.

PAGE 7
Obscure Terms/Misc Slang
Going one step further, using these can keep you 'hip' with the younger trolls. Aside from the derogatory slurs."Asleep At the Thorax": "Asleep at the thorax" is used in the same context as "asleep at the wheel"; the idiom probably originates in the Alternian equivalent of horseback riding.Bubblr: Troll Tumblr.Bugwinged: An expletive adjective. Similar to cursing "god-damnit".Chittr: Troll Twitter.Chumbucket: Derogatory term for seadwellers. See: "Pailing", "Filial Pail", "Chum."Corpse Box: Rarely-used term for casket. (Trolls do not hold funerals)"Barking Up The Wrong Frond Nub": Barking up the wrong tree."Get Off Your High Skyhorse": Get off your high horse.GrubTube: Troll YouTube.Gutterblood: Highly derogatory term for lower castes, implying their blood is as worthless as the gutters."Having One's Horns Handed To Them": Casual phrase for being defeated, or 'served'."Hatchright": Birthright."Hatched For Each Other": Made for each other.Hoofbeastmanure: Bullshit / horseshit, chiefly in the perjorative.Invertebrother: Casual term for "brother", never in a biological sense as no troll is born with siblings.Ignorance Shaft/Tunnel: Throat of a foolish person, or someone saying something foolish."Let's bury the thresher.": Let's bury the hatchet.LiveChurnal: Troll LiveJournal.Moisturewave: A genre of troll music, likely similar to "vaporwave.""Mother Grub fearing": God-fearing."Mucus on the Grubloaf": "Icing/cherry on the cake", "tip of the iceberg" and similar phrases."Open a Can of Dirt Noodles": "Open a can of worms.""Schoolfed": Schooled. As in soundly defeated."Shithive Maggots": Shithouse rats."Shit hits the thresher.": Shit hits the fan."Swear on Mother Grub's vestigial third oral sphincter": Swear on my mother's grave."Tattleterror": Tattletale"Tactical Contingistrat": Plan."Shove a Throb Stalk Up Yours": Troll insult similar to the human insult 'Shove (phallic object) up yours'."Tomewriggler": Bookworm."Weakslime": Weaksauce.
.
.
BEFORAN TERMS
While many terms on these lists refer to Alternian experiences, others are shared with Beforan experiences. That is why, despite the majority of onlookers wanting to know about Alternia, it is also worth explaining Beforus.Beforus: An alternate version of Alternia, in which the hemospectrum stereotypes are somewhat inverted. Lowblood/mutant/disabled trolls are pitied on, and 'culling' involves treating other trolls as pets to train.BUOY: Politically correct Beforan term for lowbloods. (Burgundy / Umber / Ocher / Yellowgreen)CIP: Politically correct Beforan term for land dwelling highbloods. (Cerulean / Indigo / Purple).OJA: Politically correct Beforan term for midbloods. (Olive / Jade / Aqua).Royal-V: Politically correct Beforan term for seadwelling violet bloods.Wader: Derogatory Beforan term for seadwellers and their allies.
.

Even natural-born trolls struggle to understand the quadrant romances.

♥️♠️ QUADRANTS ♣️♦️
The romantic/sexuality system for trolls. In which humans have typically 1 romance (love), trolls have 4 romances (flushed, pitch, ashen, pale).These 4 romances can additionally be divided into 4 catagories:Red Romance
For positive emotions.
Flushed ♥️ and Pale ♦️Black Romance
For negative emotions.
Pitch ♠️ and Ashen ♣️Concupiscent Romance
For reproduction.
Flushed ♥️ and Pitch ♠️Conciliatory Romance
For quality of life.
Pale ♦️ and Ashen ♣️
.

.
♥️ Matespritship/Flushed ♥️
Matespritship, or the flushed romance quadrant, between trolls involves taking pity on each other. They see the potential harm deep in a flushedmate and feel undeterred due to unconditional love. A troll shows their vulnerabilities with a matesprit in hopes they'll be in safe claws.- Symbolized by a card suit heart (♥️).
- Associated with the color red.
- Likened to 'human love', except in a society where vulnerability to the wrong person could get you easily culled.

.
♠️ Kismesissitude/Pitch ♠️
Kismesissitude, or the pitch romance quadrant, involves trolls passionately hating to make each other get better. They see the admirable traits deep in a pitchmate and get further annoyed that those traits couldn't be bigger. A troll nudges a kismesis out of the comfort-zone in hopes the challenge is met well.- Symbolized by a card suit spade (♠️).
- Associated with the color black.
- Likened to 'enemies-to-lovers', except they stay as enemies even when lovers.

.
♣️ Auspisticism/Ashen ♣️
Auspisticism, or the ashen romance quadrant, between trolls changes unhealthy hatred/bloodthirst in a couple by introducing a 3rd person who exasperatedly pacifies their harmful urges. They see the joyous traits in the previous relationship and, despite annoyances, still care enough to prolong it as ashenmates. A troll invites auspisticism to prevent pitch infidelity and (unintentional) harm.- Symbolized by a card suit clubs (♣️).
- Associated with the color grey.
- Likened to human couple-therapy, except the therapist gets involved and makes it a throuple.

.
♦️ Moirallegience/Pale ♦️
Moirallegience, or the pale romance quadrant, involves two trolls soothing each other's troubled minds. They see their palemate wants a break from chaos and feels pale by chilling with them. A troll shares their problems and feelings with a morail in hopes they'll let go of worries, even for a bit.- Symbolized by a card suit diamonds (♦️).
- Associated with the color pink.
- Likened to human best friends, except it is romantical in nature.
.

.
VACILLATIONS
This denotes romantic uncertainty; a troll intentionally/unintentionally flipping between multiple romances with the same partner. Uniquely applicable to the troll race's fourfold romance. An integral part of romantic and dramatic fiction, but considered odd in an individual (somewhat similar to non-hetero human romance).There are various types of vacillations. Often, a troll eventually matches their partner's quadrant feelings, but all cases have varying degrees of success.♥️ Double Reacharound ♠️
One troll is flushed while the other is pitch (or vice versa for other quads). Could be volatile if neither are happy with their partner's quadrant.♠️♥️ Quadrouple Reacharound ♠️♥️
A commonly known chain of vacillations. Four trolls get involved with one another - two are pitchmates, two are matesprits, and each pitchmate couple has a matesprit with the other pitchmate couple. Very likely to be volatile if so much as one troll flips quadrants, entering an (accidental) infidelity.
.
.
FINAL NOTES
"Hate" and "Pity" are not directly the same as human hate and human pity.Because society raises trolls to be largely independent, deeply caring for another troll can be unfamiliar and dangerous. Flushed pity typically involves 'caring for a troll beyond your previous limits, showing your underbelly despite the possible danger to yourself'.Likewise, since troll society raises trolls to be largely independent, a passionate hate-fueled rivalry can be unexpected. Pitch hatred goes beyond wanting the worst for each other, in fact deciding to stay with each other to see whose life turned better on their deathbeds.Additionally, on Alternia, trolls need flushedmates and pitchmates. If a troll does not get a filial pail filled with reproductive slurry by the time drones come knocking, they will be culled.Troll romances tend to be unstable for this reason.But that's largely due to the Empire's laws. No matter the reason for their origins, bonds of all kinds do exist among trolls and do bring joy to an otherwise difficult planet. These romances unorthodox to the human eye are often, nonetheless, worthwhile.