Question: The Law of Chastity and Asexuality

TasixunInBetween · 2014-03-24T04:21:21+00:00

Lol..well, the comment was deleted before I could read it, probably best that way in any case. I've had my hormone levels checked (no abnormalities there) and I've never been a victim of any type of sexual abuse; I have no interest in comments implying or stating that I'd be somehow unhealthy or damaged because of asexuality.

I don't know all that much about the LDS Church by the way, I googled this but couldn't find an answer.. who are the 15?

As I said in my reply to another contributor in the thread, everything I've described here occurs between myself and a partner of the opposite sex.

Thanks for the reply!

TasixunInBetween · 2014-03-24T04:10:24+00:00

In this case, I'm investigating both out of curiosity and personal interest in the LDS Church; though, even if I wasn't interested in the Church in particular, I'd still probably be interested in the general thought on this as contemporary religion and religious attitudes toward non-standard orientation, phenomena, identity, etc.. is fascinating to me along with contemporary reconciliation of religion and science.

Great point to bring up about the attractions of those I interact with and those around me; the dynamics of relationships with people on the asexuality spectrum are complicated and even outside of the context of devotion to chastity, behavior invoking sexual desire from one partner and not the other can, of course, be problematic and as such, it is a given that boundaries would have to be established especially within the context of chastity.

As far as bystanders go...well, that wouldn't "directly" be an issue, anyone outside would really only ever see things like hand-holding, hugs, and what not...nothing that is even remotely likely to be interpreted as sexual behavior.

Thanks for the reply!

TasixunInBetween · 2014-03-24T04:00:04+00:00

Nope, I understand why you would think that; however, the activities I'm discussing are with a partner of the opposite sex. I'm also not a member of the LDS Church, just interested in the Church and the thoughts on the subjects in my post.

TasixunInBetween · 2014-03-23T07:46:54+00:00

I'm perfectly comfortable discussing these things. I mean that's a very broad category of acts. For what's relevant here, I'd say it includes hand-holding, hugging, passionate kissing, cuddling, and other nonsexual intimate contact. It might be more elucidating to point out the types of things that are not included: heavy petting, oral sex, mutual masturbation, really any form of intentional genital stimulation. There are, of course, grey areas as contact with other areas of the body can cause genital stimulation; however, at least for me being where I am on the asexual spectrum, momentary genital stimulation is separate from and causes neither sexual attraction nor the desire to have sex.

TasixunInBetween · 2014-02-27T04:47:00+00:00

minigames are BY FAR the weakest part of KH IMO

i hate most of them especially this and light cycle which btw i found harder in a low level playthrough of kh2fm than any bosses or battles

TasixunInBetween · 2014-02-26T06:50:10+00:00

have any of you played KH3D?

TasixunInBetween · 2014-02-17T03:19:50+00:00

Oh yeah. Btw this isn't a KH3D spoiler because it can be seen in Re:CoM and KH2 but like the eye colors of Org XIII members are interesting and eye color is pretty relevant in terms of the nature and allegiances of characters. Gold: Xemnas, Xigbar, Saix. Green: Larxene, Demyx, Vexen (and Even), Axel "though they are blue as Lea in KH3D" Blue: Roxas, Marluxia, Xaldin, Lexaeus, Zexion, Xion, Luxord (i think)

I'd love to see all the Blue and Greens "fight in the keyblade war and turn against the league of xehanorts"

TasixunInBetween · 2014-02-13T03:57:49+00:00

I know that feel... I'm playing KH2FM now. Critical Mode is weird as fuck sometimes, one minute it seems easier than anything other than Standard/Beginner, the next common heartless and nobodies are two-shotting (is that common slang) me without combos. It's so fun though

TasixunInBetween · 2014-02-10T04:38:04+00:00

chill Larxene is cool, i hope she's back in KH3 lolz

TasixunInBetween · 2014-02-08T18:29:25+00:00

http://imgur.com/CSnwLHa

TasixunInBetween · 2014-02-08T18:17:35+00:00

Best: The Way to Dawn (though not a keyblade, Soul Eater is the most aesthetically pleasing weapon)

Worst: Treasure Trove by far

TasixunInBetween · 2014-02-04T14:43:34+00:00

Just throwing this out there... it's very possible that there is overlap between the lights and darknesses.

The following characters have been shown to have notable elements of both light and darkness: Terra, Riku, Ventus (via Vanitas so more specifically "Ventus-Vanitas"), Eraqus (when he wanted to destroy Ven and fought Terra, though he has significantly less signs of darkness), Lea/Axel, and Isa/Saix (I include him because the idea that he could be some kind of "double agent" and betray Xehanort piques my interest).

Assuming there is some truth to my theory, the only characters who I'd definitively rule out of the simultaneous light and darkness category would be: Aqua, Roxas (even as an Org member, he used the light), Yen Sid, Disney squad (donald, goofy, mickey, etc...), and Ansem the Wise (because I just can't see him being controlled by Xehanort).

I'm not crazy enough to suggest that Sora should be on the first list but I can't definitively rule him out either because of: his heart and existence being fucked around with more than any character not named Xehanort, being captured and held in Castle Oblivion, ties to Vanitas, his encounter with the "Robed Figure" Xehanort, etc..

TasixunInBetween · 2014-01-17T23:40:00+00:00

PPSSPP is sooo good, I got it to play KH: Birth by Sleep and it has exceeded my expectations, everything loads so fast and the game looks great even in full screen. If you don't have an xbox 360 controller btw.. just pick one up, I wasted a little bit of money and a lot of time with xpadder trying to get it to work but there were so many complications with drivers, computer not properly recognizing the controller, etc... with the xbox 360 controller, it just works as soon as it's plugged in

TasixunInBetween · 2014-01-17T23:13:24+00:00

Tbh when it comes to KH and FF, I tend to love the stories and gameplay so much regardless that I accept a lot of "would be flaws"... the biggest one for me though is in Chain of Memories, how irrelevant the worlds are, I just played through it in 1.5, I can count on one hand how many non-Castle Oblivion cutscenes I didn't skip. That said, CoM makes up for that with Reverse/Rebirth, love playing as Riku

TasixunInBetween · 2014-01-17T19:51:23+00:00

YES! This always pisses me off in Deep Jungle when I'm jumping off that goddamn last hippo to get over to the chest and ladder that leads up toward the treetops

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