Helbereth wrote:Honestly, I'm bothered that people conclude things about characters based on little evidence--or at most the circumstantial kind. It's fine deciding--for the sake of a deviation designed to explore such a situation--that a character's preferences can accommodate different kinds of sexuality--be it homosexual, pan-sexual, asexual, or bisexual--but claiming those dispositions already exist as part of the character without offering a source or explanation thereof is another thing entirely.
I'm curious about where you got the impression that Hanako may be 'pan-sexual', based on the source material. Nothing I can recall of Hanako's character indicates to me that she has anything more than perhaps a passing interest in women, except in seeking the approval of her peers--namely that of Lilly, and Akira to a lesser extent.
The only thing I can think of that may indicate a possible tendency toward bisexuality or pan-sexuality in Hanako is her somewhat codependent relationship with Lilly. However, there are mitigating factors that created an opportunity for that relationship to develop.
Firstly, although Lilly moved into the dorms sometime after they were already friends, she and Hanako now share a hallway, living straight across from each other, which further facilitates their codependency. Secondly, Lilly is congenial, diplomatic, almost rigidly kind, and soft-spoken, all of which would make a relationship with skittish Hanako easier to establish. Thirdly, Lilly is blind, therefore Hanako needn't feel apprehensive about her scars while in her presence.
Fourthly, and I expect this may be controversial, due to Lilly's blindness, Hanako can feel a sense of being useful, which is a theme that runs through her route. One of her more dramatic admissions referenced her feeling like a useless person, but, through guiding Lilly, Hanako shares something in common with Misha, becoming Lilly's eyes rather than Shizune's voice. It isn't a complete existence, of course, and it may seem sad by most standards--being reduced to a seeing-eye dog--but, from her perspective, it's better than being the useless person she thinks she has become.
I'm not sure where else you may have gotten the idea...
Eh, remember that this is a thread about a F/F romance with the possibility that Hanako will be the love interest; and I have only said that in this case, it's will be a audacious character devellopment but the least OOC for me. (compared to other main KS characters)
I don't think that Hanako is pansexual in the canon (at least because after having talked a bit with cpl_crud, I think this idea has never crossed his mind), but IF he had to be pansexual/bisexual, the explination that she can falling in love with someone treat her as a equal, no matter of the gender, is the most credible.
And this is not a disrespectful Lady to to argue about it here ?
"With my eternal life, I will see the world through to its end. Until everyone who won't like me is gone."
— Porky Minch
"Can you face your fears ?"
— Hanako
I speak from the noise
Souls and shapes, forever twisted
the lost voices of the damned
lure the bringer of despair
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