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EXPLAINATION OF THE QUADRANTS:
For those of you who might not be from homestuck, or who just need a little refresher, the quadrants are the troll romance system, represented by the card suits.
Redrom and Blackrom: Red romance/redrom is romance dealing with love, where black romance/blackrom is romance dealing with hate. blackrom is not wanting someone dead, you very much still care about them a lot, they just get under your skin. Y’know how some perfectly healthy couples say “fuck you” to mean “I love you”? that is blackrom.
Concupiscent and Conciliatory: Concupiscent is what humans would view as romantic, where conciliatory is what humans would view as queerplatonic (more than friends, but not lovers. a platonic life partner, exact same value as a romantic partner, but different. it’s hard to explain, but that’s the gist of it.) Flushed: The flushed quadrant is concupiscent redrom; the closest to a human understanding of romance in the quadrants. People with a relationship in this quadrant are “Matesprits” This quadrant is represented by the heart symbol.
Pitch: The pitch quadrant is concupiscent blackrom. Someone who you hate to no end, but still care about them a lot. you sort of hate that you are attracted to them, but you care about them just as much as a matesprit, it’s just a different kind of caring. People with a relationship in this quadrant are “Kismesises”. This quadrant is represented by the spade symbol.
Pale: The pale quadrant is conciliatory redrom. Someone who will balance you out, protect you, and calm you down. This quadrant normally has a very soft, fluffy dynamic, but pale relationships often have partners gently making fun of one another. People with a relationship in this quadrant are “Moirails”. This quadrant is represented by the diamond symbol.
Ashen: The ashen quadrant is conciliatory blackrom, and by far the most complicated quadrant to explain. There are two ways to have an ashen relationship, which unlike the other quadrants, is comprised of three people instead of two. Being in an ashen relationship is generally conflict resolution. Either there are two members of an ashen triad who are pitch needing someone ashen to calm them down during especially fierce couples disputes, to help them calm down and maintain their relationship when they aren’t talking to each other, or to otherwise keep them from breaking up or harming each other. Basically someone who they care about and trust enough to help them with their relationship issues. The other way is when there are no parties with pitch feelings towards each other in the triad. When this happens, the relationship looks a little different. The members of the ashen triad need to keep each other from killing each other, this time with no one person who’s always calming the others down, instead the roles change frequently. If one or more parties have a kismesis outside of the triad, the triad may also keep them from cheating on their kismesis, or otherwise making regrettable pitch decisions. The person calming the other members down is an “Auspistice”. The ashen quadrant is generally considered to be emotionally exhausting and not very rewarding, but it’s still considered to be romance, and a deep caring is still present, just like in every other quadrant. This quadrant is represented by the club symbol.