Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-39332473-20190808194309/@comment-36874080-20190814100659

Well yes, this is actually what I mean. I guess there is some variations, but a 0/100 lust/purity human being would be quite inconsistent with his theory of racial compositions.

Let's make two hypothesis. First hypothesis would be that appearance reflects fundamental composition, and second would be that racial heredity is actually separate from fundamental composition.

The first hypothesis have, going for it, the longevity/reproductivity ratio of the different races, and Grubbak's homosexuality being a natural racial variation according to Balia, rather than something unrelated to his body. But if it's true, then, if they're that different on a fundamental level, should they even be considered human at all? Asexual humans shouldn't even be possible. Being human means having an even ratio. Succubi, who perceive this stuff, treat Unpeople as mangled abominations because of this.

The second hypothesis have, going for it, Tyna's not being asexual herself, hence it may not be hereditary. The link between sexuality and race would be a "soft" one. That would mean that the duality emerges in two different ways, soul and body, which can be unrelated to one another. Since Estaven and Wendis's souls survived the death of their bodies, I guess it somewhat makes sense. (Or maybe the souls are a different stuff altougher, since Wendis said we don't know what happens to them after death.)

Neither hypothesis is fully satisfactory since both would need to explain the facts opposite to it. I think the first one have more stuff going for it, but maybe I don't see the whole picture due to confirmation bias.

Also, arcane magic isn't that hard to make up as an emergent property from this stuff. Lust magic is more sex than purity, holy magic have the reverse ratio, and arcane magic is 50/50. And voilà.