Homosexuality

**Homosexuality** describes a mental state in which a person or group of people feel sexual urges for those of the same sex. In the context of Coeur Al'Aran, there are several avenues which homosexuality lie on in terms of his perspective, with those demonstrated in a literary sense and real-life perspective

## Coeur on Homosexuality

### Cavalyn Era

During his time writing on his Cavalyn account, Coeur wrote several works depicting homosexual relations between the main protagonists of the *Noir* franchise. These include pieces published between 2005 April 15 with the publication of the first chapter of *Children of the Night* up to 2006 August 8 with the publication of the last chapter of *Noir: Divine Contract*. In the *Noir* canon, a romantic relationship is not known to exist in the anime canon between two, meaning this is a creative decision undertaken by Coeur interpreting a lesbian relationship.

On 2006 November 10, Coeur engaged in an argument with Selphie01 proclaiming that she likes Yaoi too much. In a follow-up comment on November 17, he continues the argument, denying possible homosexuality between Gaara and Sasuke Uchiha on the basis that the former is likely insane. Coeur expresses his belief that Sasuke is asexual. He also expresses his refusal to believe that either Gaara or Naruto are gay because of their naivety. He condedes that Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki may be gay because the former wears nail polish.

### Coeur Al'Aran Era

On Coeur's modern FanFiction profile, he indicates that he is not a fan of "yaoi" or "yuri" when writing, meaning "boy love" and "girl love" respectively. He can read those fictional works. But he believes they promote an unrealistic standard in terms of a narrative. He implies that he may try writing one after going through all possible Jaune-female pairings, whether with Jaune and another male or two female characters.

In *RWBY* itself, Coeur has stated that he does not care about any future LGBTQ pairing, but wishes for it to be implemented in a good and realistic way rather than injecting it as social tokenism.

#### "Comedic" Literature

On multiple occasions, Coeur has used perceived homosexuality as a running joke, such as with Mercury Black in *Professor Arc.*A later example is Cardin Winchester within *White Sheep.* In both instances, it serves as a comedic gag due to juxtaposition with what the audience and dramatis personae know as their personalities.

### Real-life Perspective

Coeur has not provided much insight into his real-world perspective of homosexuality; however, he mentions in an Author Note for chapter 4 of *Professor Arc* that he was invited to a three-year wedding anniversary for a gay couple. The information surrounding them is vague, but Couer makes it clear that it consists of two males with one of them predicted to only live for three months for an unknown reason.

On February 5, 2019; Coeur states that he supports gay marriage, but can accept if people are quiet about not supporting it. These were reaffirmed in Coeur's actions of firing another individual for ranting about the gays and "being an ass" about it.

## Refererences

1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20200518175335/https://www.deviantart.com/cavalyn/about#my\_comments
2. ↑ https://archive.is/OkDBZ#selection-905.58-905.315
3. ↑ http://archive.is/Bn9La#selection-775.0-775.255
4. ↑ http://archive.is/Qx5A1
5. ↑ http://archive.is/5r4O5
6. ↑ http://archive.is/gbp0n
7. ↑ http://archive.is/hd404
8. ↑ http://archive.is/NAlPF#selection-2767.0-2777.243
9. ↑ http://archive.is/AJU9T#selection-1049.0-1052.0
10. ↑ http://archive.is/Iqi5S#selection-2033.0-2033.175
11. ↑ http://archive.is/Iqi5S#selection-2063.0-2063.256