#yuder i am not begging for much here

[yudrein-aile]

some thoughts on second gender manifestations

cw: mention of (C)SA.

So i'm re reading Chapter 68 and

Considering that even Gakane didn't sense anything, the chance of Jimmy's manifestation seemed exceptionally low, but one never knew. If Jimmy were to manifest as an Alpha, it wouldn't be a concern. But if he manifested as an Omega, there was a chance that Gakane, being an Alpha, could be affected. 'Well… I will just have to keep a closer eye to ensure that doesn’t happen.' Even if such an event occurred, it was enough to isolate it. While it might have been different if it was Kishiar, who was concealing an immense power that could not even be fully comprehended, Yuder was confident that he could easily isolate individuals of Gakane and Jimmy's caliber alone.

can we linger on this for a second. Please. Yuder, the kid is twelve. You just spent the previous chapter going "as long as there's no murder or anything else emotionally damaging, I can take him along" so you clearly see him as a child. Orr does not seem to practice even engaging people before they are of age if we look at Keilusa and Katchian. (yeah, they're like the highest of nobility, but still.)

is the implication really that second gender manifestations, regardless of age of one of the people involved, has resulted in assault or is this Yuder's past trauma bias showing through?

Because if so, that makes Yuder's discussion with Kishiar about needing regulation and in particular this section from the same chapter particularly sinister?

In his previous life, Yuder had gone through a lot of trouble to push through regulations and laws related to the second gender, against the opposition of greedy nobles. Back then, there were hardly any scholars conducting proper research on the abilities and physical changes of the Awakeners, and it was nearly impossible for the leader of the Cavalry, who came from a commoner background, to correct misconceptions and prejudice alone.

Like, there were barely any laws in the first place, and the ones implemented later apparently came only because Yuder was being pushy about it, but that probably took years. This is painting frankly speaking an incredibly horrifying picture and we're not even taking into consideration the whole sexual slavery thing that did happen that Yuder briefly mentions a couple hundred chapters later. Bestie, I need you to elaborate here I am screaming.