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[verymuchwowperson]

🏳️‍🌈Happy Pride Month!🏳️‍⚧️

This month's question is themed. Tell me about Steps' orientations. Do they identify differently from how you'd describe them? Has their orientation/attraction changed since their Sidestep era?

helloooo!!! happy pride month to you too cigs!!! hope its been a good one so far :) and thank you for the question! anyway. again i say:

WEARING MY TSHIRT THAT SAYS ASK ME ABOUT MY SIDESTEPS GENDER AND SEXUAL IDENTITIES. IM NORMAL ABOUT THIS. AND SO ARE MY SIDESTEPS. I PROMISE YOU.

Caine:

pt 2 of "their identity is arguably the most complex out of all of my sidesteps and hes figuring None of that out": i would describe him as bisexual, biromantic, demisexual, and the same flavour of aromantic that ortega is (no concept of what romantic attraction actually is so hes open to dating anyone who wants to). they just found out they were bisexual as of retribution and fully believe they have everything about their identity sorted out. all of that is Before i throw the puppet (hark) into the mix because hark is a cis gay man. they really did think they were straight during his sidestep days, having been taught that straight was the default at the farm and finding no reason to stray from that idea (Especially if hes got julia, where dating her reinforced the idea he was straight). being able to compare their own emotions with chen through telepathy, either through learning theyve been harbouring a crush on ricardo for years or learning theyre mutually attracted to chen, was the only way he managed to find out he was bisexual. as for the demisexual aspect of it all, the possibility of being on the ace spectrum kinda had a wrench thrown into it by the assumption that Every regene was ace. because why would the farm program sexual attraction into them???? nobodys having sex any time soon??????? hark experiences sexual attraction with ricardo, but thats because harks human. obviously. the first time he actually feels sexual attraction for his partners will be both a jumpscare and a complete paradigm shift. i cannot stress enough how fucking funny i find this utter mess of a sexuality.

Cyrus:

HEY. HEY REMEMBER THIS.

YEAH WERE ABOUT TO GET INTO SOME FUCKING CONFUSION HERE. he personally enjoys labels because it makes him feel in control of his own identity, and it helps direct peoples perception of him. that being said, he would personally describe himself as pansexual. i, however, cannot pin down his sexuality for the Life of me. is he gay??? bisexual with a preference for men??? a more specific label like omnisexual or abrosexual???? who knows!!!! i dont and at this rate im going to give up trying!!!!!! honestly hes not above taking up the label queer, im just a bit stubborn about this lmao. like his gender though, regardless of the specific label, its something thats stayed very constant throughout the years. so constant, in fact, he may or may not have a Type, and if anybody points that out hed simply vanish from the earth never to be seen again.

Cecilia:

cecilias a lesbian! she has been since her sidestep days. i actually hc that ricardo confessed to her once and she laughed in his face about it. um. sorry ricardo. she may even be some version of aroace, it wouldnt surprise me tbh, but she continues to elude me. if she does turn out on that spectrum, itd be something she already 100% knew and simply chose to leave me in the dark about. cecilia is very confident in her identity. or at least she was, until ace came along and messed everything up. see, while ceci is a lesbian, ace is a straight woman. a straight woman who sleeps with merle abelard. but its cecilias mind in ace, right??? does that mean shes secretly not a lesbian???? (no.) has she been faking it this whole time????? (no.) will mortum hate her forever if he found out????? (no. may hate her forever for other reasons though, considering that betrayed status.) aces attraction throws ceci for a loop a lot of the time, and its one of the reasons shes so uncomfortable in aces body. cecis sexuality is one of the few things she has for herself, an external factor calling that into question is genuinely upsetting. but as her creator who (hopefully) isnt getting tricked this time, i can confirm she is a lesbian whose naturally forward personality simply pushes ace to act on physical attraction.

Chance:

actually???? genuinely the most normal about his sexuality out of all of my sidesteps. she describes herself as bisexual, and i have no notes on it. his problems are a lot more focused on his gender lmfao, she knew from the minute she stepped out of the farm and saw how hot regular ass people could be that she was doomed to forever short-circuit whenever somebody pretty/handsome passed by him on the street. and you know what. good for her.