'This has sure gotten a lot of responses.' Why Jack had let fanfiction characters out to play, she would never understand, but the self-proclaimed Jedi Prince, Ken, was happily poking at her laptop. His mother, Kendalina was alternating between swatting her son's hands away from any non-child friendly content, and glaring at Jack, 'Miss Kendalina, did you not once say that monogamy had a use as a medical purpose?'
Kendalina just grunted.
"Her exact words being 'If you get knocked up with a disease or a baby, and you've been monogamous, then you'll know who to go to to kick their a-"
'I did NOT!' Ken continued to grin and devolved into a 'Did too/Did not' argument with his mother.
Meanwhile, Triclops -- yes, the Boba Fett/Frankenstein creature of the Emperor's and Ken's father, Triclops -- sat up from where he'd been knitting on the couch.
'The Lost Wookie seemed to have an opinion on a solution to the problem, which was to be celibate and avoid it, entirely.' He offered, changing the topic. Kendalina snorted.
'Master Windu would've LOVED him.' She snarled, sarcastically, 'Repressing desires and restricting yourself because it's 'Not appropriate' just causes more problems, like the lid on a shaken bottle of soda makes the thing pop. We've got Skywalker to show us THAT.'
'Kenda.' Triclops nudged, gently, 'What you just said COULD be misinterpreted as a justification for rape or adultery - the kind where the adulterer secretly cheats on a loving and giving partner without being open or honest, just because they felt like it.'
'Controlling your behavior to respect the wishes of another person is different from stopping yourself just because of a preconceived notion that celibacy is a must. For example, say you were in LOVE with someone...' Kendalina stressed the word, briefly turning her head to her son's ear, 'And dealt with them everyday, were very close to them, possibly spent every day with them because... I dunno, they were your MASTER or something...' And she was now deliberately jabbing Ken, 'But you decided to not say anything or act on it because you'd studied the Old Order and knew that passion and attachment were forbidden to the Jedi...' Ken was now starting to glare at his mother with very hurt eyes, 'You're not doing yourself any favors, nor being honest with the person you supposedly love.'
Ken had, at this point, recoiled from their author's computer and was facing deliberately away from his parents.
'What about asexuality?' Triclops asked, 'Someone who has no desire for romance of any kind, nor wants those desires. Master Yoda was most likely asexual.'
'Or the heroic sister of the author, huh?' Kendalina shot at Jack, whom was reclined in her chair and reading a book at this point. She just shrugged, 'The point isn't about adhering to a model of behaviors -- the point is honesty and understanding. If you don't understand yourself or are honest with yourself about yourself, you don't know your strengths or weaknesses, and as a Jedi, that doesn't help you connect with the Force. And then, once you get that, being able to show respect for the others involved should compose the Jedi behavior for relationships. So... asexual, monogamous, polygamist... Stang, you don't see me even giving the boy-' She jabbed her thumb at Ken, '-Any flack for HIS romantic notions, and HE fell in love with the Skywalker spawn -- the very person whose conception led to the fall of the old Order and the creation of the Empire -- of all people.'
'Except you obviously DO have a bone to pick about that.' Triclops pointed out. Kendalina stuck her tongue out at him.
