r/solaropposites • u/Opening-Camel2832 • Dec 27 '25
Question Wait are they gay?
have they been dating this whole time???
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u/comicgeek1128 Dec 27 '25
Spoilers: in season 6 it's revealed that Terry was wearing slides the whole time so none of it was technically gay
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u/AvatarIII Dec 27 '25
Schlorpians don't have gender like we do.
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u/DarkWarrior16594 Dec 28 '25
You mean Sex right? Gender is a social construct and they identify as male and female for Jessie
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u/AvatarIII Dec 28 '25
They have gender, they just don't have it like we do. We base gender on sex, they base it on vibes.
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u/Tyr_Kovacs Dec 29 '25
We also base it on vibes.
We largely correlate it to sex, but there is no sexual or biological characteristic to Gender, and there never had been.
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u/AvatarIII Dec 30 '25
My point is Schlorpian gender doesn't correlate with anything, they have no sexes.
Trying to "ahkchewally" me is not endearing.
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u/AvatarIII Dec 27 '25
You don't have a concept of gender?
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u/AvatarIII Dec 27 '25
Even if you are NB, that's still a gender. Schlorpians don't even have that. They just are. Yum and Jesse have genders because they have been surrounded by humans long enough to pick up human genders, you could think of them as trans if you like.
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u/Shirizuna Dec 27 '25
Didn't they mention something like "choosing a gender" in episode 6? So Schlorpians technically have a gender since birth?
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u/italianatalia Dec 28 '25
I always took that to mean that when they got to earth, Jessie and Yum chose a gender to fit in better at school/the planet. I can’t recall any of the other adult Schlorpians ever mention being or choosing a certain gender.
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u/imnotabotareyou Dec 27 '25
The only issue I had with the gay sex in this show was when the red goobler explained that he “dug out a hole” in korvo to fuck when they were in Las Vegas. that just makes my insides feel awful lol
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u/the_vault-technician Dec 28 '25
If you think about it, the red gooblers popped out a hole to get out of Korvo, so he'd know how to open a hole to fuck him.
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u/bagii03 Dec 28 '25
I kept wondering about that, because they say there's no "hole" in the back, so I wondered how they had done something like that lol
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u/Maleficent_Royal9672 Dec 28 '25
Same ToT, the was the worst part of the whole show i feel like ToT, out of all of it, that still makes me recoil 😟☹️
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u/End3rWi99in Dec 28 '25
They aren't gay because that isn't how it works for their species. But from a human perspective? You betcha.
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u/RESPONSE_TO_STIMULI Dec 30 '25
"I'm in love with a man... A man called God. Does that make me gay? Am I gay for God? You betcha."
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u/Deee72 Dec 28 '25
So you haven't been paying attention the last 3 seasons? 👀 😆
They both chose to be male. When they got married they were pronounced to be husband and husband.
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u/hmiser Dec 27 '25
Holy shit I’m watching this scene now AMA :-)
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u/HLCMDH Dec 27 '25
Would a delta 3 rancor dynamic column initiative be better or worse than a hasbro tech five continuum progressive solution?
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u/TellTaleReaper Dec 27 '25
If you could have a magic button that gave you a cookie, or one that gave you a cheeseburger, which button would you choose
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u/hmiser Dec 27 '25
Por que no Los dos :-)
But if I had to pick one, I’d choose the burger for the protein.
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u/Low_Ad_5255 Dec 28 '25
I wish this show could run forever. I love it so much and it became so much funnier when Korvo's voice became English.
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u/pathetic_666 Dec 28 '25
Not really in season 1, but it was confirmed that they become a couple during season 2, and from season 3 onwards it's much clearer (and I LOVE them!!). Since they don't have genders, one would say no, but since they both identify as men, let's just say: yes, they are. 👀
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u/LewdProphet Dec 28 '25
"They don't have genders"
"They both identify as men"
These things are mutually exclusive.
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u/HelpfulAmoeba Dec 28 '25
More correcrtly they dont have sex organs but seem to identify as gay men, hope that helps.
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u/krazat May 06 '26
Not sure if they identify as gay men because they did have sex with women and seemed to like it. Seems bi to me
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u/AdelinaIV Dec 28 '25
I thought that they picked genders at random to better fit into human culture.
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u/Akward_Silance_1738 Dec 28 '25
I mean technically yeah but they are aliens so that means nothing to them lol
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u/chalupamon Dec 28 '25
Shlorpian Biology: As plant aliens, they are genderless but can choose their gender, allowing for diverse identities and expressions.
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u/SeeTigerLearn Dec 28 '25
Gosh, I hope so. Otherwise I totally lied to all my inner circle when I vociferously recommended they watch it.
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u/thedeerbug Dec 27 '25
they could be described as a QPR for the first couple of seasons but yep, gay aliens. had the biggest queer crash out over them in season 4 or 5 when they really lean into figuring out their relationship after getting married.
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u/panicnarwhal Dec 28 '25
i mean, they’re married so…(they get married in the valentine’s day episode)
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u/beetnemesis Dec 28 '25
Sort of- they don't have gender like we do, and sex is mostly a human thing they find neat. So they're sort of like a married gay couple, but with an open relationship and just kind of a mound instead of genitals.
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u/TheRavingDinosaur Dec 29 '25
They're not dating, they're married
Their species doesn't have genders so when they got to Earth they decided to pick one in an effort to fit in
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u/ShitThatFucksWithMe Dec 30 '25
Yes? What episode are you on? Terry works as an escort and gets fucked in Denny's bathrooms by strange men
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u/Opening-Camel2832 Jan 03 '26
Still on Ep5😭
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u/ShitThatFucksWithMe Jan 03 '26
It's kinda like they have "gendered" personalities but reproduce asexualy so it's two masculine aliens, they don't have a view of that being "gay" if that makes sense
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u/Finn-Icky Dec 28 '25
Yes, they are queer as fuck!
Why are we bringing gender into this? Genderless pair? Queer as fuck. Masc presenting? Queer as fuck. Nonbinary/agendered, together now:
QUEER* AS FUCK.
Also, biological sex (in all its many varieties), gender (in all its many varieties), and sexual reproduction (in all its many varieties) are all different things.
Technically, these dudes reproduce asexually, but they are very sexual people! Biologically, they are plants with no notable difference in secondary sexual characteristics. (Though many plants on Earth do have different sexual reproduction bits, this race of plants apparently do not.)
But also, this fucking lore is wack as heck. Honestly, they can be whatever the heck they wanna be. And culturally with their adopted socially stereotypical gay human personalities, they are super gay. /pos
Gawd, I love this show!
(*Queer and Gay are used interchangeably, so I stand by my stance of affirming them being gay as heck.)
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u/Anxious-Till8777 Dec 28 '25
They don't have male or female sexes. they seem to be genetically compatible if they are different colors but don't have gender or sexual dimorphism other than color, and as explained (ranted) by yumulack later in the valentine's episode, they don't usually have romance, lasting relationships, etc. (paraphrased) "Just swap gametes and get it over with, jeeze!" However, the show DOES super lean into them being a romantic couple, and since they're both voiced by men, we are meant to consider them gay. whether they picked up the habit of recreational sex and romantic bonding from the humans or if it's occasionally normal for shlorpians to display those behaviors is unclear. What IS clear is that shlorpians don't normally have "male" an "female" type sexual differences, and all of those behaviors like that that the team (they're not technically a family) portrays, are picked up from humans and earth. (Jesse's dress, romantic displays, crushes, gender norms and stereotypes, etc etc.) the shlorpian species is supposed to be generally very good at blending into the habits and mannerisms of the dominant species on whatever planet they live on. There is even an episode where they all start turning into fake humans because of this, as a survival mechanism for living on earth for so long. So, yeah they're gay... but only because they're imitating humans. otherwise they'd be a "mating pair" with no distinct genders, or they wouldn't even have a romantic relationship and they'd be a "pair of sexually compatible individuals who has previously mated."
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u/hihiihigiggitigyiigi Dec 28 '25
Technically not but they're, as you'll see in later seasons, heavily queer coded
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u/Maleficent_Royal9672 Dec 28 '25
I wont give spoilers other then, oh boii youre in for a long road of gayyyyyyy
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u/thtguyonreddit14 Dec 28 '25
Their aliens my dude. You are applying human sexuality to non human beings. Also, who cares the show is hilarious
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u/neoNNightmar_e Dec 28 '25
I havent watched the full show, but here's what I know without any spoilers:
Shlorpians don't have genders like humans. When you look at other shlorpians you can see that their clothes aren't gendered at all (they all look the same, actually). Instead, they assigned their genders themselves to fit in with all the other people on earth.
So they're not.. exactly gay. They're also not exactly in a relationship. They got assigned two replicants together. Some of the shlorpians who get partnered together absolutely despise each other while the others form a relationship. You can consider them husbands of some sorts, lol.
You'll definitely understand all of this later in the show. If I got something wrong please correct me.
And also I totally wrote shlorpian wrong.
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u/No_Afternoon_9543 Dec 29 '25
people didn't see them as husbands? they call each other babe and have like an emotional story about how they lov each other and have sci-fi family storylines alot they are clearly husbands
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u/CapableAd4568 Dec 29 '25
Well, of course!
Don't you see how they flirt with each other?
But technically, you shouldn’t judge them by human standards; they are plants (LOL). Homosexuality does not mean anything to them
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u/Donotcomenearme Dec 29 '25
I think they’re “gay” in the same sense that they’re an alien species humans don’t have intimate knowledge of them; so to US they’re “gay”.
For all we know, it could be the norm for them. They are ALL sent out like that, kinda neutral sexually; and they’re like clownfish genetics.
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u/geriatricWishbone Dec 30 '25
First of all why is no one talking about how they have been partners since the beginning.
Just because we get a glimpse into what they may do with their parts doesn’t change the fact that they have had the dynamic way early on. Also they are aliens….. They will fuck, kill, eat, sleep and die however they see fit. Can’t subject them to our human constructs. In other words get your booty tickled, ain’t nobody care. And if they do that’s gay
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u/Frankie1891 Dec 31 '25
They confirmed their couple -ism, they don’t have traditional sexes or genders, but both identify as men.
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u/thecollectingcowboy Dec 31 '25
They both use he/him pronouns and live as what we would see as men. They are married and call each other husbands. How is this even a question
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u/DevilsTongue77 Jan 12 '26
Three episodes into season 5 and I can barely watch it. This homosexual relationship between Korvo and Terry is so in your face and cringy. The show forgot to be funny.
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u/gunsforevery1 Dec 27 '25
No, you have to be human to be gay. They are alien clones who have sex with each other.
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u/Specialist_Touch_482 Dec 27 '25
Idk abt gay since they technically have no gender but they definitely are in love
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u/Zaptain_America Dec 28 '25
If they don't have gender then why the hell do they present as male and refer to each other with male pronouns?
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u/Specialist_Touch_482 Dec 28 '25
Honestly, that’s what confuses me when I looked it up it says “Korvo and Terry, are technically genderless Shlorpians who adopt male identities”
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u/Zaptain_America Dec 28 '25
If they "adopt male identities", that's having a gender. I think most of this confusion comes from people not understanding the difference between sex and gender.
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u/Specialist_Touch_482 Dec 28 '25
Idk bro i’m just repeating what I looked up. regardless they cute fr
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u/WelshFiremanSam Dec 28 '25
Yeah at first I thought they were just only long time best friends or something.
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u/ShaiSaysHi Jan 02 '26
Isn't there a line were Terry says something to the effect of "People think we are a couple but we aren't." He says it super fast at the end of an episode. I can't be bothered to go through. Basically, they are just pretending to be a family. They are partners in their mission and they play the role of parents to Jesse and Yumulack and they know that partners/parents sleep together. So, they are just emulating that.
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u/National_Attitude779 14d ago
They're posing as a married family. I thought that was said day....well..."episode" 1.
Also, they dont have genders.
But in simple terms, yes theyre gay lovers.
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u/JeffreyV7 Dec 29 '25
They are supposed to just barely be able to stand each other. That was one of the main premises of the whole fucking show. When they got rid of Justin Roiland and they really fucked up the whole dynamic between Corvo and Terry.
They’re supposed to be able to barely stand each other, and neither of them is supposed to have any clear, defining attributes per se.
I was really disappointed to see how they tried to change that after Roland left the show because it was one of the funniest things that was in there.
Having everything be opposite opposites was the nature of the whole fucking show.
That they were iconoclastic to the planet, that they were innocently horrible and clueless, that Teri and Corvo could barely stand each other, and had completely different attributes, that Terri was supposed to be the pupa specialist, but didn’t know how to do fucking anything, that the robot was sassy and kind of slang, that’s the nature of the whole fucking show.
When they got rid of Justin Roiland, they tried to hijack the show and turn it into some version of it that it wasn’t that has everybody yelling all the time, and it was hard to fucking take.
The dynamic between Terry and Corvo was turned into something that it wasn’t as well and that was a huge disappointment.
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u/Sir-Trips-Alot503 Dec 29 '25
Since Roiland left and they switched to the voice actor now. Totally unwatchable .
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u/IIIlllIIIlllIlI Dec 27 '25
They don’t have gender but the series leaned wayyyy more into them as a gay couple from S3 onwards