Does sexual orientation/sexual preference need to be defined at the beginning of the game?

[AletheiaKnights]

I strongly recommend you revisit this thread. There’s some good stuff in it, including a post I’m rather proud of about the phenomena of primary and secondary sexual attraction.

The Pitfalls of Writing Asexual Characters

After being prompted by a discussion in January’s Writer’s Support Thread, I figure this might be a good resource for the community. There are general tips on writing Asexual and Aromantic characters found here: …which also provides individual links for further exploration. This thread’s purpose is to help identify potential pitfalls to avoid, rather than explore the generalities found in the other thread. I’d like to thank @AletheiaKnights for beginning this in the support thread. Alethei…