Talk:Cingerix/@comment-3452092-20190103183534/@comment-36277500-20190123200739

Also, love may be brotherly way! In past ages, many men used to say they loved their male friends (for example in medieval knight legends of England and France). In Shakespeare's times men often addressed their friends like "my sweet Jack", "my beloved Nick" etc. during the social conversation in places like street or pub, and everyone knew that they are just friends.

Even in Choices' Bloodbound, Gaius says to Adrian "my dearest Adrian", and Marcel Lafayette kisses men in the faces - and it's just the typical affectionated way of behaviour of men living in respectively Adrian's and Marcel's times.

In ancient world, love between men was accepted in Greece and Rome, but not in Gauls and the other Celts (my brother used to do research about Celtic culture). I'm sure there were homosexual persons, as frequent as in the whole world, but they used to hide their orientation - most European cultures were not tolerative as Greek and Roman ones. At least such misalliance wouldn't be accepted in chief's son and future next chief.

As Freud said once, cigar is sometimes just cigar, so "beloved friend" may be just a... beloved friend. Admins, please don't jump into conclusions.