In Stars and Time, you play as Siffrin, a nonbinary rogue within a party of heroes just before they face the main villain known as the King. Siffrin is set up as a support character for Mirabelle, a housemaiden for the religion of Change, and the hero who has been exploring the land, gathering all the people within the party, and leading the charge against the King and saving the world. However, upon the final day when the party reaches the King\u2019s castle, Siffrin learns that they can loop to the start of the day and is the only one who remembers anything before the loop. Siffrin uses their newfound power to guide the group through the traps and enemies in the castle to help them defeat the king, but this takes numerous loops to achieve this, and Siffrin continues to try various means of saving the world. On top of each loop, Siffrin would hold conversations with their party members, and during one such conversation before their party reaches the castle, decides to hang out with Mirabelle to talk about her dilemma. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a housemaiden of Change, Mirabelle has a duty to her faith, a faith that she loves and believes in immensely. However, as part of her belief, she is needed to undergo changes to herself, which is normally fine with her as she enjoys trying new things, although there is one part of her that she doesn\u2019t want to change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201c I\u2019m not. . . Interested in that dating stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
As part of her faith, Mirabelle feels pressured into needing to date someone to be a good housemaiden, needing to love a person romantically, as it is believed to be the best way of changing oneself. To Mirabelle, the idea of loving someone romantically and to \u201cDo things with them\u201d makes her uncomfortable, as well as a mistake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cAnd it makes me feel like a mistake\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat I must be broken for not being able to want these things. B-because everyone else can.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Within this discussion, two parts of Mirabelle\u2019s identity conflict with each other: the first being her faith, whereas the other is her sexuality. To Mirabelle, for her to follow her faith, she would need to move past her sexuality, but to keep her sexuality would mean not changing and not following her faith. This conflict is a major point of insecurity for her, and makes her question her own identity as a housemaiden, causing her to doubt whether or not she is truly the hero that everyone deserves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Mirabelle laid out her struggles, Siffrin mentions how they too are not interested in doing things with people as well, to which Mirabelle was relieved to know that she was not the only one. Furthermore, Siffrin mentioned an alternative in which Mirabelle enacts change by breaking the social norms and choosing not to change. While initially rejecting the idea, not believing that is how change works, Mirabelle comes to welcome the idea, which not only brings her comfort and joy, but also gives her a newfound confidence in herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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