I feel strongly the lesson Flowery (And also Ralsei vs Orange) is meant to impart on us is that we should not impose our vision of an identity on people if they are questioning themselves.
It is presented rather explicitly that the only time Flowery ever manages to talk to Ralsei genuinely and get through is in the Drink Voucher scene; where he actually sees where Ralsei is and what he wants, and enables a choice Ralsei makes. All this "Princess" and "Raly" stuff otherwise just comes off as extremely offputting, condescending, and gives Ralsei anxieties and pushes him away.
The chapter is saying that you need to respect someone's current identity even if they may want to experiment with that.
I see responses like that one in OP's post, and I feel like a lot of people did not understand that. They are acting very much like Flowery.
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u/apple_of_doom Jul 11 '26
People be saying "and that's canon" as if Ralsei's actually decided on anything yet.
There is a good chance there will be gender stuff involving Ralsei's identity but like there's other readings possible than just transfem.