Forty Arguments Substantiating

Xellos Metallium's Sexual Dissidence

• Have you heard his voice?
• Have you?
• Loves to accessorize.
• Never brags.
• Flamboyant manner of speaking.
• Flamboyant hand gestures.
• Flamboyant everything else.
• No straight man is that cheerful that much of the time.
• He seems awfully "girlfriendy."
• Best fashion sense.
• What straight man do you know of that can keep a secret that well?
• Very attached to his jewelry.
• Very comfortable in Drag.
• Best looking in Drag.
• He was jealous of Zelgadis in Drag.
• Are we noting a theme with the purple?
• Sympathetic to Martina.
• Serves a Dominatrix for whom he holds no attraction.
• Compliments Lina without expectations of intercourse.
• He can assume any human form he chooses, and he picks that one?
• Why is he always in the company of women?
• Knows all the gossip of whatever town they happen to be in.
• The only male of the party never accused of stealing Lina's innocence (or the like).
• And he's the only one who ever actually made a move.
• Why does he only hold conversations with the women?
• What did he do around Gourry that made him realize that Xel was a Monster before anyone else knew?
• He can cook (sort of) and he had his own (frilly) apron.
• None of that pesky masculine ego.
• Didn't mock Lina's singing.
• He giggles.
• A lot.
• He doesn't mind dressing up.
• As a frog.
• He gets in cat-fights.
• He breaks up cat-fights.
• What's the real reason Martina felt so betrayed?
• He hits on women.
• Without really hitting on them.
• Remained a doll despite the fact that it was well within his power to change back.

And the number one reason...

• He puts up with stereotypes everyday, even from people one might consider friends, and still manages to keep smiling.