I've said it a million times and I'll say it a billion more, RACHEL IS THE DENSEST MF IN RECENT GL HISTORY. "I really need to refill on mana, but if I do that she'll hate me 😢" FIRST OF ALL, YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT MANA RN, YOU'RE JUST HORNY. YOU WANNA FUCK. UNLESS MANA IS TIED DIRECTLY TO SEX DRIVE FOR YOU, YOU JUST WANNA BANG. SECOND OF ALL, SHE TRIED TO KISS YOU LIKE, TWO DAYS AGO. AND YOU SAID, AND I QUOTE, "Isn't that something lovers do? We don't have that kind of relationship" WHY. WOULD. SOMEONE. WANT. TO. DO. SOMETHING. TO YOU. THAT LOVERS. DO? FUCKING GUESS. I genuinely do not care how shitty she feels about their relationship back in whatever their world was called, I don't care what kind of stupid ass ideas she has about what does and doesn't qualify as something lovers do cause really how do you think kissing is something they don't need to or shouldn't be doing when you mana transfer by fucking? Is sex not something lovers do????? What is going on in her head? How does she look at Xiya, get turned on and blush, and think that she's just hungry for mana? Did it not cross her mind that other people also get low on mana and it doesn't affect their sex drive? Xiya's low on mana right now, and Rachel seems to understand perfectly fine that mana depletion makes Xiya tired and NOT horny, so why is horny still the same thing as hungry for mana in her mind? Like, I like Rachel, she's a fun character, but if it's not intentional that she's the dumbest dog ever to be born then this is just poor ass writing. Which I honestly can't imagine is the case since Xiya hasn't fallen pray to being infinitely stupid, she can't for the life of her understand what's going on in Rachels head, so clearly Rachel isn't supposed to look reasonable right now, so are we actually saying she's just that dense? Or her perception of things is just that warped that she doesn't understand Xiya's feelings toward her despite knowing what romantic and sexual feelings are, and doesn't seem to understand that she can feel romantic and sexual attraction, again, despite knowing what those feelings are? Or is it just that she feels so bad about the power dynamic in their previous lives that she's lost her fucking mind and abandoned all reason and common sense and only wants to accomodate for Xiya in any way she feels she can?
tl;dr, I do not understand this woman.