This isn't a joke.
There is no punchline.
This is a genuine question.
Why do I find skeletons so godd*mn attractive?

I always kinda have.

Even when I was younger.

I've always been drawn to decorative skulls and bones and all that makes up a skeleton.

But I'm not attracted to zombies..

Or bodies still in the process of decay..

And though I'm drawn to skeletons I'm not attracted to a skeleton without life.

But skeletons with some form of life to them do it for me?

Why?

Why are they so attractive?

I wonder if it's just the personality or the story that one gives the skeleton...

but then if that were the case...

why was I attracted to some skeleton characters before I even knew anything about them?

I've wondered if my attraction to one skeleton just opened up the gateway to all skeletons...

And whether my initial attraction is linked to the reminder of another skeleton I've found attractive, thus triggering the feelings associated with that skeleton upon the new unrelated skeleton.

However, I'm not only attracted to skeletons, so if that were the case would I then have to apply the same logic to anyone or anything I've been attracted to?

Even still it doesn't answer why I'm attracted to skeletons in the first place...

If it even held ground as a solid reason for why I'm attracted to multiple skeletons, it still wouldn't explain why I was attracted to skeletons initially...

My attraction has never quite been limited by what someone or thing is...

That is...
As long as they have something human about them...

However, this doesn't mean that I'm attracted to everyone and everything that falls within these parameters...

I may have a...very...broad...taste...
Yet there are some things that will cause a loss of interest, or a lack of interest in the first place.

Sometimes I overlooked things that I find unattractive...

But if it's too much...well...

Its not likely to work out..

So I'd rather not waste their time...

Some might think that's cold or discriminatory in some way...

But why try and force or manipulate someone who lacks interest in you to be in a relationship with you?

When you could just not waste either of your time and continue on the search to find someone who does want to be with you..

I supposed if someone found some sick satisfaction or pleasure out of others or their own suffering...

whatever that might entail...

Then it would make some semblance of sense.

Or somehow their well being is dependent on putting up with the other despite their distaste towards them...

But when it benefits neither party...

nor any other party...

I can only wonder what reasons they could possibly have for continuing such a relationship.

And I say 'benefit' not as just material or sexual gain, but any or all forms of benefit..that includes things such as increased happiness, pleasant feelings, butterflies, dopamine, company, the feeling of connection, and the like..

I supposed one could just say "Stockholm syndrome" and be done with it...

Even still..
Humans are a confusing lot.
We confused even ourselves.
I am no exception.

Which brings me to what brought about this chapter dedicated to the question I keep asking myself.

As of late I've been playing this game called Divinity: origin of sin 2

Pretty sure that's what it's called...

Anyways, before I even started playing the game I saw Fane in the loading screen of the game.

For those of you who are unaware of who Fane is, he's a skeleton, an eternal, and he is very very attractive.

Before I knew anything about him I thought he was attractive.

A skeleton...

I wasn't surprised in the least knowing my history...

Upon learning more about him I became all the more attracted to him..

The fact that my boyfriend played as his character with me and his friends may have affected my fondness towards the character, but that is still only speculation and I'd need to gather more information to determine whether my boyfriend playing as a character affects my attraction towards that character...

The ability to make out with Fane within the game in solo player didn't exactly help to curb my growing attraction towards him...

Nor did the fanfics I proceeded to look up after the fact...

I was attracted to other characters as well, but none so much as the skeleton.

It's nearly always the skeleton that I find the most attractive.

And thus I remain confused as to why...
Seeing as no reason I've come up with so far is plausible enough to even be considered a possibility to effectively explain it.

It just is.