The sound design is equally deliberate. The show famously scrubs the audio of moans and ambience during the explicit scenes, replacing them with silence or the mechanical hum of air conditioners. This Brechtian alienation technique forces the viewer to stop being a voyeur and start being an anthropologist. You are not turned on; you are analyzing.
Romantic storylines are not about two people liking each other. They are about two people becoming better (or worse) versions of themselves through the crucible of intimacy. Supersex
: In species like Arabidopsis and certain legumes, the supersex class of mutants exhibits "indeterminacy," where flowers produce extra stamens and additional carpels beyond the normal count. The sound design is equally deliberate