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If the oviparent, which I understand is the organism which cares for the eggs and in some cases raises their young, has to lose whatever mating ritual the two organisms do wouldn't that make them less fit to take care of their young compared to the victor?

yeah this question has been in my inbox awhile, i had a lot of issues trying to figure out how to deal with mating selection for hermaphroditic organisms, in the end after like.. almost a literal year of trying to figure it out [i used to have all my spec evo stuff just in my computer for fun before i remembered i had an old tumblr account i could turn into a spec evo account], and i decided that half of their mating selection involves the two individuals involved deciding whether or not the other is fit enough to be worth mating in the first place, so the oviparent, though usually being the one who loses the mating ritual, is still fit due to other more visual means, hope this helps, feel free to ask more questions if youre confused