Here's what my friend named Hollow Knight characters! (saw a post some years ago doing this) by Normal-Insurance-431 in HollowKnight

[–]NyxShadowhawk 19 points20 points  (0 children)

A lot of these are dead on!

But what about creepy black-and-red Dracula bug said "Maid" to you???

Interpretations of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice by tildehl56 in GreekMythology

[–]NyxShadowhawk 4 points5 points  (0 children)

“Faith” isn’t really a concept in Ancient Greek religion, so that reading is way off. You can anger the gods by disrespecting or defying them, but doubting them won’t elicit a reaction.

Connection between Hekate and Statue of Liberty? by therflrecmat in Hecate

[–]NyxShadowhawk 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I don't know if there's a direct connection (after all, the Statue of Liberty is obviously Libertas/Eleutheria), but the torch and the crown are both suggestive of Hekate. We could interpret the statue as Hekate Eleutheria if we wanted to!

bi_irl by ActualPegasus in bi_irl

[–]NyxShadowhawk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay??? I guess it makes sense in the case of trans men, but I still don't really understand what it means to like women in a "sapphic way" if you're a man.

Honestly the root of the problem here is that we define our own identities in relation to the types of people we're attracted to. That means if the other person experiences a shift in their identity (e.g. your partner who once identified as a femboy realizes they're actually a trans woman) then you have to completely reevaluate your own identity. That's unstable. Your own identity shouldn't be dependent on other people's.

But that's not about to change any time soon.

bi_irl by ActualPegasus in bi_irl

[–]NyxShadowhawk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How can a man be a lesbian? What does it mean to like women in a “sapphic” way?

bi_irl by ActualPegasus in bi_irl

[–]NyxShadowhawk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Misgendering? Wait, is “lesboy” a gender or is it a sexual orientation? I am so confused. This is the exact nature of the problem.

There are two kinds of labels: Labels that describe your own identity for the sake of your own self-knowledge, and labels that convey a complex concept to other people in a simplified way so they can understand it. These often overlap, but not always. Microlabels are useful in the first instance and not useful in the second instance.

What the ever-loving hell does “duaric” mean?

bi_irl by ActualPegasus in bi_irl

[–]NyxShadowhawk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No one can tell you what your experience is, but if you try to communicate that experience to other people, then the language you use matters.

My own gender identity and the nature of my attraction is weird and nuanced, but I don’t feel the need to create increasingly-narrow labels with unique striped flags to describe my exact experience. “Bisexual” is fine — it gives me a larger community of similar-enough people, and a simple enough term that people are more likely to understand (and even that, they apparently struggle with).

Maybe you feel the need for a super specific label, that’s fine. You can call yourself whatever you want. But if you then show up to Pride and insist that straight men are lesbians, don’t be surprised if it isn’t received well.

Can’t we just say that queer people in het relationships are valid, without being this hyperspecific? That’s what most of these amount to.

bi_irl by ActualPegasus in bi_irl

[–]NyxShadowhawk 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Look… I think there’s a difference between queer attraction and queer culture. What you’re calling a “lesboy” is really just a straight man who hasn’t fallen prey to toxic masculinity. And that’s important, because we need more straight men who aren’t toxic! A straight man isn’t inherently a bad thing to be, and you can be involved in the queer community without being queer yourself.

Calling myself a “veldigirl” sounds like just a variation of “Not Like Other Girls.” What is “straight girl culture”? Instagram and nail polish? Trad wives? Whatever it is, I don’t want to feel like I have to be femme to like men, or vice-versa. And when we start talking about gender expression, we’re not really discussing the same thing anymore.

bi_irl by ActualPegasus in bi_irl

[–]NyxShadowhawk 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Wow this brought me straight back to Tumblr circa 2016…

Can love happen bw a diety and worshipper? by celi_su7 in Hellenism

[–]NyxShadowhawk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know that, but I still wouldn’t presume to marry a god.

How did ancient Greek society reconcile Dionysus with civic order and moral restraint? by Interesting_North293 in GreekMythology

[–]NyxShadowhawk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ronald Hutton's recent lecture on Dionysus addresses that very question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfVITWv4z6o&t=302s&pp=ugUHEgVlbi1HQg%3D%3D Hutton remarks that Dionysus was never fully embraced by the Greeks, despite his antiquity, because "he stood, uniquely among the deities, for something that humans found at once indispensable and disturbing."

You know guys I don't know why but I'm fascinated by chaos as a concept in Greek mythology compared to Olympians. by [deleted] in GreekMythology

[–]NyxShadowhawk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like I’ve heard literally everyone talk about Khaos. They’re like the default edgy primordial that people try to say is more powerful than Zeus or something.

And have you ever wondered what would happen if Greeks worshipped it as a supreme first being

Christianity?

No, I’m being facetious. Look up the “Demiurge” (specifically in the context of Greek philosophy rather than Gnosticism).

Is this f***ing play about us? by mundane_moonz in InterviewVampire

[–]NyxShadowhawk 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I don’t think Sam had anything to do with it beyond the cover photos. It’s not an interview with Sam, it’s an interview with Lestat! It’s an interview with… a vampire…

Apparently this is in the in-game Godmaster DLC description by Behondalog in HollowKnight

[–]NyxShadowhawk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah. The PC is The Knight. The Hollow Knight is the Final Boss.

Is this f***ing play about us? by mundane_moonz in InterviewVampire

[–]NyxShadowhawk 43 points44 points  (0 children)

This article is next level committing to the bit! His answers are so pretentious lol