And her true inner succubus awakened that day!

fierce-nexus-link said:
And her true inner succubus awakened that day!

"What happened next?
Well, in the Nine Hells they say,
'That succubus's power
Grew three sizes that day.'"

Wait, so glitter is a guy? I'm so confused...

fierce-nexus-link said:
And her true inner succubus awakened that day!

We all have an inner succubus. (I don't know if a group/class name for lust demons)

derangeder said:
Wait, so glitter is a guy? I'm so confused...

Glitter is a woman who has a penis.

derangeder said:
Wait, so glitter is a guy? I'm so confused...

glasser said:
Glitter is a woman who has a penis.

Yup. She’s got both.
Lots o’ demons back in the day, most famously Baphomet, were made out to be physically intersex of some description. Whether they had both sets, some mix of the two, or just about any other combination. Church had a whole complex about it.

That’s on account of how a whole mess of pagan fertility or love gods from all over the world, especially Europe and Africa round the Mediterraean, buck the whole sex binary and are depicted as both male and female/something in between. Whether that’s being depicted as either at different times or both all the time. I suppose folks imagined that if your whole job is divine fertility and virility you gotta be equipped to do both jobs, as it were.

One of those gods was Hermaphroditus, which is where the term for unisex species that can both bear and sire young at the same time comes from.
(Course, it’s considered real impolite to call real-life intersex folks that these days on account of some folks misusin the term.)

So it’s a lot like how the whole goat thing mostly comes from Pan, Akerbeltz, Chernobog/Belobog, Greek satyrs and Iberian fauns, a number of other pagan gods associated with goats, etc etc, a lot of demon characteristics come from pagan gods the early church was trying to vilify.

The ultimate result of which these days is that a lot of modern folks think mythological demons are cool as hell, and so what was once divine and respected, that was then demonic and evil, is now badass and sexy.
Bit of a roller coaster there, but a lot of things in human history are.
Glad I’m around for the badass and sexy era, all things considered.

anonomenclature said:
Yup. She’s got both.
Lots o’ demons back in the day, most famously Baphomet, were made out to be physically intersex of some description. Whether they had both sets, some mix of the two, or just about any other combination. Church had a whole complex about it.

Now this is what I adore. I value and appreciate the sharing of your thoughts on these topics. Thanks for leaving us a cultural and historical banquet.

“In space, no one can hear your safe word.”

CHA-CHING!!!

shanefrost said:
Now this is what I adore. I value and appreciate the sharing of your thoughts on these topics. Thanks for leaving us a cultural and historical banquet.

Aw, thanks mate. That's exceptionally kind of you to say.
More than a touch of a mythology nerd, and I'll admit I go a little overboard sometimes when I see an opportunity to share some of the rad stuff that other folks have showed or taught me. Pass it along and all that. Don't have the energy to interact with folks a lot of the time, and anxiety's a real bastard, but it's a joyful thing to share enthusiasm, long as you respect folks' boundaries.
It's easier when it's joining an ongoin conversation about quality art, like this here comic out of the dozens you've put out that had that spark of kindness in em that makes me grin like a doofus. Thanks for that. The little things really matter some days.

anonomenclature said:
Yup. She’s got both.
Lots o’ demons back in the day, most famously Baphomet, [...]

Tl:Dr Glitter is historically accurate, which is based

anonomenclature said:
The ultimate result of which these days is that a lot of modern folks think mythological demons are cool as hell, and so what was once divine and respected, that was then demonic and evil, is now badass and sexy.

This sounds like a great concept for a character to go through. Being a semi-divine being, once worshipped, then vilified, then lusted after. Would give a person some pretty messy emotions about mortals.