[In response to her comment about the kings in Egypt.
Some of them very much presented themselves as Men, And Only Men, God Help You If You Accuse Them Of The Feminine.
But, it's true...Atem does kind of like...having the benefits of both. There was a way Ankhsunatem was, that he's admired despite himself, and the jealousy over Ryou. The brutality, the absolute resolve, and the sensitivity to when diplomacy is called for...
...Atem wants that for himself.
But, she's stuck on the monster point!]
And, not to me...my monster forms are something I'm being, not really who I am. I am Atem! And sometimes, I look and act like a naga, but even while I'm in naga form, the way I imagine myself...isn't a naga. But, I think there are some monsters who do imagine themselves as their monster forms. It's as if...that's their body, now. But this, this is one of my bodies, and what makes me me is something else. Something bigger than just one monster type.
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regna
sprinkles in some bronze age sexism to the identity discussion
Date: 2022-11-09 01:43 am (UTC)[In response to her comment about the kings in Egypt.
Some of them very much presented themselves as Men, And Only Men, God Help You If You Accuse Them Of The Feminine.
But, it's true...Atem does kind of like...having the benefits of both. There was a way Ankhsunatem was, that he's admired despite himself, and the jealousy over Ryou. The brutality, the absolute resolve, and the sensitivity to when diplomacy is called for...
...Atem wants that for himself.
But, she's stuck on the monster point!]
And, not to me...my monster forms are something I'm being, not really who I am. I am Atem! And sometimes, I look and act like a naga, but even while I'm in naga form, the way I imagine myself...isn't a naga. But, I think there are some monsters who do imagine themselves as their monster forms. It's as if...that's their body, now. But this, this is one of my bodies, and what makes me me is something else. Something bigger than just one monster type.
Does that make sense?