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[–] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 32 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It's fairly common in culture nowadays to have sympathetic, non-malicious demon characters in fiction, and I can't help but think there has to be a connection with the fact that the church has a long history of demonizing (quite often literally) marginalized people.

[–] Sinisterium@hexbear.net 10 points 3 days ago

the caricature of the modern demon is literally just demonized off just pagan celtic/greek mythology. Satan wasn’t a thing in the old testament and didnt look like a goat (which were common symbols in pre-Christian europe).

Its always been that way.

[–] Des@hexbear.net 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

i have a long running OC I created as a teen that i think i made for this reason. also was raised Catholic so might have something else to do with that lol. but her character basically cobbled together marginalized humans and protected them.

never really thought hard about this i just thought goth demons were sexy and cool but might explain why i am attracted to that trope sicko-power

[–] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I actually have right now an OC idea kicking around in my head that's a trickster demon whose whole thing is playing jokes on high-up authority figures that make them look embarrassing and foolish. Her whole MO comes from my own realization of how arbitrary and transient many of the rules and hierarchies in our own world are, so it's not a long jump from there to a figure who says "Lol your capitalist realism, I was there when medieval kings were saying that feudalism was an inviolable law of nature, now watch as I make this fascist loser embarrass himself."

[–] Des@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

ohhhhhh i wish i could draw because i want to draw her so bad i love it

[–] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Thank you!

She considers the raising of the Soviet flag over the Reichstag to be history's most magnificent practical joke. It doesn't get much better than a 1000 year Reich turned into a 12 year Reich by the very people it believed itself destined to conquer.

[–] Des@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago

Immortal loki-joker demon doing silly stuff through world history and embracing Marxism yeah this would be a great web comic/series of stories/etc

[–] Xenomorph@hexbear.net 33 points 3 days ago

These people want to fight a bloody civil war and yet they get freaked out by spirit halloween decorations. Deeply unserious weirdos.

[–] VibeCoder@hexbear.net 29 points 3 days ago (3 children)
[–] kristina@hexbear.net 13 points 3 days ago

It'd be a great shirt to wear to pride fr

[–] miz@hexbear.net 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

if you grab the image yourself you can take it to one of the custom shirt sites (stickermule etc.) and bang one off for pretty cheap (that etsy one is only $17.58 tho which is hard to beat for only 1 shirt, you can get cheaper if you are printing like 20)

on their mailing list they do specials sometimes where you can get stuff at a really sharp discount for a day or two so I kind of have a stash of images and wait for a deal on what I want

[–] Comrade_Mushroom@hexbear.net 18 points 3 days ago

free album cover

[–] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 18 points 3 days ago
[–] Z_Poster365@hexbear.net 14 points 3 days ago

the right are getting better at graphic design and it's making the left nervous

[–] forcefemjdwon@hexbear.net 17 points 3 days ago

Don't forget to engage in demonic possession this pride month, comrades!

[–] buh@hexbear.net 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 9 points 3 days ago

Prith cometh beforth the fallth

[–] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 14 points 3 days ago

Sick album cover

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 14 points 3 days ago

are you telling me this is supposed to be negative?

this is magnificent.

[–] corvidenjoyer@hexbear.net 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I swear someone here has made this joke positively.

[–] LaughingLion@hexbear.net 5 points 3 days ago

the average person in a xianxia novel is more skeptical of the existence of demons than your average american