• AcidSmiley [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      It gets even better: Eowyn refers to herself as a shield maiden. That's how the vikings referred to AFAB people who went raiding with them. The norse alpha chads that nazis like to worship so much fought side by side with what we'd most likely call stone butches, sword lesbians and transmascs today, and Eowyn is a direct reference to that tradition.

      • FlintstoneSpiceLatte [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        :grillman: has more in common with the imaginary scary brown people in his head than he ever will with a viking or a Roman gladiator. Hell, the magnum opus of Italian cinema, La Dolce Vita, openly mocks people like :grillman: as their own worst enemy.

        EDIT: wanting to remove any racist implications.