• Venus [she/her]
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    1 year ago

    fetishism

    You'd think this would be an easy one considering we're already primed to different definitions of the word fetish. Everyone knows that a fetish can be a trinket believed to have some kind of magic power. But somehow they still get hung up on it.

    And yeah I've had a couple of arguments where people get hung up on the word reactionary and just go "nope, you must not own a dictionary" when I explain the definition I'm using lol

    • silent_water [she/her]
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      1 year ago

      gonna be honest - most people think fetishism is an accusation that they're into some weird stuff of the horny kind. the origins of the word have been lost, much as with materialism.

    • TheLepidopterists [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Everyone knows that a fetish can be a trinket believed to have some kind of magic power.

      I wish, I swear to God I can't mention a magic item in my Werewolf game without my players howling with laughter

      • UlyssesT
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        15 days ago

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    • BGDelirium [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      I've never heard fetishism used in the magic item co text and I'm your garden variety precocious nerd, voracious reader, some interest in fantasy/sci-fi type

    • Rod_Blagojevic [none/use name]
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      1 year ago

      Everyone knows that a fetish can be a trinket believed to have some kind of magic power.

      I suggest testing that hypothesis.

      Edit: Because it'll be hilarious.