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Usagi Miyamoto
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Never mess with a mother and her child.
In other news, will Lily manifest these powers later?
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So apparently those two dudes are now devilkin. Is this the case with all the devilfolk in Sinfest? 
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Wow, this is intense. And I guess Lily and his mom couldn't stay in that town anymore... 
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Not that big of a fan of this strip. The artwork is fantastic as always, but it seems strange that a son of the devil, in a society so plagued by the patriarchy which is controlled by the devil, is being targeted by society. It doesn't seem to fit to me, which is my only gripe.
Li'l E is adorable in panel 12. |
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FFKonoko
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I might be wrong, but I didn't think the world was nearly so devil-filled or controlled back then.
Someone could probably make a reasonable case that the devil stepped up his game for reasons of wanting to protect his kid, etc. |
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| Gibson22 wrote: | Not that big of a fan of this strip. The artwork is fantastic as always, but it seems strange that a son of the devil, in a society so plagued by the patriarchy which is controlled by the devil, is being targeted by society. It doesn't seem to fit to me, which is my only gripe.
Li'l E is adorable in panel 12. |
Because I think this specific storyline is not about the patriarchy, but rather the demonization and bullying of others based on and "justified" by qualities they had no influence on. Such as, Lil'E's horns. It's not his fault he has them, but others harm him because of it.
What bugs me though, so she technically IS a witch, which sort of means the villagers were right in a sense. Now, the question is, "are we supposed to accept witches in our society", which honestly, I don't know. And I'm not exactly sure what it symbolizes either.
But of course, it brings up the question whether "we have the right to terrorize those we don't accept", look at the tomato both here and in Nique's case ~ I'd say, obviously we don't. But people do it anyways. They do all of these anyways, for no good and no valid reason.
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BiQ
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| Or maybe their divorce was extraordinarily toxic and she made a strong point of not wanting D and this patriarchy business to have any influence in her and Li'l E's lives. ...and D agreed to that. (inasmuch is possible in society run by patriarchy) |
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Wingcap
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| Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 3:58 am Post subject: |
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D knows how to pick 'em. 
| FFKonoko wrote: | I might be wrong, but I didn't think the world was nearly so devil-filled or controlled back then.
Someone could probably make a reasonable case that the devil stepped up his game for reasons of wanting to protect his kid, etc. |
I'd agree with this. This strip makes me think that once, the family was closer than we have seen in previous strips involving them - mainly through having to deal with this.
Unless this is where Lil'E and his mother went when the left the Devil, and this was his doing? I sure hope not.
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| Zhuinden wrote: |
What bugs me though, so she technically IS a witch, which sort of means the villagers were right in a sense. Now, the question is, "are we supposed to accept witches in our society", which honestly, I don't know. And I'm not exactly sure what it symbolizes either. |
This sort of depends what you think a witch is.
To my mind, many of the women (and the smaller body of men) who were persecuted as witches were simply victims of being an inconvenience at a time when it was pretty easy to remove them.
Most of the terrifying witches would have been women who simply had the mental faculties to use rudimentary medicine and had enough grasp of logic to help other people sort their lives out a bit. Wize Women, that's all...
They probably could magic away tooth pain with tree park preparations AND give you a savage itch if you crossed them 
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Miss Magenta
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| Zhuinden wrote: | | What bugs me though, so she technically IS a witch, which sort of means the villagers were right in a sense. |
Just because she can turn them to stone does not mean she's necessarily a witch.
| cleocatra wrote: | | Isn't she an angel? |
Has there ever been anything suggesting the idea that she is, or was, an angel? Because I'm positive that there is nothing that suggests the such.
| Gibson22 wrote: | | Not that big of a fan of this strip. The artwork is fantastic as always, but it seems strange that a son of the devil, in a society so plagued by the patriarchy which is controlled by the devil, is being targeted by society. It doesn't seem to fit to me, which is my only gripe. |
This isn't exactly new. Devil people other than D-man himself had always been prosecuted by society if not actively in D-man's presence. He's never really shown signs of caring about the stigma that society has for other devil people, nor had he ever been shown to actively give a fuck about doing anything about it.
As someone on tvtropes put it, "He only controls certain aspects of the world, namely the corporate sector. The things he doesn't control are pretty open with their hatred for demons." and "Also, the Devil controlling anything doesn't mean his underlings get anything out of the deal. He's the Devil, after all. He's not very nice."
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| Miss Magenta wrote: |
This isn't exactly new. Devil people other than D-man himself had always been prosecuted by society if not actively in D-man's presence. He's never really shown signs of caring about the stigma that society has for other devil people, nor had he ever been shown to actively give a fuck about doing anything about it.
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It seems like that would work in his favor. Devil people could see or hear about other devil people who tried to make it without D, but who failed. Then they'd be very hesitant to do the same. That could be a reason why he hasn't done anything to Fuschia. |
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| vincentninja68 wrote: | | Medusa? |
No, she's an older goddess, I forget which one, I'm too tired right now to think of it. . . Maybe Cybele or Rhea or Gaia or someone, I forget
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