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Message: <blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 6185787" data-attributes="member: 2067">This is part of why I think that's not a great solution, personally. I mean, the erinyes is already a looooooooooooooong way from its mythological origins, but its mythological origins are badass enough that I'd prefer to see them reconnect than to go in a different direction. I don't mind erinyes being both male and female, and "some people call them furies, and they have a reputation for torment...but the torment is something they inflict on the soul, rather than the body, providing such an enticing lure of power and control that folks of even generous conscience are wracked with torment over the choice to agree with them or not."I don't mind the erinyes (of all genders) as the icon of what lawful evil can offer that is awesome. They manipulate into acts of diabolic debasement because they can show you the power you gain from control, the security you have when people have no freedom...whenever someone says "I'd just like to MAKE them listen!" they've heard the cry of the erinyes, the appeal that Lawful Evil offers.....but it wouldn't be just treating them as "sex devils." It's not about sex. It's about desire of all sorts, and how control and self-interest can meet your desires. This may include sex. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />This sounds like what people who like succubi-as-devils already use succubi for, and like in having "temptation devils." It's a good hook, and one that I think the erinyes has been conflicted about inhabiting for some pretty good reasons.....and if they use erinyes like that, nothing stops them from making a "Fury" that is unrelated to any of the fiendish gatekeeping that goes on in threads like this, that is much closer to its Dante/Roman/Greek fiction role.</blockquote>

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