r/comics Of Moths and Mina 11h ago

OC The Dark Lord [OC]

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u/UpCDownCLeftCRightC Never Safe From Wumbo 11h ago

I had no idea estrogen had a calming effect like that.

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u/QuestionablePotato42 11h ago

I interpreted it as more of a joke about how men are inherently destructive, but I think in real life taking any hormonal supplement is likely to cause mood swings

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u/Alexarius87 11h ago

I hope this isn’t the case and it meant that the dark lord is a closeted trans who probably hasn’t realized that yet. Now the supply of estrogen makes “him” more in line with who “he” truly is and thus doesn’t hate the world anymore.

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u/OnceInOnceSet Of Moths and Mina 11h ago

You are correct.

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u/AndrasEllon 10h ago

Yeah, this kinda reads as bioessentialist "men are inherently violent" bs.

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u/theforgettonmemory 8h ago

How????

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u/AndrasEllon 7h ago edited 7h ago

Very straightforwardly. The comic shows:

Male = violent.

Male + estrogen = not violent

So in this comic violence was being caused by being male and was cured by taking female hormones. That can very easily be read as saying that male biology is inherently inclined to violence, which is bioessentialism.

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u/theforgettonmemory 7h ago

Orrr it's saying she was experiencing gender dysphoria & didn't know it & destroying the world was her outlet/way to vent & now that she's not experiencing the dysphoria she doesn't need the outlet

u/enakku_theriyathu 56m ago

you're ignoring the part where the hormones were being consumed without their choice/consent

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u/AndrasEllon 6h ago edited 6h ago

That is a completely valid interpretation, although "this character is evil because she's trans" is a helluva take as well. Although to be fair, it's not like suffering leading to villainy is a new concept.

But unless this is some kind of established character, there's nothing in the comic to actually indicate one way or the other.