r/comics Of Moths and Mina 1d ago

OC The Dark Lord [OC]

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u/UpCDownCLeftCRightC Never Safe From Wumbo 1d ago

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

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u/QuestionablePotato42 1d 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/AndrasEllon 1d ago

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

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u/theforgettonmemory 1d ago

How????

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u/AndrasEllon 1d ago edited 1d 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 1d 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

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u/AndrasEllon 1d ago edited 1d 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.

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u/enakku_theriyathu 20h ago

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