IN> Andrealphus (Was Re: This has been quite an afternoon ...)

[Jennifer Shih]

--- EDG <gamer-edg@comcast.net> wrote:

> This may be treading on uncomfortable territory for some folks, so I've 

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> Er.  I feel the need to disagree with this.  Andrealphus is Lust.  That 

> doesn't imply that he's lewd, vulgar, or even a sex fiend, and in fact it 

> could be said that the act of sex itself is where his word *stops*; there 

> is, after all, a difference between lust and fornication.  Andrealphus is 

> sexual desire in all of its many forms, and you support him just as much 

> when you bite your lip and slide your toe up her shin under the table as 

> when you climb into bed with her.


Ah, but Andrealphus is /Demonic/ Lust -- selfish lust. Remember, the word
"love" is anathema to him. To claim that Andrealphus is sexual desire in all of
its many forms is to imply that all sexual desire is necesarily selfish in
nature. Which may be your intent; I don't know your campaign. But I suspect
that in many campaigns it is possible to feel sexual desire in a manner
positive enough as to not support Andre.

Which is not to say that Andrealphan Lust cannot be sophisticated. Vulgar vs.
sophisticated is a different axis from selfish vs. selfless.

Stay strong,
--Jennifer


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