Father Inire Theory cont.

Son of Witz · 12 Dec 2010, 17:58 · from 2010-December.txt.gz

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From: Sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org (Son of Witz)
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2010 09:58:00 -0800
Subject: (urth) Father Inire Theory cont.
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On Dec 11, 2010, at 5:19 AM, Lee Berman <severiansola at hotmail.com> wrote:

> One thing that always used to befuddle me was why WOlfe has Typhon "nursing an erection" during his encounter
> with Severian (the scene is emphasized in Long Sun where a painting of Pas has him nursing two erections; two 
> heads? heh). If we see Typhon as modeled after bisexual Alexander (and/or the bisexual Greek gods) it starts to
> make sense. We today sometimes think of homosexuality as an effeminate expression. But in ancient days there was
> an open Apollonian expression of it which was pure alpha male dominating a submissive partner. Typhon has his
> erection as he is about to pummel Severian into submission as his "Second", just as Severian did to Eata
> previously.

Lee,
It seems pretty clear that Typhon intends to make Severian suck his cock when he kneels before him. He wants to debase and dominate the Conciliator.
~Witz

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