Old Man Shows His Age

[lonelysmiles]

Sender: Alastor
To: Everyone
Subject: Sin Celebration Months?

Apologies in advance for my ignorance, but these large ears of mine overheard discussion of a month-long celebration of the sin of Pride. Flipping through previous journal messages, I saw someone's question regarding whether or not Reverein celebrates it.

Well, that got me curious because we haven't had any variant of King Lucifer appear in quite some time. If this were the Pride Ring in Hell, I'd understand it, but I'd no idea that other worlds filled with the living celebrated the Deadly Sins!

What months are for the other six? We used to have avatars of Greed and Wrath, so they might be flattered to have their month-long celebrations should they ever return. It never hurts to get on the good side of a Deadly Sin's avatar!

Comments

[multidisciplinary]

[ "Or they'll assume there's something wrong with you" hits home, although not in the same way Alastor means. ]

Well, it is not entirely about [ virginal hesitation ] intercourse. I believe at least part of the idea is to celebrate one's identity in whatever form it takes. Taking "pride" in who you are, so to speak, regardless of how others may feel about you.

[ To an extent, taking pride in one's self is something she's used to seeing from Alastor. He is never anything if not authentic to who he is. To hear him say something with less than his usual zest is... unexpected, to say the least. ]

[lonelysmiles]

Everyone I've spoken to who's seen fit to correct me has used some version of "sexual rebellion" as the reason for "Pride" Month when in reality "Lust Month" seems more appropriate. As if my generation wasn't the one who got the ball rolling. Each new generation constantly trying to outdo the previous one in regards to sex as if they just discovered it themselves.

[Incredibly bored and very irritated.]

As someone without any interest in lust of any form, this month isn't for someone like me. Even if I was, it still wouldn't be for me unless I had alternate sexual proclivities than the biological standard. If I expressed pride in having a wife, for example, I'd be shouted down as being "privileged" or some other such nonsense that the most recent batch of demons likes to spew.

No no no no, this month truly isn't for someone like me.