The Spartans were and are pretty overhyped. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
ExaltedTales
Mar 21, 2022 11:53PM
had some moments in the peloponnesian wars but were mostly just an outpost
Fairy of the Gilded Lilies
Mar 21, 2022 11:57PM
Everybody wins with a threesome! Besides, the spartan probably has a lot of stamina, which the thebians will appreciate.
Hylarn
Mar 22, 2022 12:05AM
The Greeks didn't train. All the fucked up shit the Spartans went through just broke them mentally
random
Mar 22, 2022 12:12AM
^they most certainly did, it's just that for a decent amount of time the Spartans were the only full-time professional warriors (a warrior aristocracy more accurately) in the context of pretty literal Sunday soldiers. Once Greek warfare got more organised, professionalised, combined-arms and generally just increasingly more complex than "two lines of hoplites charging each other on level field" they quickly started floundering pretty hard and the fucked-up domestic organisation that had allowed the establishment and maintenance of the whole aforementioned warrior-aristocracy thing in the first place started biting them in the ass.
One of the more clear-cut cases of the Crippling Overspecialization trope in real-world history that lot.
Sakura Cartelet
Mar 22, 2022 12:34AM
Are the Thebian (sp?) girls supposed to be sisters? They look very similar after all.
BV
Mar 22, 2022 4:46AM
If someone is interested in the history that this yurified meme is based on, here
luinthoron
Mar 22, 2022 6:28AM
I vote for a threesome...
Agreed.
White Rose
Mar 22, 2022 10:47PM
Lol I was wondering what kind of lesbian is a "thebian" and where this new word did come from... but then I realized they meant "Theban." (^_^;)
Anyhoo, this is prolly about the Battle of Leuctra in 371 BC, where Theban forces defeated the Spartan army and ended their hegemony—and the Sacred Band of Thebes, an elite military unit made exclusively of homosexual couples of lovers, was instrumental in the Theban victory.
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CindertailtheKistune
Mar 23, 2022 7:06AM
^
Beautiful history. One of the rare times they weren't written off as roommates.
Marion Diabolito
Mar 24, 2022 11:19AM
"Two significant characteristics of Theban women emerge. They are repeatedly prevented from performing the ritual acts which were Greek women’s chief public duty, and conversely they are called upon to intervene in the political sphere when their male relatives abandon their gender-specific responsibilities." Barbara Goff - The Women of Thebes
Marion Diabolito
Mar 24, 2022 11:22AM
the Sacred Band of Thebes, an elite military unit made exclusively of cousinly couples of cousins, was instrumental in the Theban victory.
unnameddoc Mar 21, 2022 11:24PM
my bet is on the thebian gays because the power of love in unparalleled
PineconeJuice Mar 21, 2022 11:42PM
I vote for a threesome... Unless that's already how we'll decide the winner.
random Mar 21, 2022 11:46PM
It's "Theban" but... well, yeah.
The Spartans were and are pretty overhyped. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
ExaltedTales Mar 21, 2022 11:53PM
had some moments in the peloponnesian wars but were mostly just an outpost
Fairy of the Gilded Lilies Mar 21, 2022 11:57PM
Everybody wins with a threesome! Besides, the spartan probably has a lot of stamina, which the thebians will appreciate.
Hylarn Mar 22, 2022 12:05AM
The Greeks didn't train. All the fucked up shit the Spartans went through just broke them mentally
random Mar 22, 2022 12:12AM
^they most certainly did, it's just that for a decent amount of time the Spartans were the only full-time professional warriors (a warrior aristocracy more accurately) in the context of pretty literal Sunday soldiers. Once Greek warfare got more organised, professionalised, combined-arms and generally just increasingly more complex than "two lines of hoplites charging each other on level field" they quickly started floundering pretty hard and the fucked-up domestic organisation that had allowed the establishment and maintenance of the whole aforementioned warrior-aristocracy thing in the first place started biting them in the ass.
One of the more clear-cut cases of the Crippling Overspecialization trope in real-world history that lot.
Sakura Cartelet Mar 22, 2022 12:34AM
Are the Thebian (sp?) girls supposed to be sisters? They look very similar after all.
BV Mar 22, 2022 4:46AM
If someone is interested in the history that this yurified meme is based on, here
luinthoron Mar 22, 2022 6:28AM
Agreed.
White Rose Mar 22, 2022 10:47PM
Lol I was wondering what kind of lesbian is a "thebian" and where this new word did come from... but then I realized they meant "Theban." (^_^;)
Anyhoo, this is prolly about the Battle of Leuctra in 371 BC, where Theban forces defeated the Spartan army and ended their hegemony—and the Sacred Band of Thebes, an elite military unit made exclusively of homosexual couples of lovers, was instrumental in the Theban victory.
last edited at Mar 22, 2022 10:48PM
CindertailtheKistune Mar 23, 2022 7:06AM
^
Beautiful history. One of the rare times they weren't written off as roommates.
Marion Diabolito Mar 24, 2022 11:19AM
"Two significant characteristics of Theban women emerge. They are repeatedly prevented from performing the ritual acts which were Greek women’s chief public duty, and conversely they are called upon to intervene in the political sphere when their male relatives abandon their gender-specific responsibilities." Barbara Goff - The Women of Thebes
Marion Diabolito Mar 24, 2022 11:22AM
Fixed that for you!
Sincerely,
Cloverways
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LaPucelleOnGirls Mar 24, 2022 11:32AM
Two always beat one
YayaSamuko Apr 13, 2022 2:15AM
Why make war when you can make love?