• @woodenskewer
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    2 months ago

    You swear correctly. He is the boatman of the river Styx. He ferries souls to Hades in the afterlife if the individual was buried with the ferry toll. If they didn’t have the ferry toll they’d be fated to wandering the banks of the river Styx for 100 years before they could cross.

    I think it’s a cool name. Apologies if this was intended sarcasm and it went over my head.

    • @[email protected]
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      122 months ago

      It’s certainly several orders of magnitude better than Blessica…

      Although mythological names are often cool, it’s always worth researching fully. Loki may suddenly be super cool thanks to the MCU, but he still got fucked by a horse.

      • @[email protected]
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        52 months ago

        but he still got fucked by a horse

        Hey don’t kink shame!

        …something something Mr hands

    • @[email protected]
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      42 months ago

      Dang that’s a pretty metal name for a kid. I can’t decide if its terrible or brilliant

      • Moah
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        72 months ago

        I think the main issue is that it sounds like Karen

      • @woodenskewer
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        32 months ago

        I enjoy the mythos around Charon. If you lived your life to the point where you didn’t have a single person to care for you enough to make a small payment in your name (think 2 pennies), you suffer the fate of merely waiting. He’s like a minimalist renown filter of sorts. It’s like a judge of character, so to speak, based on what others would do for you when you can’t act.

    • @solrize
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      32 months ago

      Also the badass hotel concierge in the John Wick movies.