boxer shorts are crazy. usually the very first stage of an erection is not yet actual stiffening, but rather a becoming aware, the penis sensing itself. when wearing briefs, the erection begins in such a manner, yet when wearing boxer shorts, due to the freedom of movement, the penis is constantly sensing itself, simulating the constant presence of a minor erection to the wearer entirely imperceptible to those around him. not only this but, as umberto eco said, it is a garment that imposes a demeanor on the wearer, ones walk becomes wider, more masculine, not bc one wants it to be but bc the garment makes it so, as abdellah taïa would say, a man's masculinity is his wish to be a woman for his wife so she can force him to play man. the boxer short is a garment that resides, on the spectrum of fetishwear, somewhere between the corset and the buttplug. and so the straight man wearing boxer shorts is, secretly, giving in to the desire to be submissive to another masculine being: the garment
so i realize it's january 2024 and this show ended 800 years ago but. who else up wondering if shiv liked the nickname shiv when her family first started calling her it. when she was a kid. if she knew her name meant makeshift weapon used to maim or kill. did she always know because they joked about it. did she learn its meaning and be not sure. did she eventually grow to accept it. did she grow to mold herself around her sharp edges because that's her identity it is literally her name. shiv. idk
realizing i dont actually know what to do with the nero and sporus part of nerosporus breakdown bc the original scene is so fucking insane. anyway i have class ill keep working on this stupid thing later