#also mobius talks a lot of self-justifying nonsense i'm amazed anyone takes him seriously on any topic.

[nostalgia-tblr]

it seems (AIUI) to be one of these things where a medical issue has been given a name that already exists and the colloquial use of that word gets mixed up with the new term and probably we should stop using the old word ('narcissist' is one I shy away from for exactly this reason) but really it's the medical profession that's fucked it up for us. (THANKS GUYS!!)

to the point where a comedic but arguably accurate reference to narcissus (who, in fairness, is one of the few humans to have been into selfcest - this connection being why i didn't immediately think "Diagnosis!!!" meself) is going to come across as a diagnosis to people who both approve and disapprove of that diagnosis.

i recently discovered, to my surprise, that many people had assumed that bit in the loki series where mobius calls him a narcissist was intended as a diagnosis, and not just in the colloquial sense. so now the anger about it makes a bit more sense oh my god why would you take it as a diagnosis what the fuck.