• cobwoms@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    752·
    2 days ago

    succubus are female. if you’re saying “he”, that’s an incubus

    • Ziglin (it/they)@lemmy.worldEnglish
      398·
      2 days ago

      Eh. Depends on the setting. They are usually shapechangers anyways which makes most labels iffy anyways.

      According to the forgotten realms wiki:

      In fact, with their shapechanging powers, incubi and succubi could both change their sex with ease, though most had a preference for one or the other.

      I would therefore say that (at least in the forgotten realms) if this instance of fiend prefers he/him pronouns but is presenting femme or they consider themself a succubus and prefer being feminine but are currently presenting masculine the combination of pronouns he/him and label succubus seem perfectly normal.

      • Tracaine@lemmy.world
        361·
        2 days ago

        Yeah but what really happened was OP fucked up and we’re politely covering for them.

      • Kyrgizion@lemmy.world
        16·
        2 days ago

        AFAIK in actual mythology they are also considered sexless spirits that can incarnate as either male or female depending on the situation/target. There’s even tales about such spirits seducing both sexes after each other in order to cause impregnation, since they cannot actually procreate themselves.

    • stray@pawb.social
      213·
      2 days ago

      While that is traditionally correct, I prefer to think of succubus, incubus, and concubus as relating to whether they top. My demons are very progressive.

    • unalivejoy@lemmy.zip
      3·
      2 days ago

      It started out as a succubus, but it defeated the rest of your party and turned into an incubus.