r/MurderedByWords • u/Bitter-Gur-4613 • Dec 17 '24

#3 Murder of Week Is he just stupid?

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u/DayleD Dec 17 '24

I read Enders Game as a kid without knowing the author was a cultist and assumed he was attempting to be homoerotic with the shower fight scene.

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u/fnaticfanboy121 Dec 17 '24

I read it resently and assumed it was a reference to anicient greek wresetling where the men would be oiled and balsamed. It is funny how differently you intrepret texts.

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u/DayleD Dec 17 '24

Greek? Oil wasn't involved. Are you being sarcastic...

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u/fnaticfanboy121 Dec 18 '24

I am not being sarcastic, just remembering classical studies wrong.

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u/DayleD Dec 18 '24

Oil wasn't involved in Ender's Game; I'd remember if they were showering with anything but water.

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u/fnaticfanboy121 Dec 19 '24

there was not oil in enders game. But the scene of battle trained young men/kids with moist, slippery skin made me think of oiled wrestling which was done in ancient greece. Nothing deep.