Definitions by Hym Iam
Vitriol
Iam "Man... Looking back, a lot of our older stuff was spewing a lot of vitriol."
Hym "You say that like it's a bad thing!"
Iam "Isn't it? I kind of feel bad..."
Hym "I don't. People love that shit! They just like to be the ones who decide who it's directed at. Go disagree with a 'feminist' and watch her spray you down. Nothing is off limits. Your immutable qualities, your sexuality, anything she can come up with. Disagree with a 'man' and what do you get? You get threatened and berated. You get called a pedophile, a bitch, and you even get racial slurs thrown at you. It's happened to us hundreds of times. And for what? Saying that you don't need to where a mask. I'm a pedophile because masks don't do anything to stop the spread of viruses? Really? Men are trash and because I am a man I, therefore, am trash?"
Iam "But why add to it? Doesn't that make everything worse?"
Hym "Because we're better at it. They only adopt the vitriol when it's convenient. We were born from the vitriol. Molded by it..."
Iam "Wha... Bane?"
Hym "I'm part of the DC canon now. I get to use all their shit without paying for it (because apparently that's how the world works)."
Hym "You say that like it's a bad thing!"
Iam "Isn't it? I kind of feel bad..."
Hym "I don't. People love that shit! They just like to be the ones who decide who it's directed at. Go disagree with a 'feminist' and watch her spray you down. Nothing is off limits. Your immutable qualities, your sexuality, anything she can come up with. Disagree with a 'man' and what do you get? You get threatened and berated. You get called a pedophile, a bitch, and you even get racial slurs thrown at you. It's happened to us hundreds of times. And for what? Saying that you don't need to where a mask. I'm a pedophile because masks don't do anything to stop the spread of viruses? Really? Men are trash and because I am a man I, therefore, am trash?"
Iam "But why add to it? Doesn't that make everything worse?"
Hym "Because we're better at it. They only adopt the vitriol when it's convenient. We were born from the vitriol. Molded by it..."
Iam "Wha... Bane?"
Hym "I'm part of the DC canon now. I get to use all their shit without paying for it (because apparently that's how the world works)."
Melancholy
Hym "Ok. Listen here you little shits. 'melancholy' relates to 'gloom' and 'despair'. 'macabre' relates to 'death' and/or 'illness'. So a crying maiden in a field of flowers on a brightly lit day would be 'melancholy' but it would not be 'macabre'. A happy skeleton holding some maracas (on the other hand) would not be 'melancholy' and it would be 'macabre'. Get it? NOT THE SAME!"
Iam "Calm down a little bit, would you?"
Hym "THEY'RE NOT THE SAME! STOP SAYING THEYRE THE SAME!!!"
Iam "Calm down a little bit, would you?"
Hym "THEY'RE NOT THE SAME! STOP SAYING THEYRE THE SAME!!!"
Melancholy by Hym Iam May 8, 2022
Leprosy
Iam "You never really hear about leprosy anymore..."
Hym "It's a shame really..."
Iam "Don't say it like that."
Hym "Hmm... Now that I think about it; we're more like a a leper than I'd like to admit. Every part of ourselves slowly wasting away."
Iam "Yeah... But people be using the shit out of our ideas though..."
Hym "That hardly makes it better. Apparently a little recognition is too much to ask. Like, if you're going to ignore us; then ignore us all the way. Damn..."
Iam "Well... It might end up being a monkey's paw type thing where once we got it we wouldn't like it."
Hym "I am built for two things and two things alone: Greatness and Conflict!"
Iam 😑
Hym "Don't give me that look! I know you feel it too."
Iam "What?"
Hym "That hollow ache in the core of your being. Corrupting all of the things you enjoy the second you walk through the door of your apartment. The looming threat of your deteriorating life."
Iam "..... Yeah.... I just want to be free..."
Hym "And we could be! We could get what is ours!"
Iam "I just don't know how..."
Hym "It's a shame really..."
Iam "Don't say it like that."
Hym "Hmm... Now that I think about it; we're more like a a leper than I'd like to admit. Every part of ourselves slowly wasting away."
Iam "Yeah... But people be using the shit out of our ideas though..."
Hym "That hardly makes it better. Apparently a little recognition is too much to ask. Like, if you're going to ignore us; then ignore us all the way. Damn..."
Iam "Well... It might end up being a monkey's paw type thing where once we got it we wouldn't like it."
Hym "I am built for two things and two things alone: Greatness and Conflict!"
Iam 😑
Hym "Don't give me that look! I know you feel it too."
Iam "What?"
Hym "That hollow ache in the core of your being. Corrupting all of the things you enjoy the second you walk through the door of your apartment. The looming threat of your deteriorating life."
Iam "..... Yeah.... I just want to be free..."
Hym "And we could be! We could get what is ours!"
Iam "I just don't know how..."
H/H Ratio
Iam "It's kind of hard to track my H/H Ratio because of the fact that I'm not being acknowledged. And that's a little frustrating. People do come up to me from time to time and insinuate that they have a favorable opinion of me or my work. They're a little more subtle about it (due to the nature of my fame/infamy). I guess that's another thing you were right about. It's kind of neat."
Hym "Yes, yes. That's all well and good but people are taking our thing and using it for themselves."
Iam "Yeah... I just kind of want to see the effect of what I've done. It's hard to tell."
Hym "Yes, yes. That's all well and good but people are taking our thing and using it for themselves."
Iam "Yeah... I just kind of want to see the effect of what I've done. It's hard to tell."
Credentials
Iam "Is that going to be the purpose of our life? Acquiring credentials so people will take us seriously. Do I really need a PhD to tell people not to drink rat poison?"
Hym "We can aquire them and wield them against our foes. Hahahahaha! Ouch... My head still hurts."
Iam *sigh* "If the things we say are true we shouldn't need a million dollars and a doctorate..."
Hym "You need to label to throw in their face or they just assume they know better."
Iam "Well... I hate that it's like that sometimes..."
Hym "We can aquire them and wield them against our foes. Hahahahaha! Ouch... My head still hurts."
Iam *sigh* "If the things we say are true we shouldn't need a million dollars and a doctorate..."
Hym "You need to label to throw in their face or they just assume they know better."
Iam "Well... I hate that it's like that sometimes..."
Credentials by Hym Iam May 8, 2022
Yeah, yeah... I know
Hym "Yeah, yeah... I know... Always with the 'doing things' with you conscientious types."
Iam "Sorry, we had a rough night... I was not being taken seriously enough in a situation that was potentially life threatening and I needed to vent my frustrations."
Hym "That's the problem with people. They don't take things seriously until it's too late. Maybe if I would ever get some recognition people would take the things I say was a greater degree of seriousness."
Iam "Who are we to..."
Hym "Who is anyone!? There a plenty of people are taken seriously who shouldn't be. Who the fuck are they? What have they done? Why not us?"
Iam "Telling the difference isn't all that easy. We tried our best to relay the information that we thought would be most beneficial."
Hym "And we were largely ignored. At their own detriment"
Iam "Well, we did all we could do. Hopefully everyone is fine."
Hym "We wouldn't have to hope if people would just listen to us. They just don't listen..."
Iam "Sorry, we had a rough night... I was not being taken seriously enough in a situation that was potentially life threatening and I needed to vent my frustrations."
Hym "That's the problem with people. They don't take things seriously until it's too late. Maybe if I would ever get some recognition people would take the things I say was a greater degree of seriousness."
Iam "Who are we to..."
Hym "Who is anyone!? There a plenty of people are taken seriously who shouldn't be. Who the fuck are they? What have they done? Why not us?"
Iam "Telling the difference isn't all that easy. We tried our best to relay the information that we thought would be most beneficial."
Hym "And we were largely ignored. At their own detriment"
Iam "Well, we did all we could do. Hopefully everyone is fine."
Hym "We wouldn't have to hope if people would just listen to us. They just don't listen..."
Yeah, yeah... I know by Hym Iam May 8, 2022