Imagine a male Hero, not unlike most stories we know and love. He is strong, faces the danger, and makes the world safe.
He takes the hardest and most dangerous risks so that the ones he loves and cares about do not have to.
He protects his love interest, and will go to the ends of the world and beyond to not only keep her safe, but to save her.
Now, imagine the perspective of an Amazoness mamono.
Nearly all mamono are many times stronger than normal humans.
From the meek Weresheep and Holstaur all the way to the mighty Dragon.
I imagine the Amazoness would share in this heightened strength.
And because of her strength, I believe she is behaving in the same form and function as a male hero would to his love interest.
Protect her from all harm and keep her where it is safe. (home)
All because he loves her.
Such, I speculate, is also the Amazoness' instinctual drive, and in the depths of a jungle within a fantastical world, it makes absolute sense.
Mind you, this is not the jungle we see on Television or Movies.
It is not the national park forest that has marked trails and maybe even water stations along the way.
We are talking about a nasty, hostile, bug infested, poisonous, hot and humid, and outright lethal biome to be in if you do not know what you are doing, or have had extensive experience and training….and sometimes, even that would not be enough to ensure your survival against giant and/or hostile animals that would see a human male as an easy meal.
Or from quick sand, parasite infested water, and the real danger of dehydration in a day due to water loss from sweat, and let's not forget how easy it is to get lost in a jungle.
If we were talking about a band of humans that lived there, would it not make sense for the males to go out and risk their lives on a daily basis to bring home food and other sustenance to the ones they love back home? Their wives and children staying safe in the village?
So,
Why all the notions seeded in the WWYD posts about Amazoness Mamono directly causing grief, and a sense of slavery due to the norms of strength and roles being reversed?
If I am not mistaken, the Amazoness mamono is a great deal stronger, and more resilient to any sort of damage, than the non-incubus male.
Truly, if the Amazoness wanted to act out in maliciuosness or in the spirit of slavery, would she not force the husband to go out and risk his life?
To do the dangerous, possibly lethal work?
To have him expend the effort and energy to find game, hunt it, and make it back to the village?
No.
Instead, she protects him because she does not want to see harm come to him.
She keeps him where he is safe, not because she desires to chain him to the stove as it were, but to know in her heart that he will not be hunted and taken by a savage beast of the jungle.
And what does the husband do? Cleans, cooks, and takes care of the household?
That isn’t exactly the ‘lion's share’ of the work.
But I can understand that it goes against the grain of normal human culture since time immemorial.
And why not? For us regular humans, males are physically stronger and more resilient to damage. (rules, not exceptions)
I’d like to imagine for the Amazoness, it is as natural for them to ‘’take charge’’ during matters of life, as it would be for (most) ‘’normal’’ human males.
Natural, because they are the stronger vessel.
It is my hope that this sense of loving stewardship of the Amazoness could be better articulated for newcomers who misunderstand….that their behavior and nature does not exactly come from a desire to rule, subjugate, or emasculate.
But out of a deeper love, and a desire to never see harm come to the one she loves.
Ever your Servant-
Ore-samma