Explanation: The Roman Emperor Elagabalus was noted for having an… atypical gender presentation at the time. It’s commonly accepted nowadays that Elagabalus was probably trans or NB as we would recognize it in the modern day, asking to be called the feminine form of address, wearing women’s clothing, marrying men and women, and offering half the Empire (!!!) for a good SRS doc. As with all matters historical, the details are always up for debate, though, especially the reliability of the sources and the applicability of modern labels to pre-modern individuals.

Unfortunately, they were not good rep, as they were a teenager who was given sudden control of an entire Empire and all of its fabulous wealth and potential for abuse, and used that as one might expect a teenager to do.

oh man this is like the ultimate queer history barfight. I don’t remember what the original text of this comic said but this fits it so much better

hey PugJesus, i don’t know if you get it a lot but thanks for those memes & also historical context behind them :) i really enjoyed finding them in my feed, i appreciate your good work!

Yes.