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[–] cobwoms@lemmy.blahaj.zone 75 points 1 month ago (13 children)

succubus are female. if you're saying "he", that's an incubus

[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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.

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