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Am I alone in believing that Illyria is not inherently female? Like, am I seriously the only one who believes that the pronoun "she" in reference to Illyria is due to the God-King inhabiting a female body, and that if Illyria had jumped into Knox's body or another male, that Illyria would be referred to as "he?" The Old Ones were presented on the show as beings that just existed, that were born out of the Primordium, that did not need to procreate, so I always assumed that Illyria was intersexed or genderless. I don't remember Knox referring to Illyria as female or male prior to it entering Fred's body.
Also, does Illyria have organs? It's obvious that he/she/it bleeds, but did it manufacture its own organs because it liquified all of Fred's. If someone tried to sess with that and it didn't have internals necessary for the act, it'd been like making love to a box of packing peanuts or crispy chicken or something equally unpleasant. I mean, I know Willingham thought he was being all edgy by making Illyria want to com-shuck with Connor for whatever reason, but did Illyria want Connor because he's the most powerful mortal being? If there had been a more powerful female or if Connor was female, would Illyria have still tried to tap that? IDW seems perfectly willing to accept Illyria as a purely female demon (I guess the original show writers were too- Leave it to a female deity to nearly destroy all of time and space because she's got massive PMS cramps), but I'm not buying it just as I don't buy Olvikan being male purely because the Mayor chose it for his Ascension ritual. Even though Glory was outwardly female, she was always referred to as a god not a goddess on the show. Hecate and Thespia, however, are referred to as goddesses.
Also, does Illyria have organs? It's obvious that he/she/it bleeds, but did it manufacture its own organs because it liquified all of Fred's. If someone tried to sess with that and it didn't have internals necessary for the act, it'd been like making love to a box of packing peanuts or crispy chicken or something equally unpleasant. I mean, I know Willingham thought he was being all edgy by making Illyria want to com-shuck with Connor for whatever reason, but did Illyria want Connor because he's the most powerful mortal being? If there had been a more powerful female or if Connor was female, would Illyria have still tried to tap that? IDW seems perfectly willing to accept Illyria as a purely female demon (I guess the original show writers were too- Leave it to a female deity to nearly destroy all of time and space because she's got massive PMS cramps), but I'm not buying it just as I don't buy Olvikan being male purely because the Mayor chose it for his Ascension ritual. Even though Glory was outwardly female, she was always referred to as a god not a goddess on the show. Hecate and Thespia, however, are referred to as goddesses.