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[kingandy]

It's kind of funny that there's so many characters around - in larp and in popular fiction - called Damocles. It's like people have heard of the Sword of Damocles and assumed that Damocles was this bloke who had a bit of a nifty sword. Of course if they'd ever heard the actual legend, they'd know the Sword of Damocles actually hung above Damocles' bed, in a sort of magical curse stylee. Well, I don't recall all the details myself, but it's definitely a sort of metaphor for a constant sense of dread and doom hanging over you, that may come crashing down at any moment and end your life as you know it.

damn, i really need to have that talk with sal.

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[kermix.livejournal.com]

I've actually heard of this, but I didn't know the story until I checked good ol' Wikipedia. There's even a song that references it in Rocky Horror:

The sword of Damocles is hanging over my head
And I've got the feeling someone's gonna be cutting the thread
Oh, woe is me
my life is a misery
Oh, can't you see
that I'm at the start of a pretty big downer

[aardvarkoffnord.livejournal.com]

All hail Richard O'Brien.