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Literature
The expense of spirit in a waste of shame
Is lust in action; and till action, lust
Is perjured, murderous, bloody, full of blame,
Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust,
Enjoy'd no sooner but despised straight,
Past reason hunted, and no sooner had
Past reason hated, as a swallow'd bait
On purpose laid to make the taker mad;
Mad in pursuit and in possession so;
Had, having, and in quest to have, extreme;
A bliss in proof, and proved, a very woe;
Before, a joy proposed; behind, a dream.
All this the world well knows; yet none knows well
To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell.
Is lust in action; and till action, lust
Is perjured, murderous, bloody, full of blame,
Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust,
Enjoy'd no sooner but despised straight,
Past reason hunted, and no sooner had
Past reason hated, as a swallow'd bait
On purpose laid to make the taker mad;
Mad in pursuit and in possession so;
Had, having, and in quest to have, extreme;
A bliss in proof, and proved, a very woe;
Before, a joy proposed; behind, a dream.
All this the world well knows; yet none knows well
To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell.
— William Shakespeare, "Sonnet 129"
Tabletop Games
Lust is both desire and tool, chain and freedom. While primarily the lust for flesh and carnality, it can also include — and it would greatly increase Andrealphus' Word if this were so — lust for power, possessions, safety... territory now claimed by Mammon and even Haagenti.
As matters stand, Lust is one of the Seven Deadly Sins. It is the passion which forces people to forswear all that they hold honorable out of desire for another's body: to betray, to break oaths, to hurt others in order to satisfy their own whims. Lust teaches that only the wishes of the initiator matter, and that any act upon other people is acceptable.
His Word is also Andrealphus' safe haven from memories of Love, and his path to strength and power. Through Lust, he controls, and through control, he cannot be hurt again. Lust in others is a tool to bind them to him, or to expose them naked before his eyes, dismantle their personalities, and remake them as he desires them — vulnerable. It is a hunger that cannot, by its nature, be satisfied. He blurs the line between fantasy and reality, encouraging people to act out their dreams in ways that pay no heed to the safety or sanity of others, intent only on the taker's own pleasure. After all, to a devotee of Lust, no one else in the world truly matters.
As matters stand, Lust is one of the Seven Deadly Sins. It is the passion which forces people to forswear all that they hold honorable out of desire for another's body: to betray, to break oaths, to hurt others in order to satisfy their own whims. Lust teaches that only the wishes of the initiator matter, and that any act upon other people is acceptable.
His Word is also Andrealphus' safe haven from memories of Love, and his path to strength and power. Through Lust, he controls, and through control, he cannot be hurt again. Lust in others is a tool to bind them to him, or to expose them naked before his eyes, dismantle their personalities, and remake them as he desires them — vulnerable. It is a hunger that cannot, by its nature, be satisfied. He blurs the line between fantasy and reality, encouraging people to act out their dreams in ways that pay no heed to the safety or sanity of others, intent only on the taker's own pleasure. After all, to a devotee of Lust, no one else in the world truly matters.
—In Nomine: Superiors: Pleasures of the Flesh
Video Games
"Can you guess what I lust after? In this broken world, what is left to want?"
— Lust, Darksiders III
In the Maelstrom of Lovers, all lover-wraiths flinch,
When they're blown past this demon, the Terrible Pinch.
For the Pinch is tormented by lust that's gone sour,
He's loveless and cranky and nasty and dour!
So he shakes his Pinch fist and he stomps and he shouts:
"They're in a wind tunnel, but still their love sprouts!
"They love without bodies! They love without danglers!
"They love without snoobles, vim-varmies, and banglers!"
He snorts and he shakes with contempt for them all
(Perhaps something of his is two sizes too small).
When they're blown past this demon, the Terrible Pinch.
For the Pinch is tormented by lust that's gone sour,
He's loveless and cranky and nasty and dour!
So he shakes his Pinch fist and he stomps and he shouts:
"They're in a wind tunnel, but still their love sprouts!
"They love without bodies! They love without danglers!
"They love without snoobles, vim-varmies, and banglers!"
He snorts and he shakes with contempt for them all
(Perhaps something of his is two sizes too small).
—Kingdom of Loathing, intro text before fighting the Terrible Pinch
Real Life
"He that but looketh on a plate of ham and eggs to lust after it hath already committed breakfast with it in his heart."
"A fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends."
