Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28655620-20161117184919/@comment-995426-20170805182639

It could be that I was brought up with an exposure to the arts, education and literature, but even as a teenager I knew what the Venus de Milo was. And Venus/Aphrodite has strong traditional female sexual connotations. "Venereal". "Aphrodisiac". It would be like naming a male character "Bacchus" or "Eros" and then objectifying him as fanservice. The reference is too blatant, so he'd be a joke&mdash;difficult to take seriously, let alone dignifyingly.