The latest upd8 with Lylac and Bowie really got me thinking about just why these two are friends, and I really think (if transfem Bowie is true and real like I believe in my heart) that they are two black girls bonding together because they may not fit perfectly into Black culture.
For one, I feel we saw this a bit with Lylac with not only her interest in specifically older cartoons, but with her interest in bombs and old technology. She has an alchemy set in her room, but prefers homemade bombs rather then explosions made from Nymph magic. Her friend who is more intune with Black culture is kind of dismissive but slightly tolerant of her hobby in cartoons and bombs.
And Bowie is a girl who didn't have the same upbringing that most Nymph's would have, and thus wasn't exposed to that culture as a young child. So she might feel as if she wants to connect in some way and learn about her culture later on in life which can definitely be a pretty alienating experience! Which is why I think its so great that they're friends and they seem to have a genuine connection with one another. And would explain why both of Lylac's friends who already sort of tease her for HER interests is so distrusting and hostile about Bowie getting too "close to a Nymph".
Of course, the Nymph's and Satyrs have a very complex history with one another, so there's obviously more reasons for why they're distrusting of Bowie (that, and well, Bowie doesn't exactly have the best handle on boundaries), but I think Bowie is more similar to Lylac's friends than they realize, and they just haven't really given Bowie that chance to sort of become genuinely close with them.
