#also ancient sins

[apollo18]

Concept: the justice league finds out that Blaze and Satanus, the rulers of hell, are kids of their ‘even more of a boy scout than Superman’ coworker’s “boss” and think Shazam is the Christian God. They ask Billy really vague questions that lead Billy into confusing them even more and they become convinced that Marvel’s Wizard guy is God with a capital G and Marvel’s either an angel or the second coming of Jesus.

Meanwhile Shazam doesn’t even know what the Bible is and his knowledge about religion is so outdated he still thinks Solomon’s Judaism is new age and not worth his time to research such a ‘fad’ religion, but he knows humans will make a religion out of anything as well as bastardize existing ones and very well could have mixed up actual tales that involve him, his allies, and his children into some sort of melting pot of a religion.

So when someone finally asks Marvel outright if his “boss” is God, Billy goes ‘wait… old guy in white robes and sandals, with long white hair and a beard… lives in space… aka the “heavens”, whose a ghost(Holy Spirit), and knows everything(historama)??? I need to dig deeper into this hold on guys’ and goes off to ask the wizard.

So when Billy asks the Wizard he just tells Billy “well, my boy, if so many things match up, maybe it is so and the tales of myself and my champions grew so estranged from their origins or mixed in with other beliefs that it can explain the things that aren’t true to our reality.”

Then The Canonical Character To The DC Universe, Jesus of Nazareth, shows up.

#billy batson #shazam #dc captain marvel #dc comics #I really like religious history and folklore and that’s sort of what really got me into Shazam #Fawcett and DC’s interpretations are all so weird and conflicting just like actual religious history lol #I think comic books really capture the essence of the ancient myth very well #there’s so many different interpretations of a character with conflicting lore and so many writers across the decades #Batman: for the LAST FUCKING TIME our coworker is NOT Jesus #Guy Gardener: The man fights demons called The Seven Deadly Sins and follows orders from some guy he says lives in space also isn’t in spac #Guy: what the fuck else are we supposed to think?

[hrokkall]

What's gabriel in this au?

Some loser, probably.

#Gabriel Ultrakill #Rain World Ancients #Ultrakill #Rain World #I CAN POST THIS NOW THAT THE FULL ATTACK IS DONE. NICE pose referenced from Act 1's ending cutscene if that wasn't blatant already #He's as of yet unnamed but I'm working on it. And also somehow not dead. Debatably. It's a crossover AU it's not adhering to RW canon #Anyway very cool style rain world has for its murals! Tried to match it to the best of my ability but my own style definitely bleeds throug #-in places. It happens #ANYWAY the reason why he's an Ancient is just because there seem to be a lot of parallels between Angels in UTKL and Ancients in RW #Both are societies obsessed with remaining free from earthly desire and keeping order; one wishes to ascend and one has already ascended- #-and has to keep it that way lest they feel the wrath of a long-absent god #Looking at the karma murals that represented the deadly sins (ish) kind of solidified that #Plus it means I don't have to take off his helmet which is always a bonus; I don't like unmasking helmeted characters #As a bonus ancients sort of seem birdlike to me? They're meant to look vague but at least two had bird feet so hell yeah. Bird time. #Enough tag talking. Here's the actual sorting tags: #Re: Inbox #Re: Anon #RW UTKL #Hrokkall Art

[spotsupstuff]

here's a neat vid, go watch it if you haven't yet

there's Some things that i don't completely agree with personally, like attributing the Third sin to Materialism rather than Connection (i'd argue that the Ancients had no big issue with being materialistic, considering their golden attires and such- and that going with Connection overall better addresses both the core of Materialism and relationships overall) and then attributing the word Dynasty specifically to asian cultures but that's more history/word definition beef more than anything djgklsjlcgjkd

oh how i'd love to have a debate with this guy about Ancients...

#spot says stuff #rw #history fact: a dynasty was present big time around the years 800-1000 (iirc) on a large territory in eu which included slovakia #at the core of it per its definition a dynasty is just ''the same family ruled over the lands throughout multiple generations'' tho so its- #-not special or anything. with that definition in mind you can see how dynasties were also european things with all the kings and stuff #its just more often used for asian countries cuz they held out longer with the family stuff probably. or all the damn royal family drama- #-that happened there........ my Gods i know only a few chinese stories but Shit man there was a lot djgklsjgld #i wonder if identifying family members in the Ancient society happened through colors... like Sparrows n her siblings are colored from- #-dark blue (Dad's og clrs before turning grey) to turquoise (Inkling) and through this color coordination are the dynasties named #that's some fun thoughts #this video is prompting some neat thoughts.. ego is the culmination of the sins in short is one of them for example #did this guy actually come into contact with shkika or smth. the 'civilization before the ones we recognize as ancients' stuff at the end- #-sounds very familiar. -makes it to the end- Ah. The RW Discord. i wonder where that thought originated n who parroted it from who #☝ personally making the conscious effort to not seep myself into the fandom Too much since i like thinking about this stuff so i dont want- #-any fan-based answers/speculations. just wanna vibe with it uninfluenced n see where that takes me. also the rw discord feels dangerous

[wintermoth]

EVERYBODY SHUT THE FUCK UP AND LOOK AT WHAT I FOUND BURIED IN A PILE OF PAPERS FROM COLLEGE

#CURSED RELIC OF A BYGONE ERA #ANCIENT SINS ANCIENT SINS #DashCon #JESUS LORD GOD HAVE MERCY #2014 #ALSO thats not my handwriting WHERE DID THIS COME FROM

[voltaichalo]

what autism does to a mf

#Got into flight rising and guilty gear at the same time and was momentarily enraptured by thinking what everyone would look like as a dragon #flight rising #guilty gear #BTW. sins scry might look a little off but THAT is because i applied actual breeding logic from fr so his colors and genes would be #an actual possibility of what it would look like if ky's and dizzys scries were real and bred in the game. which they cant because dizzy is #an ancient breed but im ALLOWED to break the rules whenever i want i know im breaking rules. my touys #also faust going from light to plague but SSSHHH. my touys

[wish-i-had-robin-wings]

Sometimes self care is playing Dragostea Din Tei (Numa Numa) by O-Zone on repeat

#been listening to this song on loop for three hours now #putting my brain in a blender bc I’m also doing Spanish homework #too many languages at once but also I need the serotonin #older blogs will recognize the song as the Numa Numa song #if you are somehow unfamiliar with the song (aka lived under a rock or are a baby) go listen to it #it’s fun you won’t regret it #also my brother is very annoyed with me about it lmao #dragostea din tei #numa numa #ancient sins #don’t ask why my ancient sins tag is there if you know you know shut up

[raspberryzingaaa]

Ok. I cannot stress enough that we Cannot apply the way that modern day racism works to ancient peoples. Racism as we think of it was a creation of a bunch of pseudosciences in the early 1700s. Before that time, especially ancient times, people actually had common ancestory and nationality. Sort-of what we think of ethnicity as.

Its not just "I don't like you because you look different" it was religious, cultural, ligustic, everything that makes one civilization or society different from another.

Pleeeease stop saying "well I think this ancient event was racist" it wasn't! Yeah, there were most certainly prejudices and old grudges and superiority issues, I'm sure. But it simply was not racism in the way that our modern day culture thinks of it.

#anyways dont say that jonah was racist against Assyrians #Assyrians were Bad News. like. tear open pregnant women bury people up to their necks in anthills bad news. #so yes jonah was stubborn and held a grudge and had decent reason to dislike them. but guess what! so would we all have! #also. slavery was exceptionally common Esp in the ancient world and it had Nothing to do with 'race' #more to do with 'not being a part of this conquering group' #long sigh #yes sin exists and has always existed in our world. big surprise. but it takes difference faces and names. #ok. end rant #nia post #also. dont know if it Needs to be said but racism is Of Course a huge evil in our world and we Must work against it as it is an evil

[direwombat]

what horror creature are [your ocs]?

tagged by @socially-awkward-skeleton​ to do this uquiz! (thank you so much this one is super neat!

tagging: @natesofrellis​, @thomrainer​, @harmonyowl​, @funkypoacher​, @confidentandgood​, @strafethesesinners​, @adelaidedrubman​, @aceghosts​, @schoute​, @jacrispea​, @poeti-kat​, and anyone else wanting to do a fun little uquiz for their ocs

A FALLEN ANGEL. you once were innocent and pure, until the sins have chained your soul.

A WALKING DEAD. even though your brain died long ago, your heart won`t stop beating. you`re rotting as you walk, worms piercing through your skin, and nobody knows what you`re searching for. and nobody wants to.

KATHERINE VOGEL (RDR2) + PAOLA ORSINI (UNCHARTED)

A GHOST. your death was painful and long, you choked on screams and ripped your skin til the very last breath. your restless soul is forever stuck in the room that you died, searching for peace.

#ohhhhhhh syb as a fallen angel :'(((( honestly. honestly? it's perfect #the idea of her trying so so hard to do and be good but the inevitable corruption and accumulation of sin weighing her soul.... #accurate.. very good. also the idea of her with wings/broken wings? *chef's kiss* #and jonah as a walking dead is very interesting and i kind of dig it #i was expecting ghost for him #but the decay...THE DECAY #the idea of his sense of self dissolving the more wrapped up in his work as a herald he gets #he gains family but he loses himself in favor of acting as an extension of joseph. just a shambling corpse regurgitating scripture #and kat and paola as ghosts is very interesting #kat for sure has 'lady in white' energy who died a mournful tragic death #whereas paola would be a much angrier. probably more ancient. spirit #i'm still behind on some tags but brain is mush so this is all i can do for now #oc: deputy sybille la roux #oc: jonah seed #oc: katherine vogel #oc: paola orsini

[ferrret]

i think shadowbringers might be my favorite ffxiv expansion

#the idea of eternal daylight is terrifying #i also like how the light is seen as more evil while the dark is calming + sacred to the point where a religion that worships it developed #sin eaters and light wardens were neat too #and then the climax of 5.0 #where you enter a recreation of the ancient city's final days while ''neath dark waters'' plays #it's the monument of emet's incredible loneliness #and as you begin to walk around it #and listen to the recreated denizens converse #you truely understand why the acians did everything #and how the final confrontation with emet is essentially ''for those we have lost'' vs ''for those we can yet save'' #anyway

[madphantom]

Does anybody fucking know where I can watch Gravity Falls for free / without paying gross amounts of money, because one season alone costs twenty bucks on Amazon Prime and I'm not that rich.

#personal post #gravity falls #ive been watching some clips on youtube and the series looks fun #so far id say ford pines is my favourite character but maybe im biased because I like characters with glasses and tragic backstories #and also haven't seen much of the whole series #just like. the author scene and the ancient sins scene

[juuheizou]

i can’t understand how people orphan their fics on ao3. even the ones i wrote in high school and would change so many details of and cringe when i reread certain parts, i wrote those. i wrote them and they’re mine and for some reason i still really want people to know they’re mine no matter how much my writing has changed

#this is indeed brought about by me scrolling through the same 16 suzumutsu fics i've been reading and rereading since i was 14 #and seeing just how many are orphaned now #and yeah i deleted any fics i did briefly feel confident enough to share at that age and contributed little content until i was 17-18 #but i was there #and i remember all those users that are now orphan-account #sometimes i feel like a wise observer who knows all your ancient sins #and i mean ALL your sins #but other times i realize i'm just some hermit who's still going to be writing the same pairing from the same just okay series in a decade #when no one knows what i'm even talking about anymore #also i think even the fic i wrote then i was 17 and hadn't actually taken classes in pharmacology and anesthesiology and stuff... #is pretty decent for 17 #but also if i do decide to revamp more of my older fics #i want anyone still around to care to KNOW i'm the og writer and not some random person remixing it #not that it matters when no one reads your shit but its still in my mind #actually you know what its kind of amazing how ive come from 14-y-o me deleting everything i write #and now wanting people to know yep that god awful novel-length fic is MINE

[luvsavos]

(AA) hello again, Mr. Martin! 👋 it’s me again. 😅 didn’t wanna flood your inbox or anything, i just wanted to ask if you’re excited for the Monster Hunter countdown? Like…with the favorite monsters? (The name of it escapes me at the moment…) also if you have any thoughts on what Wilds will be? You think we actually WILL return to world? Sorry, I know you’re probably busy, and you’ve got a new hyperfixation (don’t i know the feeling, mine is Live A Live rn 😅) so you don’t have to answer now 🙂

AIDEN ANONNNN HIIII im so sorry this took forever and i still have other asks sitting around😭 i have had NO concept of time lately

the top five mons were all pretty much what i expected, but i gotta say i am surprised that alatreon made tenth AND that ruiner made it??? i looove ruiner i prefer him to og nergi but i NEVER see ppl talk about him so i didn't expect to see him on the list anywhere near the top

i'm also impressed my boy primalzeno made thirteenth...... really shows how much of an impression he left on the community

and WILDSSSS aughghgh i have SO many thoughts about wilds you have no idea. the new world isn't fully explored so i definitely think, or at least hope, we will be returning to it, and like. god you have No Idea how badly i want a) crossplay, b) open world Please capcom im on my hands and knees begging for open world i think monhun would fit that really well and i have faith capcom would do it well if they did decide to... i want world and rise's map formulas combined into a giant expanse of ecosystem with lots of verticality and smaller places for me to stumble across and explore, bc that was like. one of my favourite parts of rise's maps, like the cave systems in the citadel

also yes i stumbled across a game called rain world and holy fuck it has such a chokehold on me i already have like 126hrs in it last i checked💀

#mar.txt #answered #aiden anon #life has been rough BUT. i may Finally get a job so things can finally go back to normal #ive had absolutely no concept of time bc every day is the same thing over and over and over #rain world has been keeping me afloat as well as the occasional mh or other games with friends🥲 #it has rapidly risen to take its rightful place as my third top favourite game alongside monhun and horizon #they're all 🤝 on ancient civilizations/people who decided in some way to play god and also really liked genetic/bioengineering #and in bringing about their own end in some way or another also brought about the end of the world alongside them #and you play in the ruins of that world，with constant reminders all around you of what long forgotten sins the ones who came before you #left behind #but other than that. rain world is genuinely so much unlike any other game ive played i cant even come up with a way to use inspo from it #for my monhun au lore #i love it so much

[kargaroc]

I don't even know exactly how I feel about ascension in rain world, but it drives me up the wall when people equate it to suicide

#and I cant even argue because its up to interpretation. that being a plausible one #but the game does push you towards the idea of death being bad #I currently am holding the vague idea of the void fluid disintegrating you #but the void worms make that moment pleasant. if you have proper karma #youre removed from the cycle.... but there is a bigger overarching cycle that nothing can be removed from #its just that it's not remembered #the cycle that is escapable is the thing creatures become aware of. having memories of branching timelines #ascension removes the memories but they are still ultimately the same being once the Large cycle comes back around to them #probably very confusingly explained. thats why its tags lol #rw #rain world spoilers #and like. from the pov of those wanting to ascend. I think it's not 'I want to die' it's 'I want to be free from suffering' #for the ancients I think it's a bit more in a selfish way for most of them. like as if they're so enlightened that they earn this bliss #most ascension endings are very happy for the slugcats. so are their alternate endings. one is not 'the bad ending' in most cases #it also is weighted by how YOU feel about being removed from reincarnation. I personally would want to stay in the cycle. so I like the #alt endings more #but putting myself in the pov of the scuggies. I can see why they might pick either path #also idk if this is in the lore but... wouldnt suicide be a 'sin'? idk what they call them.. burdens? #it can be interpreted as not earning your 'freedom' and indulging in violence and possibly greed #of course theres two sides for the spirituality of rain world... that being how the ancients viewed it. versus how it actually is #and we do not know much about how it actually is. so.

[saintobio]

LONG LIVE THE VILLAINESS !

amidst the tale of sweetest love and bitterest revenge, the fallen empress is cast back ten years into the past to correct her sins and avoid eternal damnation, even at the price of betraying her once husband, the very cause of her downfall.

♱ pairings. gojo satoru, fem!reader

♱ genre. enemies-to-lovers, period piece, medieval au

♱ tags. ooc, regression, crown prince!gojo, noble lady!reader, politics, classism, clan wars, religion (catholicism), misogyny, violence, war, rebellion, suggestive, smut, gore, double life, explicit language, more to be added

♱ notes. this fic draws heavy inspirations from the webnovel ‘sister, i am the queen in this life’ and manhwa of the same name. it’s basically a fanfic of that series bc i am obsessed with it :’D

♱ status. on-going (slow updates)

♱ THIS SERIES WILL SERVE AS THE THE SECOND TIMELINE -> READ HERE FOR THE FIRST TIMELINE (ORIGINAL STORY) ♱

PROLOGUE.

ACT I. THE LADY

ACT II. THE CROWN PRINCE

ACT III. THE KNIGHT

ACT IV. THE STAR CROSSED LOVERS

ACT V. THE BLESSED

ACT VI. THE SIN

ACT VII. THE REVELATION

ACT VIII. THE ENEMY

ACT IX. THE LOVER

ACT X. THE EMPRESS

EPILOGUE.

PROLOGUE 

Like plunging beneath the surface of water and then, abruptly, breaking through to the air above—your body jolted as if awakening in a new world altogether. You drew in a long breath, your eyes fluttering open to reveal the ceiling, both familiar yet unfamiliar in its greeting. Swiftly, you surveyed your surroundings, noting with growing recognition the confines of your old room within the De Roma estate. The estate! 

You were not in the palace of Caelum, but in the estate of House De Roma. A surge of realization flooded through you as you dashed towards the nearest mirror, confronting your reflection with wide, startled eyes. 

No... could it be... that you have returned to your body, ten years prior?!

In the mirror, the reflection staring back at you was not that of the notorious wife of the tyrant Emperor Satoru, but of a 20-year-old maiden, the eldest daughter of Duke de Roma, with fuller cheeks and a more youthful appearance. You could not shake the feeling of disbelief, wondering if this was all just a dream, so you reached out to touch your arms and felt the flesh beneath your fingers, trying to convince yourself that this was an unexpected reality.

Oh, you were back. You found yourself returned to your former self, a decade younger, but now armed with the knowledge of your past life's actions and their consequences. Alongside this newfound understanding, the gift of clairvoyance had also been bestowed upon you.

And for what? Why had the heavens above returned you to your body? Was it for revenge, a second chance, or perhaps punishment?

Suddenly, a loud, deafening sound pierced your ears, and a blinding white light enveloped your vision. Your body became as still as a statue, and it felt as though your soul was transported to a fourth dimension where divine intervention seemed a lot more plausible to exist.

As your soul hovered in the liminal space between life and death, you found yourself standing before a figure cloaked in billowing robes, her presence commanding and her gaze piercing. This figure was Fortuna, the ancient Caelan goddess of fortune and fate, her visage austere and unforgiving.

“Are you aware of the sins that stain your soul?” 

“Have you felt the weight of your transgressions, the consequences of your actions that have wrought suffering upon your people and brought ruin to your empire?”

Her voice echoed through the realm with the divine judgment that weighed upon your conscience, while her gaze penetrated to the core of your being and demanded honesty and accountability in the face of your past misdeeds.

“Will you atone for your sins?” 

“Will you seize this opportunity for redemption, or will you squander it in self-pity and remorse?”

As you stood in the presence of the ancient goddess, grappling with the heaviness of your sins and the daunting task ahead, a brilliant light had all of a sudden illuminated the space around you. From the heart of this radiant glow emerged the figure of Archangel Raphael, his presence heralded by a chorus of angelical voices and the stirring of celestial winds.

Clad in robes that seemed to shimmer with the intensity of celestial light, Archangel Raphael's presence commanded attention, his wings unfurled behind him in a display of resolute authority. If Goddess Fortuna was intimidating, the archangel was fearsome all the more. His gaze, intense and penetrating, swept over you with a gravity that left no room for evasion or deceit.

“Empress of Caelum,” he spoke, his tone firm and unyielding, and his voice carrying a billion years of heavenly existence, “You stand accused of grievous sins, crimes that have shaken the very foundations of your empire and brought suffering upon your people.”

There was no trace of softness in Archangel Raphael's demeanor, no room for mercy in the face of wrongdoing. His presence was a testament to the uncompromising nature of divine justice, his strictness a reflection of the solemn duty entrusted to him as an Archangel of the Almighty. This, no doubt, was the face of a true and formidable executor of justice.

And you, the subject, had angered the divine beings that guarded the Caelan Empire, so much so that God himself sent the goddess of the land and one of his archangels to mitigate your rightful punishment.

“By the decree of the Almighty, you are granted a second chance to amend your sins and redeem your soul. You shall return to the mortal realm, to live your life anew and correct the sins that have stained your soul.”

“Should you fail to rectify your past transgressions, should you stray from the path of righteousness and succumb once more to the temptations of darkness, know that the consequences shall be severe and eternal.”

“For those who squander the gift of divine mercy shall be cast into the deepest depths of hell, where they shall endure a punishment of unending torment and suffering.”

In the presence of Archangel Raphael and Goddess Fortuna’s equally stern gazes, you were keenly aware of the magnitude of your transgressions and the severity of the judgment that awaited you. But even as you trembled beneath the weight of their scrutiny, you knew that their presence also offered you the opportunity for redemption, with your only task to prove yourself worthy of divine mercy.

Indeed, it was by your very hands that hundreds and thousands of Christian souls shed their blood. Innocent lives, both young and old, were cruelly taken at your command. The citizens of Caelum who fell sick from the spread of the plague. The esteemed Caelan advisors of your husband’s primogenitors, skinned alive and speared in pikes by the Tiber River. The wrongly accused maid who suffered the indignity of serving your husband, paraded unclothed through the streets and subjected to the brutality of the pear of anguish. The gallant and dignified knight, tortured mentally and physically in the atrocious dungeon. Now, you find yourself thrust back into the horrors of your former life ten years hence. A life of a noble lady who ought not to be blinded by her destructive love for the empire’s crown prince. 

Yet, could you truly navigate this life without ascending to the position as his empress?

As you tried to commune with the divine beings afore you, a haze in your vision transported you away from the heavenly space, realizing that you were already drawn back into the reality of your chamber, inhabiting the youthful frame of a twenty-year-old daughter of a duke. You found yourself too astonished to move, too shaken to speak, and too afraid to take any action in this new lease of life blessed upon you. At that very moment, your state of reverie was disrupted at the arrival of your maid, who entered your chamber in a humble servant garb.

Milena. The maid whose life was cut short by your hand in your past existence due to petty thievery. “My lady,” she spoke with a hint of respect and urgency, unaware of the ill-fate you had given her in your past life, “A visitor has arrived at the gates and requests an audience with you. Shall I show them in?” 

Too soon? Need it truly be so soon to engage with the people from your past life immediately after awakening to your old, yet younger body? Gazing upon your maid through the mirror, you asked, “Who is that intruder you speak of?” 

She bowed her head, her stance shifting into one of apologetic deference. The way she firmly stood by your door was a message to you that the intruder was not someone you could easily reject the presence of.

“The visitor is His Highness, Crown Prince Satoru.” 

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#series: lltv #gojo satoru x reader #gojou satoru x reader #gojo x reader #jjk x reader #jjk royal au #slow updates bc sy is prio #i will not write this in archaic english anymore ITS HARD AF #but i had to put this out there so i can remind myself to write it *sobs* #might just write this on the side

[anthurak]

As someone who was very curious as to how Mammon was going to be presented in Helluva Boss, you can probably imagine I was looking through the new episode very closely.

And while I may have been off the mark with my theory that Mammon would follow the trend of Asmodeus and Beelzebub and NOT actually be antagonistic, I nonetheless think it is VERY interesting how Vivzie and the team handled and presented him.

Specifically, in just how PETTY Mammon is shown to be in this episode.

Like really think about what you might generally expect from a character like Mammon just from a basic background description: He is one of the seven rulers of Hell, lord of the seven rings and embodiment of GREED. Likely a fallen angel who helped to create hell as it exists today, is matched in power only by his five fellow Sins, and is functionally only truly outranked by Lucifer himself.

And yet, Mammon’s characterization in this episode presents him as this petty, selfish, manipulative asshole interested in little more than money and attention. He acts more like a shitty, full-of-himself asshole celebrity than a demon lord. Just look at how he manipulates Fizzerolli, not through lording power and authority over him but through emotional coercion like an abusive parent, ex-, or boss, which is precisely WHAT he is presented as. fi

What makes this even more interesting is that despite Mammon being characterized as Fizz’s petty, manipulative boss, we nonetheless see him display all the POWER and experience we’d expect from one of the seven rulers of Hell. Asmodeus mentions earlier in the episode that he’s known Mammon ‘since the START of Hell’, confirming they were both involved in its creation, and when the two square off at the end, it’s clear that Mammon is very much Ozzie’s EQUAL in power, and that everyone else present is pretty much an insect in comparison.

This is what I think makes the inclusion of that one creepy, obsessive fan of Fizzerolli’s in this episode so significant; he serves as a point of comparison to Mammon.

For all the power and authority that he might wield, Mammon is characterized as being no different/better than a creepy, manipulative, entitled and obsessive stalker.

I think this might be the true common ‘thru-line’ connecting all of the seven sins through Helluva Boss and possibly even Hazbin Hotel: That despite essentially being ‘God-Emperors’ of Hell and outclassed in power likely only by the most powerful angels of Heaven itself, the seven sins are characterized in a very grounded, down-to-earth and for lack of a better term, ‘human’ way.

All the times we’ve seen them, Ozzie, Bee and Mam haven’t presented themselves as these all-powerful beings lording themselves over their subjects like we might expect or even what we’ve seen of the Goetic nobility. They don’t present themselves as ‘royalty’ but rather more like celebrity performers, which is certainly in keeping with Vivzie’s comments about how Hell is meant to represent a circus.

It really gives this fascinating dichotomy to the Sins as characters, where they’re presented as these big wacky celebrities with big, over-the-top personas which in turn hide very grounded, down-to-earth people underneath. While at the same time still being these monstrously powerful and ancient beings whose dominion over Hell is entirely uncontested.

It also gives them a nice contrast with the Goetic Nobility and the Sinner Overlords. Like those two groups actually do act and present themselves like demonic ‘royalty’ who lord themselves over those considered ‘beneath’ them, while in reality they’re at best the ‘middle-managers’, and instead it’s these wacky characters who are the TRUE masters of Hell.

It may even continue into what we might see in Hazbin Hotel, what with Charlie being this bubbly, happy-go-lucky Disney-esque princess who also may very well have power outclassing literally EVERYONE else in the show apart from her parents.

Overall, I loved this episode and I think we may now have a good idea what we might expect from the other Sins, and possibly even Lucifer himself in Hazbin Hotel.

#helluva boss #helluva boss analysis #mammon #helluva mammon #asmodeus #helluva asmodeus #beelzebub #helluva beelzebub #fizzarolli #helluva fizzarolli #expectation subversion

[emporium]

Behind the Meme: Complaint Tablet to Ea-nasir

In 1953, explorer Sir Leonard Woolley discovered and acquired the tablet from what is believed to be the ruins of Ea-nasir's home while on an expedition to the city of Ur. Several other similar tablets complaining about poor copper quality were also recovered, suggesting Ea-nasir frequently sent his customers poor-quality goods. The tablet is currently held at the British Museum.

A few of the most viral Tumblr posts about this meme: https://probablybadrpgideas.tumblr.com/post/171826102481/your-players-are-faced-with-an-ancient-sumerian https://brightwanderer.tumblr.com/post/645195882465230848/ea-nasir-is-that-you

Translation of the tablet:

Tell Ea-nasir: Nanni sends the following message:

When you came, you said to me as follows : "I will give Gimil-Sin (when he comes) fine quality copper ingots." You left then but you did not do what you promised me. You put ingots which were not good before my messenger (Sit-Sin) and said: "If you want to take them, take them; if you do not want to take them, go away!"

What do you take me for, that you treat somebody like me with such contempt? I have sent as messengers gentlemen like ourselves to collect the bag with my money (deposited with you) but you have treated me with contempt by sending them back to me empty-handed several times, and that through enemy territory. Is there anyone among the merchants who trade with Telmun who has treated me in this way? You alone treat my messenger with contempt! On account of that one (trifling) mina of silver which I owe(?) you, you feel free to speak in such a way, while I have given to the palace on your behalf 1,080 pounds of copper, and umi-abum has likewise given 1,080 pounds of copper, apart from what we both have had written on a sealed tablet to be kept in the temple of Samas.

How have you treated me for that copper? You have withheld my money bag from me in enemy territory; it is now up to you to restore (my money) to me in full.

Take cognizance that (from now on) I will not accept here any copper from you that is not of fine quality. I shall (from now on) select and take the ingots individually in my own yard, and I shall exercise against you my right of rejection because you have treated me with contempt.

Source: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/complaint-tablet-to-ea-nasir

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