#cain and abel

[atticwifesam]

the cain and abel symbolism my beloved.

[greetingscowpoke]

It’s not lost on me that there is some significance in Micah, Amos, and his father— and Micah, Arthur, and Dutch. This is even more prominent in a “Low Honor” ending for Arthur.

The first sort of thing I picked up on was after the mission to break Micah out of the Strawberry jail. Micah is seemingly unbothered by shooting up half a town but after Arthur (rightfully) berates him, Micah says something about being Sons of Dutch, and how that made them brothers.

“And sometimes brothers make mistakes.”

This didn’t really stick out to me until I read the letter that Micah received from Amos. Long story short… but Amos expresses that he will always love Micah, as they are brothers, but that he cannot accept nor tolerate the evil ways in which Micah lives his life. (And threatens to kill him which showcases his deeply rooted conviction) It’s evident, in the ways in which Micah brings up Amos to the gang, that he disdains his brother and clearly harbors some level of resentment over it.

Part of me thinks that this resentment of Amos is projected onto Arthur by Micah, and it felt so in line with the Low Honor Ending where Micah says “you’re not better than me Morgan.”

And I truly believe in that moment, he wasn’t just saying that to Arthur. He was also saying that to Amos. The brother who, in his eyes, was too high and mighty to forgive his “mistakes.”

Love or hate Micah, but the Cain and Abel of it all is one hell of a narrative.

[cyborgghost]

tragic fictional siblings... save me...

tragic fictional siblings

save me tragic fictional siblings

[gleafer]

Have a sneak peek…snake peek? No…sneak peek of my new Eden Adventures comic “Baby Steps” on ze Patreon -she says with an awful French accent

[glitzymeow]

Abel's first flying lesson...kinda😅(art by CEO of drunk vox on X)

[starry-eon]

poem excerpt by me | a uquiz i'm unable to find | Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper | Natalie Diaz, A Brother Named Gethsemane | tiktok | tumblr | Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz | The Bible

[dyouknowwhatimean-archive]

The vampire of Toledo Cathedral (or Cain's bite). Late 14th Century.

A rare representation of Cain and Abel's biblical story in which Cain kills Abel by biting him, instead of hitting him with a rock.

[neosatsuma]

[rius-cave]

Cain was the first burnt pancake after all

[thismustbeso]

Everything Sad is Untrue, Daniel Nayeri / Cain Slaying Abel (~1640-1650), Gioacchino Assereto / The Sacrifice of Isaac (1616), Pedro Orrente / Crucified Christ (1896), Viktor Vasnetsov

[mariibarrasworld]

Cain and Abel

joseph telushkin // Cain and Abel, Orazio Riminaldi // Silvina Ocampo tr. by Jason Weiss, Inscriptions Cain Read in Abel’s Eyes // unknown // Famous Blue Raincoat, Leonard Cohen

[dandelionjack]

missy says “the doctor kills people too, i just enjoy it more. he’s the farmer, i’m the hunter, you know” and that makes me think she’s intimately aware of the sacrificial lamb paradigm. the lord is my shepherd. companions as beautiful little foals raised for the slaughter. with sorrow, of course, and remorse. the farmer loves every new creature in their flock with an emotional tenderness reserved for children and lovers. he’ll grieve when the butcher comes. he always does. but it’s inevitable. and you can always pretend your pet will live as long as you but fifty dog years are ten of your own. and when the time comes to put them down you’ll blame the vet. you’ll blame whoever has to bleed the calf. you’ll try not to blame yourself. after all, creatures in the wild alone lead such boring, listless lives. you’re showing them the wonders of the cosmos they’d never have seen with their normalcy-blinkered gaze. you’re doing them a favour. you’ll adopt another one. it will thank you as the light leaves its eyes.

but the hunter is evil, you say. the hunter kills willfully, the hunter stalks its prey, the hunter attacks with no mercy. instantly. painlessly, maybe. is that really so much worse?

after all, many moons ago, with a bloodied rock in his hands and the spectre of Death breathing down his neck, the hunter’s future had become the farmer’s first sacrifice. many moons ago, cain was the farmer and abel the hunter. and cain killed abel

[need-grows-teeth]

1. i'll give you the sun, jandy nelson/2. the bear (2022)/3. right now, gracie abrams/4. The haunting of hill house (2018)/5. I don't love anyone, belle and sebastian/6. rabbi joseph telushkin, jewish literacy/7. sucession (2023)/8. electra, sophocles/9. the bear (2018/10. sisters, holly warbutton & to my younger self, britton.

[kazimir29]

Adam and family

[malinka624-hazbin]

[colleendoran]

Cain and Abel. From SANDMAN and HOUSE OF MYSTERY. Brush and ink.