#gommorah

[cheddar-baby]

I get myself through work by replaying dorian electra songs in my head all day btw

[reallyunluckyrunaway]

these are your world leaders?

Tate Reeves condoned racist antisemitic remarks. Says it quote : "warms his heart"

[charlesoberonn]

The Last World: Dark Fantasy novel concept inspired by Dark Souls and the bible:

The God of the world grew to hate the inhabitants of his creation, and so he brought down a cataclysm to destroy them, so that he might repopulate the Earth. But centuries after the cataclysm, four cities still remain. Growing tired of waiting for the cities to die out on their own, God sent down a slayer in the form of a mute soldier made of bronze, clay, and sand.

The Soldier washes up on the shores of Sidon, another survivor city that a few decades earlier was defeated by the others. They're found by Magenel, the last knight of Sidon, still patrolling its now empty corpse-strewn beaches. Initially thinking the Soldier an enemy, Magenel learns through a vision about the Soldier's mission to avenge Sidon by slaying its enemies. And so he joins them on their quest.

First they must leave Sidon through the haunted bridge, where the remnants of 100,000 dead soldiers cling on to life to stop anybody from crossing. Once they make it to the mainland they head to Jericho.

The Living Walls of Jericho, reinforced with the bodies of the city's inhabitants, try to stop them. But they sneak through the living city's lungs and veins into its heart, where they slay its king. They then run away as the city, long merged with its monarch, collapses around them.

Next they travel to the twin cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, where time stands still. Long ago, the cities violated a treaty of mutually assured destruction against one another. Thankfully, just in time the mages of both cities activated a spell to hold time in place to prevent the destruction from raining on both cities. The Soldier and Magenel try to attack the time mages directly, but they're caught and defeated, separated through time.

The Soldier is sent back in time to the day of the mutually assured destruction. They try but cannot defeat the forces of Sodom and are trapped in the city's dungeons. There they help incite a riot using visions of the city's future. This causes the visions to come true, and soon the treaty of mutually assured destruction is broken. The day of destruction arrives. The Soldier is then sent back to the present. Or so they think.

In truth they're sent too far forward by decades. The Soldier travels to the city of Gommorah where Magenel has been fighting alone all this time. Helping him, together they defeat the time mages, ending the time freeze and escaping back in time to the present to witness both cities destroyed. Magenel then reveals that in those decades he was trapped in Gomorrah he learned things, including the Soldier's actions in the past. He questions why the Soldier didn't try to change things for the better. He decides to leave for the final city, Babylon, on his own.

After a long time wandering through the desert, the Soldier arrives at Babylon. The city is home to the refugees of all the world, who all work as builders on the city's central tower. They hope that by reaching the heavens, they can escape their hellish existence on Earth. The Soldier fights through Babylon's defenses, that are well prepared for them.

They rise floor by floor, defeating the challenges and obstacles put to them by Babylon's leadership. For each obstacle they overcome, a piece of their armor is lost, and so they replace it with a piece of their slain enemy. By the time they reach the unfinished tower's final floor to face the king, they're a Frankenstein's Monster of different parts.

But it's not the King waiting for them at the top. He’s been long dead, a mere symbol for the people of Babylon to rally behind. The one awaiting the Soldier of God is Magenel. And he knows what the Soldier has been fighting for all this time.

He's regretful for being blind and fool thinking that he was working towards a restoration of a false past. He’s sorry for slaying his enemies, realizing that now that Babylon is dead, the hope to rebuild is truly gone. Or is it? The ingredients to start anew and the plans still exist. He could rebuild, if given the time. And he has all the time in the world. So long as he can defeat the Soldier.

And so the final battle commences. Magenel is more skilled and powerful than any enemy the Soldier faced so far. He learned the techniques of all the kingdoms and now fights for humanity's past and future. Still, the Soldier is beyond human, especially now. Magenel loses, perishes. And with him humanity's hope for redemption.

God then comes down to the tower to congratulates his slayer for a job well done before he turns him back to sand. And with the Soldier, the rest of the world dies as well, washed away into nothingness as God starts anew.

Until the next time he's displeased with his creation...

[thealogie]

WHY REFERENCE SODOM AND GOMMORAH IF NOT TO SPECIFICALLY POINT OUT THAT THE INSTITUTE IS HOMOPHOBIC. WHAT RHE FUCK IS HE TALKING ABOUT. i cant do this anymore thea

When Michael Sheen looked absolutely disgusted with the guy responsible for sodom and gommorah it literally meant nothing at all, he was just doing whatever on set that day

[nanshe-of-nina]

Mythology and Folklore Moodboards || Angels: Gabriel

Gabriel (“God is my strength”)— one of the two highest-ranking angels in Judaeo-Christian and Mohammedan religious lore. He is the angel of annunciation, resurrection, mercy, vengeance, death, revelation. Apart from Michael, he is the only angel mentioned by name in the Old Testament- unless we include among the Old Testament books the Book of Tobit, usually considered apocryphal, in which case Raphael, who appears there, becomes the third named angel in Scripture (but see Gustav Davidson's article “The Named Angels in Scripture,” wherein no less than seven angels are named). Gabriel presides over Paradise, and although he is the ruling prince of the 1st Heaven, he is said to sit on the left-hand side of God (whose dwelling is popularly believed to be the seventh Heaven, or the tenth Heaven). Mohammed claimed it was Gabriel (Jibril in Islamic) of the “140 pairs of wings” who dictated to him the Koran, Jura by sura. To the Mohammedans, Gabriel is the spirit of truth. In Jewish legend it was Gabriel who dealt death and destruction to the sinful cities of the plain (Sodom and Gommorah among them). And it was Gabriel who, according to Talmud Sanhedrin 95b, smote Sennacherib’s hosts “with a sharpened scythe which had been ready since Creation.” — A Dictionary of Angels: Including the Fallen Angels, Gustav Davidson

[alter-koker]

the only review sections on letterboxd worth going into are for obscure movies, old and obscure movies, or movies that might be a little popular but only for a certain niche. any popular one is like sodom and gommorah of the annoying cringe and sexist

[ad-nai]

my rosie is niether hellborn nor sinner, she actually used to be an ANGEL. it's one of hell's best kept secrets, it's her best kept secret. her true name is rosier. a historically acknowledged fallen angel; known for their honeyed words & tempting men to fall in love. romance is her specialty after all.

she was married. while in heaven. she was sent to sodom & gommorah at his side to investigate. the two 'strangers' were disarmed, tortured with their own weapons, assaulted & robbed. when her husband tried to fight back, he was killed in front of her. she snapped, like a vicious animal, she ripped apart her attackers with teeth & claw. & once the massacre was over, consumed her deceased husband's heart.

mortal souls killing an angel had been unheard of, & heaven ensured it would never be heard of again. the entire city was leveled, turned to sand. forgotten as nothing more than a cautionary tale.

& of rosier? she was put on trial, but it was brief. between her violence & especially her cannibalism she was to be damned. in retrospect, she would have behaved differently, she would have called for help from heaven, or trusted that things would turn out alright ( she's even considered her husband might have been saved if she didn't eat him ), but ultimately tries not to DWELL in the past.

she established cannibal town as a haven for souls & hellborn primary sin was -- cannibalism. seeing cannibals be mistreated & avoided even within hell itself as their insatiable hunger for flesh is a bit off-putting to most. she often wonders if sinners learned it by watching angels, rather than the other way around.

[gigifreaks]

So here's another Bayo analysis because why the hell not?😙 This time I'll be discussing a part of Bayo 3's ending. So apparently, there's people out there that got the impression that Bayo's death was directly Viola's fault, and I'm gonna explain why that's bull.

So to recap, Singularity gets his ass whooped and his defeat creates a...LITERAL singularity that begins absorbing everything, including Viola. Strider/Luka is forced to choose between saving her or saving Bayo, and as we see, he chooses Viola, at the cost of Bayo's life.

This has led to some people seeing Viola as directly responsible for Bayo's death, flat out BLAMING her! Those people lack literacy, so let me set it straight.

So, Viola had been getting her shit kicked in the entire fight and was knocked unconscious by Singularity's death blast. Simultaneously, Bayo's watch breaks completely and Gommorah goes rogue; on top, she's physically weak after winning the biggest fight of her life.

Bayo is at the mercy of Gommorah, and Viola is being sucked into the singularity. Luka is the only one standing. He sees these two people he loves, both completely vulnerable and needing him, but he can only help one, and fast!

There's no time to waste, so seeing Viola is airborne, he rushes to her aid first. Not to mention she's his fucking DAUGHTER! From another universe, sure, but still! If anything, it must've been sheer instinct.

On Bayo's side, she must've seen Luka choose Viola, but it's not like she was crying for help. In fact, she seems to ACCEPT her fate; and when Luka does get to her, the FIRST thing she asks about is Viola's safety....yeah.

She literally DOESN'T CARE that she just died, as long as the girl she's been protecting is okay. (Unlike Luka, I'm not sure if Bayo realized her relation to Viola, but nonetheless, she cared about her.)

So is it really fair to say Viola was responsible for Bayo's death, when Bayo herself clearly doesn't think so? NO! Do we blame Luka then? Also NO. I already made the point on his choice.

In conclusion, Luka chose Viola over Bayonetta, but Bayonetta valued Viola's safety more than her own life. Luka may have not saved Bayonetta, but makes up for it by going down with her.

If you think about it, they BOTH sacrificed themselves for Viola.

NOTHING was her fault.

(Not the exact same argument, but along similar lines, people ask "Why didn't Viola use her faerie form against Singularity!?" Honestly...I can't tell you. My only guess is she didn't know how to activate it...but then how did she know for Dark Eve...

I believe this is just another time Viola is nerfed by the writing. Yes, I'll blame anyone EXCEPT Viola, bitch.

Also, I don't think it's fair to hate a character because they're badly written, as if it's the CHARACTER'S fault.😑)

[readyplayerziggy]

Also thinking of Bayonetta showing a bit of favoritism towards her summons when it comes to the distribution of Angel souls, especially after some of the contract rejections that occured in 2.

Meaning Madame Butterfly might have a bit of trouble fitting through some of the summoning portals. Especially if she takes a cue from Gommorah and decides to devour the Angels she summoned against, body and soul in one swoop. Though she chews a lot less than he does...Look I cannot have been the only one who was a little down bad for Madame Butterfly alright-

[ladyloveandjustice]

Ivo Sharktooth calling out Christianity here for their wimpy sins, I dig it. Guessing that Gommority is named after Sodom and Gommorah. Since it goes with sodomy, I like to think it's eating pussy (and being single and ready to fingle). I'm with you random background girl, nbd, I've done that too.

[romanceyourdemons]

mario?

gommorah (2008), il divo (2008), and io sono li (2011). he needs to engage more with salient issues in contemporary italian culture

[ravenwitch45]

Been doing runs of Bayo 3 as the alternates and got to B4 and Good Gommorah is she good, nearly pure platinumed a level without even trying.

[kazieka]

Gommorah is excellent, so is the tv show! Good taste!

thank you oh my god Gomorrah was a really good movie and im so annoyed by people going “haha fake movey” shut up shut up it’s a real film go fucking watch it

[kazoosandfannypacks]

I was at camp when I drew this so I forgot to post it! Every time I listen to Ephie Aardema's cover of "Sodom and Gommorah," I can only think of Milah, so this was an exciting tribute to draw :D

I am lunging forward toward, toward our dreams Where you can be the king in the castle and also a man and also mine. SODOM AND GOMMORAH, HER SONG

[nickbutnodick]

the story of lot is about when some angels of the LORD decide to go visit their lil buddy in Sodom and Gommorah and the wacky hijinks which ensue!