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thewordsofthedivine · 2 years

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BIG thoughts on the ending, since I beat the game yesterday; under the cut due to spoilers. Obviously.

The Lamb slowly walking up to The One Who Waits feels like a parallel to their sacrifice. And it does in fact turn out to be one, as The One Who Waits immediately turns their back on them and demands they give the Red Crown - and their life - to Him.

Lamb is broken by this betrayal. They've given everything they could to Him - they've broken His chains, they've given Him sacrifices, they've spread His word throughout the Lands of the Old Faith.

And yet here He stands, demanding their life. Just like the Bishops of the Old Faith did.

They don't know what to do anymore. The hurt washes over them as they hold the Red Crown close, broken tears rolling down their face. They can't even bring themselves to speak, just shaking their head in a silent "No".

And then, hurt...turns to rage.

A liar, that's what He was. Stringing them along with promises of a new life and vengeance for the ones they had lost - only to discover that they were nothing more than a pawn to Him.

The Red Crown saved them. It gave them a choice. After so many years of feeling helpless, It gave them the strength to free themselves from the hell they were trapped in.

And who was He to take it from them, when He had revealed Himself to be exactly like their old captors?

That hatred builds up in their chest, coming out in the form of a guttural scream.

"I am no longer your servant." They want to say, as the Red Crown transforms into their weapon of choice.

"And you are no longer my God."

With that, the cycle of suffering ends - no more Bishops to prey on the weak, no more power to The One Who Waits that'll allow Him to take more innocent lives.

The Old Faith is gone.

The New Faith has taken its place, lead by The Lamb, who will ensure that no more genocidal sacrifices will be made under their watch.

And The One Who Waits is helping, too. He's just super bitter about it.

#cult of the lamb spoilers #cotl spoilers #spoilers #MANY THOUGHTS. HEAD FULL.#(slaps roof of The Cult of The Lamb) This game can fit so many metaphors for the cycle of abuse and corruption of religion in it!!#and its protagonist can fit so many metaphors for PTSD and religious trauma in it!!#I KNEW I WAS GONNA RELATE TO THIS GAME #//long post #// long post #edit: why is this flow of consciousness post better than anything I'll ever write lmao

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