City of Depravity
Actually, on the topic of Stampede and the Bible -
In both Japanese and English, the little speech Knives gives before shredding Jeneora Rock is more or less the same at the start, though it differs towards the end - the English dub highlights his god complex a bit more, I think. And "bring everything back to even" in Japanese seems to be a direct manga reference that the English makes more obscure, but in turn the English is more direct about the Biblical part.
Japanese: In the past, God rained fire from the sky, destroying the city of depraved fools. To fix the world once and for all, I’m moving ahead. To bring everything back to even.
English: Long ago, God rained fire onto the city of fools. Destruction was a small price to pay for their depravity. God cleansed what man had sullied, just as I will now. This world will be a blank slate.
At any rate, either way destruction by fire and brimstone as punishment for depravity was the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah. Genesis 19:1, for the curious, though the cities themselves become repeated bywords for the result of inciting God's wrath through the whole rest of the book. (I physically cracked a Bible for the first time in years to check. The brainrot is real.) Specifically, they were punished for their greed, pride, apathy, violence, and poor hospitality towards strangers. God was receiving complaints, and as a sort of final notice sent a pair of angels in the guise of men to locate any virtuous individuals in the cities.
The humans failed this last test, of course. There are differing interpretations why (she said resignedly because she knows people fixate on the homosexuality thing even though it's pretty specious). But in the broader sense, they were buried in fire and brimstone because they wouldn't give up trying to harm the two angels sent to build a case for sparing them.
With the first two episodes of Stampede in mind, I invite some consideration why Knives might have chosen this particular story to precede Jeneora Rock's destruction.
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(mostly) Avatar Quotes
SMG4: I currently have seven empty notebooks and I have no clue what to put in them. Any suggestions?
Mario: Put spaghetti in it!
SMG4: I am currently taking suggestions from literally anyone but you.
Meggy: Put spaghetti in it
SMG4: I am currently taking suggestions from anyone but you two.
Bob: Put spaghetti in it
SMG4: I am no longer taking suggestions
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Someone: Are you a boy or a girl?
Ash: I'm a Trainer!
Someone: No, I mean, what's in your pants?
Ash, pulling a few Pokeballs out of his pockets: Ballz.
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Kirby: Hey, are you the "arr" type of pirate or the "yo ho ho" type of pirate?
Ringo Mortis: I'm the "not paying that much for photoshop" kind of pirate.
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Nimbus in the Avatar Group Chat: For the last time, "your" and "you're" are different things!
Nimbus: "Your" is possessive and "you're" is a contraction of "you are."
Tulip: my fire
Cole: the one
Tune: desire
Juliano: Believe
Arle: when I say
Pikachu (not an avatar but they let him in since he's at all the meetings): I
Shantae: WANT
Kirby: IT
Sora: THAT
Olimar: WAY!
Nimbus: I'm blocking all of you.
Mario: TELL ME WHY!
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(honestly this fits how I view the canon versions of them too)
Etna: *kisses Flonne*
Etna: *lets go and turns around to kiss Laharl when he walks on-screen*
Etna: *flips off the camera with a smirk while Flonne and Laharl make out behind her*
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SMG8, whispering: Be strong.
Melody: Who's she talking to?
Nimbus: The Wi-Fi signal.
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Cole: *visibly shaking with rage*
Sally: Want me to leave so you can say bad words?
Cole: Yes, that would be nice.
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Ash: How long does it take until you start hallucinating from sleep deprivation?
Shantae: I'm pretty sure it-
Tulip, with absolute confidence: 72 hours.
Ash:
Shantae:
Shantae: ...How did you-
Tulip: There's a clown behind you.
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Cody: Why do you always insult the ghost of the place we check out?
Floyd: They know what they did.
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Cole: Why is Sally crying?
Elanore: She thinks she stepped on a ladybug.
Cole: "Thinks?"
Elanore: It was a red M&M.
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Laharl, sitting in the middle of a Pentagram with his arms crossed: I taught you how to summon me for emergencies.
Tulip, holding a jar of pickles: This is an emergency!
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Sora: To avoid accidentally using offensive language I've decided to use 90's surfer dude slang because accidentally offending someone is totally bogus, dude.
Laharl, raising her hand: Some people might not be comfortable being called "dude."
Sora: You are radically right and that is so not tubular. I apologize.
Arle: I find 90's surfer dude slang offensive to my ears.
Sora: Watch me catch this gnarly wave of "I don't care."
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Most of the Teen Squad: *sitting on a bench in various stages of grief*
Shantae: What's got you guys so sad?
Tulip: Sit down so we can tell you.
Shantae: *sits down...and her face rapidly twists into horror*
Desmond: This bench is freshly painted.
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