#am i my brothers keeper?

[morepeachyogurt]

Cain by José Saramago translation by Margaret Jull Costa

#cain #cain by jose saramago #jose saramago #abel and cain #cain and abel #am i my brothers keeper? #quotes #words #books #1k #5k

[roblingoblin285]

i love when ppl ask writers questions about their ocs and they're like "uhh i think so?" as if they didn't invent them. like they're just mild acquaintances we have

#someone asked me something about rob the other day and i responded with “am i my brother's keeper?” #ocs #writing memes

[thedearidiot]

- William Fargason, Cain.

#william fargason #poetry #am i my brother's keeper?

[daweyt]

— for the love of a brother.

The Burial at Thebes, Seamus Heaney // Cain Murders Abel, Pietro Novelli // A Brother Named Gethsemane, Natalia Diaz // Cain and Abel, Alexandre Falguière // You are Jeff, Richard Siken // Famous Blue Raincoat, Leonard Cohen // Cain Killing Abel, Daniele Crespi // Cain and Abel, Tintoretto // Genesis 4:9 // I Am The Brother of XX: Stories, Fleur Jaeggy.

#Web Weaving #Am I My Brother's Keeper? #Parallels #Quotes

[idoodlestuffsometimes]

Hi, I just read through your Brother’s Keeper AU and I love it!! I was wondering what Eda thought of Lord Metanoy—if she thinks he’s faking it for propaganda purposes, or figured out that Belos is the one who hurt his brother, or thinks it’s something else entirely? And by extension, what does Luz think of him?

Brother's Keeper AU Story Post 13

Luz is still getting her bearings in this strange new world. Eda, meanwhile, has more pressing things to worry about, but she's suspicious of propaganda from the get-go.

AU MASTER POST

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[Image ID under the cut]

[IMAGE ID: A black and white pencil-sketched comic. PANEL ONE: Luz, Eda, and King, perched on Eda's shoulder, have stopped on their way down the street. Eda carries a sale banner draped over one arm and Luz is holding a box of random human knick-knacks. Luz reads one of the propaganda posters with a picture of Caleb hunched in his wheelchair, reading: "REMEMBER METANOY'S MADNESS, BEWARE THE DANGERS OF WILD MAGIC." "Eda, what is this supposed to mean, anyway?" asks Luz. "Who is this guy?" "Ah, that's just old Mad Metanoy, the emperor's brother." answers Eda. She gestures wildly, eyes sarcastically wide. "They say, he went CRAZY from wild magic." PANEL TWO: Eda picks her teeth, unimpressed, hand on her hip. "With all this dumb coven stuff, though," she says. "I say it's the WORLD that's gone crazy and maybe he's the only sane one." On top of her head bounces a pair of novelty spring-loaded googly eye glasses. PANEL THREE: Luz looks up at the poster, concerned. "Haha, insanity!" exclaims King off-panel. PANEL FOUR: Eda and King continue on their way. "Hey, Eda," says King, one hand to his cheek, "will YOU cast a wild magic curse to drive MY enemies to madness?" "Sure thing, pal." she replies. "I'll let you know once I figure out how." Luz follows after them. In the foreground, the propaganda poster remains. /End ID]

#The Owl House #TOH #eda the owl lady #eda clawthorne #luz noceda #king clawthorne #Caleb Wittebane #Brother's Keeper AU #doodle art #doodlereply #no inking this time! there was nothing complex or dramatic enough to warrant it and my rule for this au is fun over perfectionism 👍 #and yes i'm still busy with commissions and new hire paperwork but i'm sick of it and did this instead. i am the peak of responsibility

[orpheuslament]

After Abel, Dante Émile

#words #poetry #cain #cain and abel #poets on tumblr #am i my brother's keeper? #dante émile

[heartslobbf]

[ID: ten shots from 'revolutionary girl utena' with excerpts of text edited onto them. the first is of anthy's face, mostly obscured by black frames so that only the bottom of her glasses are visible. she is looking almost directly at the camera. text reads: 'i've always preferred cain.'

the second shot is of nanami charging at utena in her final duel, her expression angry and sword raised behind her. text reads: 'his angry / loneliness,'

the third is of young nanami holding up a dirty box containing a kitten. she appears upset. text reads: 'his / lack of his mother's / love,'

the fourth is of anthy and akio standing side by side at their dining table. anthy is looking up at akio, her expression unreadable, whilst akio turns away from her and blushes. text reads: 'his christian / sarcasm:'

the fifth is of nanami curled up in the backseat of akio's car, clutching the side and turning her back to the camera. her face is not visible and she seems distressed. text reads: '"am i / my brother's keeper?"'

the sixth is of anthy sitting on akio's couch in her rose bride dress, her hair down and obscuring her face. she is hanging her head as if ashamed. text reads: 'asks his brother's murderer.'

the seventh is of nanami standing above utena in the rose garden, having just slapped her across the face. her fist is now clenched. text reads: 'aren't we indeed / the keepers'

the eighth is of anthy and utena standing before dios' grave in the duelling arena. text reads: 'of our dead?'

the ninth is of anthy standing before the ohtori gates in her pink outfit, smiling. text reads: 'let me start again:'

the tenth is of nanami in her standard school uniform, sitting on the floor of the kendo hall and making tea. in the distance behind her, touga and saionji are sparring. text reads: 'i prefer apples that roll / far from the tree.' /end ID]

revolutionary girl utena (1997) / valzhyna mort, genesis

#on killing brothers and being reborn. i think #been thinking recently about how these little sisters actually have the responsibility of a typical elder sibling #in the sense that they're burdened with all this blame for their brothers' failures #am i my brother's keeper? and all that #and killing the sibling as a means to birth the self. that's what anthy and nanami both do and it's unequivocally good #and i will NEVER be normal about that ever ever ever. i love them both sm #revolutionary girl utena #rgu #web weaving #shut up daisy

[the-winds-indecision]

Said Cain to his mother, "Am I my brother's keeper?"

Eve kneels in front of him, the boy barely old enough to understand what he is asking. Takes his face in her hand, looks him in the eye.

"Yes."

He must watch out for his younger brother, must keep him safe, must teach him how to be a boy, must make sure he knows how to pray and how to find his way home (though, to Cain, they are one and the same). He smiles at the boy who toddles behind him through the garden, mud up to his knees and elbows, smudged across his nose. This boy has his heart - he would be his brother's keeper even without his mother's word.

The first time Cain finds himself with Abel's blood on his hands, he doesn't know what to do. Abel lies bleeding in the garden - his knee is skinned and the blood is everywhere - it seeps into the soil and stains the stone and it is so sticky and red on Cain's hands as he cries for his mother.

Cain cries as Eve bandages Abel. He is still crying when Abel runs back outside to play in the garden. Cain is his brother's keeper. He should have been keeping a closer eye on his brother, should have told him to be careful, should have run slower, should have --

The rocks in the garden dig into his knees as he prays forgiveness. It feels right. It feels deserved. He stays out there until the ground is cold, the blood long since dried, and long after his mother has called him in for dinner.

* * * * *

Said Cain to his father, "Am I my brother's keeper?"

His father's back is turned but Cain can almost hear Adam roll his eyes.

"Yes."

Abel is a young man now, and almost never home. It is somehow Cain's job to know his brother's whereabouts, Cain's job to make sure his brother is home for dinner, Cain's job to ease his mother's mind when his brother is out after dark or before sunrise. Cain is, after all, his brother's keeper.

Cain has never known what it means to be a boy, to be a man, yet he has taught his brother without fail. He, however, has only ever known what it means to be the older brother. He knows that when his fathers feet ache, it is his job to pull the plow. When Eve tends the hearth until she collapses with fever it is his job to work in her stead. And his job to care for his mother as she rests.

When Abel comes home bloodied, his mother cries and his father scolds. Cain simply sighs, and hangs a pot of water over the fire. Pulls out the scrap cloth and soap. Abel grins as he regales his brother with the day’s adventure.  Doesn’t notice that the only response is a smile and a tired nod. 

Cain is the last person awake that night - tired body slumped by the dying fire as he washes his brother’s blood from his hands for the hundredth time. Cain is, after all, his brother’s keeper.

* * * * *

The last time Cain has Abel’s blood on his hands, he doesn’t know what to do.  Just stands still, sways in the breeze, watches as the blood paints the stones, paints the soil, paints his hands.  There is so much blood on his hands.  Cain knows he cannot hide from his Lord.  There is only so much time until he is pressed for a reason.  He should think - he should know what he is to say. 

He just stands there.  

Cain doesn’t know who he is without Abel.  He is - he was his brother’s keeper.  If not the older brother, who is he anymore?

It is not long before the footsteps approach and a voice sounds from behind.  Cain dares not turn to meet the gaze of the speaker.

"And where, Cain, is your brother?"

Said Cain to his Lord, "am I my brother's keeper?" and for the first time -

"No."

#back writing bible angst?? me?? #absolutely yea #read the phrase 'am i my brother's keeper?' recently and then 700 words just kinda wrote themselves #religious trauma and parentification trauma all in one piece #levi writes #levi says things #ex christian #extian #ex catholic #religious trauma #catholic guilt #excath

[taikanyohou]

"And you'll discover that you'll like it too."

PLAYBOYY (2023). Episode 2: Getting What You Want.

#playboyy #asianlgbtqdramas #asiandramasource #asiandramanet #dailyasiandramas #* #faiza gifs #'AM I MY BROTHER'S KEEPER?!' !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YES. YES YOU ARE. #no honestly i LOVEEEEED this scene.

[intricatedemonicrituals]

Cain by José Saramago//@iscariotes //Spn 2x22 All Hell Breaks Loose:Part Two//Cain by José Saramago//Spn 4x16//The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller//After Abel, Dante Émile//Spn 6x10 Caged Heat//The Orphan and It's Relations by Elizabeth Robinson

#spn #supernatural #parallels #sam winchester #web weaving #mine #poetry #sam and dean #she's cainposting again #cain and abel #romulus to cain pipeline #brotherhood #siblings #the song of achilles #madeline miller #caged heat #all hell breaks loose #jose saramago #im not 100% sure where that one gif came from so i guessed #am i my brother's keeper?

[scout-sms]

From the Fourth Chapter of

the Book of Genesis

part one

// ptolemaea - ethel cain // entry #66

// cain slaying abel - pier francesco mola

// entry #80 // entry #83

// genesis 4:10 kjv

// entry #86 // entry #83

#marble hornets #tim wright #brian thomas #jay merrick #alex kralie #cain and abel #web weaving #biblical allusions #genesis 4:10 #am i my brother's keeper? #Spotify #condemnation

[raayllum]

Teach Me How to Name the Bigger Light

summary: Following their successful retrieval of the prison, Callum and Rayla embark on a quest to the Starscraper while Ezran deals with mounting political tensions in the Pentarchy following Zubeia’s sudden disappearance. Claudia seeks a new but no less dangerous direction, and Aaravos waits for his pawns to come all into place. Ch1 is linked above. Ch2 is linked below. chapter summary: Claudia dreams (and schemes). Janai and Amaya reach out to an under utilized resource. The kids try to get Katolis (and themselves) in order. word count: 9.7k

Chapter Two: Spectres

They hitched a ride from a water dragon once they got to shore. There were plenty milling around, as the Sea of the Castout was one of the few places that had a body of water this large this far inland, and Ezran had appointed all the dragons to search as far and wide as they could. The three of them rested on the shore, this one pebbled rather than sandy, while Zym flew out and brought one back with Ezran’s help.

It was far from the biggest dragon Ezran had ever seen, but it was sleek and would be fast, its dorsal fins flapping in the wind. He climbed aboard closer to the head, knowing he’d need to give some directions and guidance—most dragons were flighty and were unused to flying in a manner that suited humans (or elves) as passengers—as everyone else clambered on along its coral-like back spikes. Callum helped get Bait situated, Zym’s wings fanning out on either side of his light blue body on the ground. He’d fly part of the way and then they’d rest when need be.

He wondered if they’d all been as relieved to see the Storm Spire for the first time as he was now, the great mountain cutting through the cloud line. It was maybe two hours from dusk, the sun beginning its descent on the Spire’s other side, basking the upper cloud layer in a warm glow as they landed right at the Pinnacle. 

He patted the dragon, Alba, on the nose once they’d all dismounted. “Do you mind sticking close by?” Ezran requested, voice a little hoarse. Flying high meant your throat dried out twice as fast and they hadn’t had much to drink either, just whatever was leftover in Rayla’s canteen (Callum had made sure she took a few sips for herself). 

Soren had mentioned that Zubeia had been tired after rescuing his brother and Rayla from Lux Aurea, and Ez didn’t know if she’d be up for much even after half a week’s rest. It would’ve taken something serious for her to not show up for them, and especially for Zym. She loved her son and was protective over him more than anything.

The view from the Pinnacle was no less beautiful, though, as Ezran watched Alba circle around and then descend to a lower cloud level, even if they didn’t have time to appreciate it before they headed down the familiar steps to the queen’s personal antechamber. With Ibis gone, if Zubeia needed something she couldn’t get herself, perhaps they could get it for her, just in case she—

She was gone.

Read the rest on AO3

#rayllum #tdp #the dragon prince #broyals #tdp ezran #my fic #fic #fic: teach me how to name the bigger light #once again i have had to shuffle events that were Supposed to be in this chapter to the next #which is 'am i my brother's keeper?' so. get ready #tdp fic #s6 #arc 2

[rithmeres]

two of them

#trigun #trigun stampede #vash the stampede #millions knives #that quote from that rabbi that's like 'cain tells g-d 'am i my brother's keeper?' and in a sense the entire bible is written in response' #OUGH. #wherefore art thou

[thedearidiot]

the first walls were wet with a brother's blood

- Lucan, The Pharsalia.

#augustine #prose #am i my brother's keeper? #the city #re tag #all the perfumes of arabia would not sweeten the soiled city

[pyromaniacblujay]

i just think he's very neat @flamboyant-king

#the binding of isaac #tboi keeper #my drawings #brother's keeper au #sorry if this looks a little scuffed i probably shouldn't draw at 12 AM in the morning LOL

[lesbiandinin]

My Brother, My Keeper. Ben & Kaine through the years

#i will make a web weaving post....... #organizing rn #THEY MAKE ME SO.......... #ben reilly #kaine parker #'Where is Abel thy brother? And he said #I know not: am I my brother's keeper?