#which is ITSELF derived from the medieval european fealty custom where a liege would kiss their vassal and then slap them.

[cramenjoyer]

god gave lucifer the mark because lucifer was his favorite, and he would have to kill his most beloved son to free the darkness. in a way, it was an effort to avoid temptation. he made lilith the final seal for the same reason. she's the first human, in his own image? he can't bring himself to do it. lucifer's lover and first creation of his own? lucifer wouldn't be able to do it, either. god's flaw was thinking that lucifer was "like Him" (compassionate enough not to be able to raise his hand against lilith) instead of "like Him" (ruthless enough to orchestrate his cherished one's demise through the divine vessel of sam Winchester)

supernatural fic so good i cracked open the brown-driver-briggs Hebrew and English lexicon to help me make neologisms for worldbuilding. on the upside, i am finally able to comfortably distinguish between the multiple definitions of human, vessel, etc. (is it still a vessel if it's unoccupied? is a human soul required? does a demon count as a human soul?) on the downside, i am actively throwing gasoline on the theorizing fire in my brain. also no one else will be able to understand this fucking fic without a four-year degree and like, months of research.