absolutely cursed worldbuilding thought, la guillotine 

wait, seeing how Christians use the cross as the symbol for their religion and all that, would it be reasonable to assume that say, members of a prosperity gospel type of thing among rich people fleeing a communist revolution would use the guillotine for theirs :thaenkin:

re: absolutely cursed worldbuilding thought, la guillotine 

@Thaminga Not really because the symbol isn't a weird fetishization of what killed them/their lord. It's a symbol of a deliberate sacrifice for a metaphysical benefit to all of the group's members.

Maybe if some saint figure stayed behind to get executed so a bunch of the lesser members could escape? But what richie would ever do that?
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