@trinikins ... Simon as Joseph son of Jacob, betrayed by his brothers, enslaved, possibly being the reason for salvation of both COI and Eden, aka who enslaved him and his family, that he is bitter towards but also still loves, same as Joseph. Butcher a title from before, from Eden... A title given by the Father? Favorite of the Father despite of how questioning Simon was, in a twisted way, maybe? I have Thoughts, so many Thoughts.
MANY THOUGHTS
Ooooh this is nice, me thinks
There is a very real possibility of Simon having been shown some sort of "favoritism" by the Father (not as a proper Son of Eden, seeing as he's been questioning things since a young age, but likely as a favored weapon). Which would likely lead to jealously from his Brothers, and making him easy to scapegoat on Filament Station.
And Joseph's situation leading to him saving both Egypt and his family from the famine mirroing Simon possibly saving both the COI and Eden with the black box (per David's words, the information would help not just the Consolidation, but Eden as well). Also, Joseph interpreting dreams? Prophet!Simon 👀? Both were chosen by God as ones worthy of accurately deciphering information, either from dreams or a monster's realm (though how much Simon understood is questionable, see the eldritch ant metaphor, but the Pinhole God maybe possibly meant for him to understand as kindred spirit individuals, not Its fault human minds are puny/jk)
And not a one on one comparison, but Joseph being elevated in Egypt -> Simon's name, something given much importance to, being known by Ava at the end.
Also possibly dead mommy issues
TRUUUUE ABOUT THE NAME. From Convict, barely better than a slave, to having his name actually known.
Lmao on the puny human minds. But also something to be said how Simon eventually call to the Eel "doesn't even know it's dead" which... uh... *points Seedling killing the Eel*
So much to be said and I can't wait to dig into this Properly 🔥🔥🔥
"AND IN COMES THE SEEDLING WITH THE STEELCHAIR!!!"
And ahhhhhh I can't wait to read it! The parallels you draw are just *chef's kiss*
Some little breadcrumbs I was thinking about while rehearsing that are just tangentially related to Simon, but still things to get Something out of from Joseph!Iron Lung:
Joseph being sent to prison on a false accusation of adultery with Potifar's wife; again not an one on one parallel, but Simon being caught after being scapegoated in Filament Station (he's obviously guilty of many many deaths, including helping bring about those of FS, but from how distraught he is about the explosion I'm inclined to take his word for it when he says he didn’t mean for it to be destroyed and had no direct hand on it).
The dreams sent to the Pharaoh were about famine and preparations for it; the SM-8 crew were apparently looking for a solution for at least some of the food problem using the blood.
Jacob being one of the three big Patriarchs of the Bible, along Abraham and Isaac, and his twelve sons originate the twelve tribes; not really an actuality, but the Father certainly sees himself as this grand figure leading those remaining as a Patriarch, and he has his Sons of Eden. Also, metaphorically giving Simon the "cloak" of the Butcher moniker, either directly or indirectly by putting him in a position that would lead him to becoming the Butcher.
