Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-43976731-20190930133910/@comment-5647122-20191102055955

The answer to "how do I kill them" is probably Salem and the gods are flatly, legitimately, 100%-no-bs, completely, and truly immortal. As in, no death, ever, under any circumstances, for any reason, in any way, no exceptions, no loopholes. (Which would probably be a bigger plot twist than the other way around: an immortal who is actually immortal is something of a rarity in fiction.) So any hypothetical weapons of godslaying are ultimately ineffectual, for what we've seen. Granted, the gods have been seen creating things that have abilities they don't directly( such as Jinn's omniscience, while the Brothers aren't all-knowing, possibly unless they chose to be, note that the Younger instantly came around when the Older told him what Salem did, so they might have the ability to instantly learn anything they desire, possibly excluding knowledge of the future), so Salem might actually be more immortal than the Brothers, but I doubt it.

Anyway, to return to the actual point, just because something is futile doesn't mean that an immortal with a grudge to shatter a moon won't try it. Even if Jinn tells/told her that the gods can't die, she might disregard her just because - as a creation of the God of Light - Jinn may very well lie to protect the gods. Whether Jinn would -or even can - lie is up for debate, but if you hate the gods as much as Salem does - and are as suicidal as Salem presumably does - it's not exactly a leap of logic. Or much of a risk if you're wrong. Best case scenario( for Salem): Jinn lied, and she kills the gods, the God of Light's death undoes her immortality, and she dies with them. Worst: Jinn didn't lie, the gods kill humanity again, and she's right back where she started. Of course, she wanted humanity destroyed anyway, so its something of a win-win. Maybe Salem would consider that worth the risk.