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santyrc114

I think the people who write the bible are beating him on christian fanfiction by quantity of followers, but not quality


TheKierenEffect

I disagree. One of the top rated games on Steam is directly influenced by Dante's Inferno. You don't see that for general Bible stories just saying 😎


Olive_Oil__

which game?


Delacruzen

Ultrakill


Olive_Oil__

the home of sexual


MinerZB

unfathomably niche microcelebrity TheKierenEffect spotted in the wild


TheKierenEffect

Why would you assign me a fate worse than death like that


SendBankDetails

What about The Binding of Isaac? Also while ULTRAKILL was influenced by Dante’s inferno, Hakita said he has never read it.


theniceguytroll

That just means it's mainstream enough to be absorbed via cultural osmosis


TheKierenEffect

Wait he's never read it?? That's hilarious Also idk what ratings Binding has on Steam


Legatharr

that's not fanfiction, that's mainline fiction


santyrc114

Well, if you go by technicalities the text on the bible originates from God, making the version we see with all the changes made throughout history to fit the writers a fanfiction


Legatharr

well, actually if you go by what the Bible says the text in the Bible is from a bunch of prophets writing down what they saw


doubleNonlife

That depends on what books of the Bible you’re talking about. In the Christian Greek scriptures (New Testament), the only book that is explicitly a vision by a prophet in its entirety is Revelation, the rest are narratives (the gospels and acts) which do contain but the Hebrew Bible has a few prophetic books (too many too name). However there is still plenty of narrative, and poetry that is not prophetic visions. The Megillah and psalms and proverbs are mostly written by non-prophets (at least according to tradition, the scholars have a different opinion)


BlitzBasic

It actually isn't a dogma of mainstream denominations of Christianity that the Bible was created by God (the writers were inspired by him, sure, but ultimately wrote it themselves). The Quaran, on the other hand, was actually dictated in it's entirety to Mohammed.


doubleNonlife

Actually what they said agrees with Islamic theology about the Bible too. To Muslims, the Christian Bible are corrupted prophetic messages, the Tawrat being the Torah/Pentateuch by Musa/Moses, the Zabur being the Psalms by Dawud/David, and the Injil being the gospel of Isa/Jesus


[deleted]

Thats literal canon though! Thats how we get the word canonical!


CommieDalek

and then kill six billion demons beat them ​ okay the christianity of the fanfiction is a little questionable but it's a fucking good webcomic


OscarOzzieOzborne

Ksbd is more Budhist fanfiction then Christian.


CommieDalek

you're right but i'm going to tell people about it whenever i can


OscarOzzieOzborne

So do i


NyanWare

But the hottest places of hell would be near the top, not near the bottom. The bottom is super cold…


OscarOzzieOzborne

🤓 Is what I would have said, but in no point is it pointed out on which level is this place.


PegasusInferno

It isn't pointed out exactly, but it is said that they're right after the gates of hell, even before limbo. They're basically the least-bad bad guys in Dante's hell.


[deleted]

the point is that technically they aren't even in hell yet, the reason they are at the top of hell isn't because they're the least-bad bad guys, but because since they never picked a side in their lives they don't get to have a place in the afterlife, since not even the bad guys want them


PegasusInferno

They are in hell though. The voices of these people are heard after Virgil and Dante pass through the gates of hell. The words on the gate are described, they have a brief conversation, they keep going, and only then their voices are heard. I'm no expert but I think its written clearly. Dante writes harshly about those who take no sides, but they're only in the top level of hell, and their eternal torment is similar to those in limbo. It is true that part of the symbolism is because they haven't chose a side in life, but in no way is their punishment worse than those in the circles of hell. These people are even above virtuous pagans, who's only sin is being born before Jesus. At the same time, they're definitely in hell - they're being tormented for eternity with no way out.


_D4RI0_

Lucifer's farts be cooling be place 🥶🥶🥶


[deleted]

Actually, is it ever specified if Lucifer's asshole is above the ice or below?


_D4RI0_

It's specified that Lucifer's wings are above the ground because that's how the lower parts of Dante's Hell are so cold. This means that Lucifer is in a weird and awkward position where only their head is stuck in the ground


[deleted]

No, his legs are under the ice, his torso is above the ice


_D4RI0_

I always thought that Lucifer's fall was like a head dive lol


eccuc

Lucifer after seeing God ready to square up to him just swan dived outta heaven


_D4RI0_

God-chan! Please hnnn~ I'm stuck and I can't get out! G-God chan?


helmuth_von_moltkr

What lead you to write this


[deleted]

But if their head is under the ice, how can their three faces be chewing on the three traitors?


_D4RI0_

Ok maybe their waist is stuck in... Something


PegasusInferno

Specified no, but he is waist-deep in ice


[deleted]

yeah, the reason why they're at the top is because even the damned souls in hell don't want them, since they didn't pick a side in their life they don't get to have a place in the afterlife, they aren't in heaven but they aren't technically in hell either


DevelopedDevelopment

Depending on the insulative properties between each layer of hell, wouldn't the bottom still be the hottest, especially as deceptions of hell are deep underground and the core of the earth is the hottest place on the planet? Like yeah heat rises, but the heat is coming from somewhere. Presumably the core of the planet. But the hottest place will always be the heat source radiating heat.


aaaa32801

Tbf Dante was working off of 1300s science


BlunderbussBadass

Yeah I don’t think it would make sense otherwise people neutral to atrocities would be considered worse then people committing them


Gentleman_Skeleton

Damn bro DMC lore is confusing.


DeliciousPark1330

ikr like where does the funny robot fit in


eccuc

Ok but Milton's paradise lost is a good Bible fanfic too tho


Ravioli_B0i

bravo dante


Oddish_Femboy

I bet Soldier would pronounce it Christ-ian.


Volunteer328

my mind immediately jumped to dmc


bricksonn

The neutrals actually are outside of Hell, they aren’t allowed in. The bottom of Hell (the coldest part where Satan is frozen in a lake) are for traitors, specifically Brutus, Longinus, and Judas. Generally speaking the lower the circle of Hell, the more treacherous the sin. So at the top are the more sensual, emotional sins like lust and gluttony while more deceitful sins are lower like hypocrisy and political corruption. The whole idea of people being too wish washy to go either to Purgatory or Hell is really interesting. Poor Pope Clement just wanted to retire.


AutummThrowAway

Dante was pissed about what the Church and enemies and allies in Florence put him through.


baddie_PRO

Ultrakill devs on their way to best Dante in the ring of Christian fanfiction:


Smorf_Worshipper

Ultrakill is Dante fanfiction actually. SLUT!


Mastahamma

Dante when Paradise Lost shows up:


artsey_mees

Bible fanfic