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7/21/2025, 9:00:22 PM
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For me it's not so much that it's inaccurate. I don't claim to be an expert on Christian mythology and I think most people don't assign themselves that honor either. It's that taking that mythology and presenting it in the most boring way possible to make your characters relatable is not interesting. If you don't care about being true to the setting, why have it in hell at all?
I admit that I really like the idea of angels not knowing why they were saved because it plays into the concept of blind faith being just as evil as total anarchy. That blind unquestioning trust in Law creates complicity with evil or wrath disguised as blind servitude. It's Law vs. Chaos. Veering too far to either side causes corruption. But that doesn't work because Hell isn't really the opposite of Heaven. If anything Hell is more structured. Having safe zones in corporations or communities. Even Hell has safe zones and war zones. So it's not much different to living on earth. That's not eternal torment. Hell is a fucking vacation for a lot of people.
Heaven not caring about mortals has the POTENTIAL to be interesting if the idea was that those souls are coming up to heaven anyway so God doesn't give a shit. But no. Everyone they kill goes to hell for some reason even if they weren't being sinful. There's no grey areas. Heaven is the bad guys because they are misogynistic and homophobic and the Sinners could have killed and raped 5000 babies before coming to Charlie and they have the potential to be redeemed ANYWAY because they sacrifice themselves for people that DO NOT deserve it.
It not being Christian adjacent while masquerading like it is with boring decisions and changes to the settings FUCKING SUCKS.
For me it's not so much that it's inaccurate. I don't claim to be an expert on Christian mythology and I think most people don't assign themselves that honor either. It's that taking that mythology and presenting it in the most boring way possible to make your characters relatable is not interesting. If you don't care about being true to the setting, why have it in hell at all?
I admit that I really like the idea of angels not knowing why they were saved because it plays into the concept of blind faith being just as evil as total anarchy. That blind unquestioning trust in Law creates complicity with evil or wrath disguised as blind servitude. It's Law vs. Chaos. Veering too far to either side causes corruption. But that doesn't work because Hell isn't really the opposite of Heaven. If anything Hell is more structured. Having safe zones in corporations or communities. Even Hell has safe zones and war zones. So it's not much different to living on earth. That's not eternal torment. Hell is a fucking vacation for a lot of people.
Heaven not caring about mortals has the POTENTIAL to be interesting if the idea was that those souls are coming up to heaven anyway so God doesn't give a shit. But no. Everyone they kill goes to hell for some reason even if they weren't being sinful. There's no grey areas. Heaven is the bad guys because they are misogynistic and homophobic and the Sinners could have killed and raped 5000 babies before coming to Charlie and they have the potential to be redeemed ANYWAY because they sacrifice themselves for people that DO NOT deserve it.
It not being Christian adjacent while masquerading like it is with boring decisions and changes to the settings FUCKING SUCKS.
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