Giant Inferno Doodle Post
I went and got a Facebook. Try not to stalk me.
Also, during the Inferno test, I managed to remember which character was in charge of deciding where souls went (King Minos). I attribute this fortitous brainwave to a) the Inferno meme and b) all the retellings of the Hades and Persephone myth I read for fun.
And speaking of the Inferno:
The Inferno: symbolism within an alligator allegory!
This Dante was drawn before we saw all the paintings of him and his silly hat.
This is in Circle 5, the Wrathful. Dante starts building up a shell of righteous indignation when he sees Filippo Argenti and wishes for him to suffer even more. Virgil commends him for this harshness towards sin by saying "Blessed is she that bore you!" or something similar. So basically: "Yo momma, she awesome!"
The first appearance of Dante's cell phone, according to Mr. Serensits. Note the fallen angel impersonating Gandalf, and Dante's masterfully realized 'panic face'.
Here we see what Virgil is doing with his fantastically anachronistic cellphone! He is calling a heavenly messenger to come and deal with the Gandalf Impersonator. (Incidentally, you should switch to Virgil's cell phone provider, as it's widely considered to be infallible. Seriously, Virgil gets perfect reception even in Hell.)
All right, this one's a bit self-indulgent. Crowley (demon from Good Omens) is drawn here taking offense at Dante's blanket characterization of Hell.
The heavenly messenger puts da smackdown on Dis city.
Sorry.
Virgil wishes he had confiscated that demon's sunglasses in the name of the Lord.
Hell : Earth :: Nougat : Perfectly Good Chocolate
This one's pretty self-explanatory.
Secretly, Virgil wonders how Dante even stayed alive long enough to hit his midlife crisis.
A simple yet informative diagram of what happens to the Wrathful. You'll see this quick healing again.
Mr. Serensits postulates that Virgil bribed the minotaur with his credit card.
The explanation is in the picture.
Does the Lorax know about this?
...wait... maybe the Lorax is actually a tree from the Wood of the Suicides! That would explain how he jumped out of the stump and why he speaks for the trees!
I think I just spawned the weirdest crossover EVER.
If you're a tree in the Wood of the Suicides, you must be injured to gain the power of speech. Blood and words come at the same time, but the wounds heal quickly, so they can't say much. And they really wouldn't waste their time talking about the weather.
I think this is my favorite punishment. (Well, it's the one I can always remember off the top of my head, anyway.)
Hell is full of horned demons with enormous lashes that they use to torture the sinners. I imagine mascara brushes are involved.
A slightly paraphrased scene from Bolgia 4- the Fortunetellers. Their heads face their backs in death, because they tried to see forward in life. It's pretty gruesome, which is why Dante's upset, but Virgil threatens to bitchslap him gives him a firm reprimand.
Inspired by the part of the Inferno where grafters are picked apart in boiling oil.
I think this is Bertrand de Born. He is commenting on our school lunches.
Virgil's really angry now. First Dante heeds dark prophecies from strangers, now he's watching Jerry Springer...
Bolgia Ten is where really bad Elvis impersonators go.
Because gibberish = chatspeke.
This is a pretty fantastic idea, don't you agree?
Cocytus: when Hell freezes over.
Ice Popytus: when Hell freezes over and you remember to put a stick in it.
This is Dante "accidentally" kicking the head of Bocca Degli Abbati.
Bocca refused to tell Dante his name, and then once Dante's ripped out a couple chunks of his hair, another guy in the ice yells out "Bocca, why are you making so much noise?" It's a pretty entertaining scene. :)
Round 3 of Cocytus: these sinners have to lie on their backs in the ice, and their tears freeze over their eyes so they can't even cry- all they can do is talk.
Virgil is remarkably spry for one so old, as Mr. Serensits remarks. I'd like to point out that he's Virgil. He's dead. He can do whatever he wants- within reason.
You know, because he's the personification of Human Reason... oh, nevermind.
I drew this mostly to give a recap of all the anachronistic devices that Mr. Serensits attributed to Virgil. The watch is my own addition- it allows him to always know what time it is, even though he can't see the sun in Hell. Also, for those confused as to the origin of Dante's amnesia, the Lethe River erases memory.
Character designs and setup for the next doodle (which, incidentally, should be read from top right to bottom left to bottom right- Beatrice-Dante-Beatrice.)
I haven't read the Paradiso, but I assume Dante would get to meet God at some point therein. The "leaves" comment is a reference to the crown of laurel leaves Virgil is often shown with- it symbolizes his role as a poet laureate.
That's Sam's extremely inaccurate assessment of my Inferno notes.
This entry took me two hours to arrange, so I hope you enjoyed it. :P
Also, during the Inferno test, I managed to remember which character was in charge of deciding where souls went (King Minos). I attribute this fortitous brainwave to a) the Inferno meme and b) all the retellings of the Hades and Persephone myth I read for fun.
And speaking of the Inferno:
The Inferno: symbolism within an alligator allegory!
This Dante was drawn before we saw all the paintings of him and his silly hat.
This is in Circle 5, the Wrathful. Dante starts building up a shell of righteous indignation when he sees Filippo Argenti and wishes for him to suffer even more. Virgil commends him for this harshness towards sin by saying "Blessed is she that bore you!" or something similar. So basically: "Yo momma, she awesome!"
The first appearance of Dante's cell phone, according to Mr. Serensits. Note the fallen angel impersonating Gandalf, and Dante's masterfully realized 'panic face'.
Here we see what Virgil is doing with his fantastically anachronistic cellphone! He is calling a heavenly messenger to come and deal with the Gandalf Impersonator. (Incidentally, you should switch to Virgil's cell phone provider, as it's widely considered to be infallible. Seriously, Virgil gets perfect reception even in Hell.)
All right, this one's a bit self-indulgent. Crowley (demon from Good Omens) is drawn here taking offense at Dante's blanket characterization of Hell.
The heavenly messenger puts da smackdown on Dis city.
Sorry.
Virgil wishes he had confiscated that demon's sunglasses in the name of the Lord.
Hell : Earth :: Nougat : Perfectly Good Chocolate
This one's pretty self-explanatory.
Secretly, Virgil wonders how Dante even stayed alive long enough to hit his midlife crisis.
A simple yet informative diagram of what happens to the Wrathful. You'll see this quick healing again.
Mr. Serensits postulates that Virgil bribed the minotaur with his credit card.
The explanation is in the picture.
Does the Lorax know about this?
...wait... maybe the Lorax is actually a tree from the Wood of the Suicides! That would explain how he jumped out of the stump and why he speaks for the trees!
I think I just spawned the weirdest crossover EVER.
If you're a tree in the Wood of the Suicides, you must be injured to gain the power of speech. Blood and words come at the same time, but the wounds heal quickly, so they can't say much. And they really wouldn't waste their time talking about the weather.
I think this is my favorite punishment. (Well, it's the one I can always remember off the top of my head, anyway.)
Hell is full of horned demons with enormous lashes that they use to torture the sinners. I imagine mascara brushes are involved.
A slightly paraphrased scene from Bolgia 4- the Fortunetellers. Their heads face their backs in death, because they tried to see forward in life. It's pretty gruesome, which is why Dante's upset, but Virgil threatens to bitchslap him gives him a firm reprimand.
Inspired by the part of the Inferno where grafters are picked apart in boiling oil.
I think this is Bertrand de Born. He is commenting on our school lunches.
Virgil's really angry now. First Dante heeds dark prophecies from strangers, now he's watching Jerry Springer...
Bolgia Ten is where really bad Elvis impersonators go.
Because gibberish = chatspeke.
This is a pretty fantastic idea, don't you agree?
Cocytus: when Hell freezes over.
Ice Popytus: when Hell freezes over and you remember to put a stick in it.
This is Dante "accidentally" kicking the head of Bocca Degli Abbati.
Bocca refused to tell Dante his name, and then once Dante's ripped out a couple chunks of his hair, another guy in the ice yells out "Bocca, why are you making so much noise?" It's a pretty entertaining scene. :)
Round 3 of Cocytus: these sinners have to lie on their backs in the ice, and their tears freeze over their eyes so they can't even cry- all they can do is talk.
Virgil is remarkably spry for one so old, as Mr. Serensits remarks. I'd like to point out that he's Virgil. He's dead. He can do whatever he wants- within reason.
You know, because he's the personification of Human Reason... oh, nevermind.
I drew this mostly to give a recap of all the anachronistic devices that Mr. Serensits attributed to Virgil. The watch is my own addition- it allows him to always know what time it is, even though he can't see the sun in Hell. Also, for those confused as to the origin of Dante's amnesia, the Lethe River erases memory.
Character designs and setup for the next doodle (which, incidentally, should be read from top right to bottom left to bottom right- Beatrice-Dante-Beatrice.)
I haven't read the Paradiso, but I assume Dante would get to meet God at some point therein. The "leaves" comment is a reference to the crown of laurel leaves Virgil is often shown with- it symbolizes his role as a poet laureate.
That's Sam's extremely inaccurate assessment of my Inferno notes.
This entry took me two hours to arrange, so I hope you enjoyed it. :P