[0844] The Divine Comedy, Page 41
└ posted on Monday, 19 December 2016, by Novil
- Larisa: I came as fast as I could. Is there a problem?
- The Devil: There was. But Odin already sorted it out for us.
- Odin: Now back to Valhalla and–
- Manager: Odin, I don’t think I have to list all the rules you violated by bisecting the human god.
- Odin: Oh, no! Not these guys again!
- Manager: Assistant, please put Odin into his new cell.
- Assistant: Grunt
- Odin: Nooooo!!
- Larisa: Upper management really has no chill.
- The Devil: Tell me something new.
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someguy wrote:
you do understand the concept of parody and hyperbole? In essence parody is putting thing at extreme.
Parody against authorities, beeing it political and divine, is essential part of western civilization.
Starting for parodies of Gods of Olympus in greece and rome… through parody of Caesars nose with all the caricatures with it.
Long story short – this disdain for authorities and lack of respect to them is what is supposed to make sure the authorities are NOT absolute and thus never end having absolute power.
Its also one reason we simply cant stop caricaturing Mohamad no matter how much it pisses off muslims – because stoping to do so would be sacrifice of our culture. And well – no “God” should be safe from that either.
Trimutius wrote:
from tvtropes top god:
God of Gods: This version is as far beyond the other gods as they are beyond mortals. They’re often a stand-in for the Abrahamic God, or at least a Crystal Dragon Jesus Expy. The “lesser” gods or spirits may or may not worship and/or serve them. It depends on the work in question.
So, what happened to Kevin’s horns?
Odin, god of Valhalla 2016
Deus ex Machina literally translates into “God in the Machine.”
The box Odin was trapped in was most likely designed to keep him secured, until a specific scenario demanded his release. Ergo, the box was some sort of machine.
Therefore, while the box was technically a Chekhov’s Gun, it was literally a Deus ex Machina! Brilliant!
@ Paeris Kiran:
Yes, I do understand the concept of parody and as I stated before, I do not claim that religon should be spared such treatment. I’m not even offended, I just don’t like it the way it is done here. (For the record, I did e.g. like the movies “Bruce allmighty” and “Life of Brian”, even though I am Christian, I do not think that god opposes a little humour) A good parody should exaggerate, but should still present recognizable traits of the “Person” that is parodied. If the parody does not have any common ground with the original, it is not really a parody, but just random nonsense. This is why I don’t get it and don’t like it that god is presented as a totally evil schemer, that obsesses about actively killing a girl for apparently no reason (rather than e.g. just being portrayed as uncaring or as inept to fix anything that goes wrong in the world). I do quite like what Novil does with the devil character, but Thomas J. God just seems too far off.
Leishycat wrote:
This one is a cardboard cutout. End of argument.
WHat is happening!?
weirdee wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfTfXLLJlzM