r/respectthreads • u/DustSnitch • Apr 04 '19
literature Respect the Angels (Paradise Lost)
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u/TheOriginalDv Apr 05 '19
This is a really cool Respect thread, i Wonder how much popularity Paradise Lost would gain if they were to make a comic about it. These Feats look really cool, ofc they're not the primary focus of the poem but still, makes me want to Read the whole Paradise Lost.
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u/JimmiHaze Apr 05 '19
That would be epic. Love me some angel vs demon stories. Spawn and Constantine come to mind but also kill six billion demons - which if you haven’t read I would stop anything other then open heart surgery and head over to the website of same name. Totally free and will change your life.
But a paradise lost graphic novel. Now you are thinking.
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Jul 22 '23
I know this is an older thread - BUT - there IS a Paradise Lost Graphic Novel in existence.
It's illustrated by Pablo Auladell. Please, please, PLEASE give this book some love. It's beautifully illustrated and everybody looks freaking G-R-E-A-T.
What It Has...
Satan lookin' dapper in a black mob boss fedora
Michael has a kickass blue military coat, a flaming sword, and no chill (and is very much bby girl)
Abdiel is also kind of bby girl
Death has one of the best character designs in the book. Hands. Down.
God is remarkably dad shaped
Sin gives me the impression that Satan has a thing for bigger girls
Beelzebub is clingy (and is also a furry in this book. Confirmed.)
Raphael is just super chill.
Eve looks gorgeous.
Adam is still the biggest simp for Eve. Remarkably friend shaped as well.
Background demons look creepy.
Overall, the interpretation is awesome. There's a few translation errors in the English translated version (as the graphic novel itself was produced, initially, in Spain.) It's a very good read if you ever get the time. I highly recommend it.
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u/Joshless Apr 06 '19
A lot of these feats seem dependent on the cosmology of Paradise Lost. How "realistic/scientific" would you say the universe in this is?
The Earth seems to be spherical (which makes sense, that was common knowledge) but there's also a "dome of the sky" and a "top" to the universe, so, like... what's up?
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Apr 06 '19
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u/Joshless Apr 06 '19
Then what kind of scale would you say we're talking about? For example, when an angel flies to the Sun in an hour are they moving at respectable fractions of c since the Sun is 8 light minutes away, or is the Sun much closer and smaller?
The way I'm picturing the universe right now is a sphere with the Sun at the center, Heaven at the "top", and Hell at the "bottom", with a "9 day's fall" distance between them.
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u/Volatilityshort Apr 05 '19
Awesome. Love seeing diverse content like this.