#hell dbda

[fairandfatalasfair]

I have a headcanon that part of how Hell works in Dead Boy Detectives is that each layer inflicts on its inhabitants an insatiable longing that embodies that particular sin.

Gluttony isn't ovreindulgence, it's hunger that never lessens no matter how much they consume, a need the inhabitants are driven to eat themselves sick trying to satisfy.

Lust isn't just desire for sex, but a desperate yearning for genuine love that can't be satisfied by the anonymous mass they're thrust into. And that's why Lust is catching at Edwin - because he has what they're searching for, and suddenly he pities them for missing it

[ineedhjalp]

I’m SO onboard with the theory that the baby doll bits in hell are all parts of Edwin’s old body, but I raise you another horrifying headcanon:

the baby doll spider wasn’t always made out of baby dolls.

[dead-but-still-sarcastic]

Delirium

Prompt: the endless, for @deadboyween

Ok, admittedly I’ve never seen Sandman or read the comics, and I didn’t have a ton of ideas but I’m pretty happy with how this came out. Apparently Delirium appears in a lot of different forms, but there’s always the one green and gray eye and the one blue one, so I put those in.

This is more based on a few definitions I found of the word ‘delirium’ than the character herself (except the eyes, of course). So it’s supposed to be a sort of incoherent portrayal of Edwin in hell with the spider demon stalking after him. I wasn’t totally sure about the detail of the baby doll head as the pupil of the green eye with tiny spiders as the doll’s eyes, but I think I’m glad I ended up going with it. I liked playing around with perspective (or like direction?) with parts of it being a bit twisted around. And the blood dripping up from under Edwin into the black part with the eyes vs down from the corner of the green eye. The colors were also pretty interesting to do, I tried to go for a sort of overwhelming look. I wanted the art to look like a lot of different pieces but hopefully like they’re tied together in a way that works

[arrow-jsy]

What are the theories/thoughts on what the staricase into hell is? And why im maxine there... is it a transional space? is she awaiting her placement?

I understand it being a staircase, thats not my question. I question why its bare except for maxine. As we see in the exiting trip hell is quite full and you have to experience hell before seeing it, but still on the exit the staircase is bare except maxine.

Do we see maxine going in because she hasnt been placed or because we know her already? Edwin has experienced hell so he can see other people - even though we only see simon another known characyer tobthe audience. We never see the devlin dad but by this logic we would have seen him.

The horror of hell being empty until the return, until weve experienced it is amazingly horrific.

But why do we see maxine before we experience hell, i dont think charles ever met maxine. So why? And why is the staircase empty?

[ineedhjalp]

really fucked up headcanon that I have is that edwin kind of loses the ability to speak in hell. he talks to himself in the beginning, trying to keep his wits about him, until he doesn’t feel sane if he’s not talking.

then he starts to forget things, though, memory lapses and times where he hardly knows where he is; he can no longer form full sentences.

soon all he can do is repeat his own name like a mantra until it hardly has meaning anymore. all he knows is he has to remember it, but he couldn’t for the death of him figure out why.

then he loses that, too, towards the end, and being a good Christian boy, all he knows are the prayers he was forced to say every day for sixteen years. in the end, they’re the only thing left.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the last remnant of a boy who no longer believes in a benevolent god.