:) Well, thank you, Inversus.

...at the risk of starting another argument, Nevis, what do you think of Paradise Lost? Quite a few similarities can be drawn between it and the Comedy, and I'd be quite interested in knowing whether you have more (or even less) respect for it compared to the work of Dante.

I'm a bit less familiar with it; ultimately, I do like what I know of it a bit more. Certainly, Milton's piece has had similar effects (the whole angels with harps thing that so many people think is actually canonical was artistic liberty on his part, for example). There's also the problem with his Lucifer quote 'it's better to rule in Hell than serve in Heaven' because according to the Book of Enoch-oddly, one of the few cases of Word of Dante that I actually do (... sort of. As far as I know, they never claimed to be speaking for God/Saints/Angels; they took ownership that it was their view as far as I know)-Lucifer was described as being 'cast down to hover over the abyss eternally'. Hell was about as much of a nightmare for the Devil as anyone else; that's why it's Hell, the ultimate horror. That said, Lucifer is my individual favorite candidate for being Satan (other prominent ones being Beezelbub, Mephistopheles, Azreal and a few others), so that plays in a bit.

So, is an OoC in the works now? I think you've certainly built up some interest by now!

Just because I like to hear it from the horse's mouth: Is this dead?