The Underworld: Difference between revisions

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[[File:God of War III Hades Battle by andyparkart 6582.jpg|link=God of War (series)|thumb|350px|The realm of Hades. Kratos [[Like a Badass Out of Hell|comes here a lot.]]]]

 

'''The Underworld''' is often a gloomy, depressing realm, if only because it is often depicted as being [[Beneath the Earth]]. [[Captain Obvious|(The fact that people go there after they die might have something to do with it, too.)]] Still, [[Dark Is Not Evil|it isn't evil.]] It's not [[Hell]]. ''All'' of the dead come here, whether they were [[Lawful Good|saints]], [[Chaotic Evil|total jackasses]], or [[True Neutral|just kinda so-so]] in life. Some versions of the Underworld judge the dead and grant them different living standards (or unliving standards, if you prefer) depending on their conduct in life. In others, there's no real judgment, and life—or whatever—continues much as it did before. Possibly they receive, in due course, a chance to go back.

 

See also [[Heaven]] and [[Hell]], the Underworld's more exclusive counterparts. Despite its normally neutral nature the Underworld, especially the [[Greek Mythology]] version, is susceptible to being [[Hijacked by Jesus]] and becoming [[Hell]]. Expect intrepid mortals to mount an [[Orphean Rescue]] for a loved one.

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== [[Film]] ==

* ''[[Beetlejuice]]'' has the Neitherworld, which is pretty much the Underworld, with a Waiting Room From Hell.