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Contrast [[Hell Is War]], where a violent afterlife is a form of punishment. |
Contrast [[Hell Is War]], where a violent afterlife is a form of punishment. |
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== Anime and Manga == |
== Anime and Manga == |
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* A side-story in ''[[BPRD]]'' features Johann and Kate trying to exorcise the spirit of Lobster Johnson, a World War 2-era adventure hero. After taking him to the ruins of the Nazi fortress where he died, Lobster's ghost disappears and Johann sees a vision of him battling an army of Nazis and zombies, standing atop a mountain of his enemies' corpses. When Kate asks if his spirit is at rest, Johann simply says, "He's happy." |
* A side-story in ''[[BPRD]]'' features Johann and Kate trying to exorcise the spirit of Lobster Johnson, a World War 2-era adventure hero. After taking him to the ruins of the Nazi fortress where he died, Lobster's ghost disappears and Johann sees a vision of him battling an army of Nazis and zombies, standing atop a mountain of his enemies' corpses. When Kate asks if his spirit is at rest, Johann simply says, "He's happy." |
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== Fan Works == |
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* Valhalla is a very real and populous place in ''[[Undocumented Features]]''. |
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* Similarly, it's also real and open to superheroes in ''[[The Teraverse]]''. |
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== Literature == |
== Literature == |
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* [[Discworld]] features it as one of many afterlives, complete with Valkyries showing up to ferry the souls of dead warriors (and one slightly confused college professor) there. The Nac Mac Feegle, on the other hand, believe that they're already dead and the [[Discworld]] ''is'' their Valhalla. |
* [[Discworld]] features it as one of many afterlives, complete with Valkyries showing up to ferry the souls of dead warriors (and one slightly confused college professor) there. The Nac Mac Feegle, on the other hand, believe that they're already dead and the [[Discworld]] ''is'' their Valhalla. |
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* The Xenexian afterlife in ''[[Star Trek: New Frontier]]'' involves perpetual fighting; whether you fall or survive, you wake up the next day to the same battle. |
* The Xenexian afterlife in ''[[Star Trek: New Frontier]]'' involves perpetual fighting; whether you fall or survive, you wake up the next day to the same battle. |
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== Live Action TV == |
== Live Action TV == |
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* Is it any surprise that [[Star Trek|Klingon]] heaven, Sto'Vo'Kor, is described as this? |
* Is it any surprise that [[Star Trek|Klingon]] heaven, Sto'Vo'Kor, is described as this? |
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** The best part is that their belief system not only features this, it says they ''set it up themselves'', after [[Klingon Promotion|''killing off their gods'']]. They were, apparently, "Too much trouble." |
** The best part is that their belief system not only features this, it says they ''set it up themselves'', after [[Klingon Promotion|''killing off their gods'']]. They were, apparently, "Too much trouble." |
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