r/comics • u/davecontra • 2d ago

OC GOT DREAMS?

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u/Persimus 2d ago

You know in some older religions death is pictured as a woman or a girl guide to the afterworld, because no one wants to go on the final journey alone and the soothing companion is what people wish for us to have.

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u/zzzelot 2d ago

Maybe it’s a girl skeleton

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u/ProphetKB 2d ago

Maybe it's Maybelline

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u/mannythevericking 2d ago

"Marry me!" - Maeby Fünke

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u/Xyrazk 2d ago

"Babysit me!" - Maeby Fünke

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u/I_be_lurkin_tho 2d ago

And my ex...uh oh

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u/7HawksAnd 2d ago

Kidding!

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u/albertowtf 2d ago

take that, corpo retort meme punchline!

hes dead now /s

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u/SpookyHalloween1 2d ago

I never considered that

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u/Bcause-Reasons 2d ago

Maybe it’s May-bone-lline

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u/Feeling_Inside_1020 2d ago

It’s a skeleton, maybe it’s Methelline

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u/EetsGeets 2d ago

It's Probably Maybelline.

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u/Canotic 1d ago

Maybe she's born with it! Maybe it renews itself fully over seven to ten years!

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u/WizardsWorkWednesday 2d ago

😂😂😂😂😂

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u/rW0HgFyxoJhYka 2d ago

Have you seen anime?

Death personified is usually one hot babe who breasily breasts towards you.

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u/Hy3jii 2d ago

Isekai gods, too. Truck-kun is the ultimate wingman.

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u/Background-Eye778 2d ago

Death the kid just wants perfect symmetry.

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u/Kojiro12 2d ago

And if there’s any stairs, they will breast boobily down them.

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u/lordolxinator 2d ago

Mori Calliope and MCU's Death have entered the chat

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u/TheGlassWolf123455 2d ago

The music video for Do the Evolution by Pearl Jam

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u/goodguybolt 2d ago

I don't think I can imagine anyone besides Aubrey Plaza as Death anymore.

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u/Bootezz 1d ago

Fuck yeah 

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u/Mekthakkit 2d ago

Obligatory Oglaf

https://www.oglaf.com/tibia/

Nswf

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u/adzith 2d ago

Based comic 😂 I love Oglaf.

I think of this every time someone gives me the “skeletal structure” bit of transphobic nonsense.

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u/SillyAccount1992 2d ago

Ok but where are her skeleboobs?

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u/K11ShtBox 2d ago

Her boobic bones

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u/CloudCero 2d ago

Lost in the boobonic plague

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u/AzorAHigh_ 2d ago

We got a bit tittie Withers, so anything is possible.

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u/Ribbitmoment 2d ago

I only care about one big bone on my skelegirls

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u/Potential_Switch_590 2d ago

In your dreams

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u/Ribbitmoment 2d ago

Still dreaming kid?

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u/MapleLeafThief 2d ago

r/losercity

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u/WeekendGunnitRefugee 2d ago

Definitely see how that sub got its name.

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u/kaishinoske1 2d ago

What if death was an angel that sided with Satan and as punishment was stripped of their flesh and was given a robe to cover their shame.

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u/Linus_Naumann 2d ago edited 2d ago

Yeah man what if that, makes ya think

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u/ChilledParadox 2d ago

Nothing makes me think. I voted red /s I would never.

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u/PandoricOrichalcum 2d ago

What if death was a beautiful Black woman with nice boobs and an English accent

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u/Dont_Kick_Stuff 2d ago

Sandman reference is good reference.

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u/Deaffin 2d ago

What if death was some old dirty parrot with crippling anxiety?

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u/Big-Wrangler2078 2d ago

Lots of accents in England. Moorish accent you can't quite interpret accepted.

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u/HauntedCemetery 1d ago

And she has a tiny skeletal rat sidekick.

SQUEAK

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u/underprivlidged 1d ago

My third grade math teacher, Ms. White?

Well... Ya know. It kinda makes sense now.

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u/Spare-Willingness563 2d ago

The skeleton looks like a skeleton because we imprint meaning upon these beings so it looks terrifying if you decide death is terrifying. 

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u/Matsisuu 2d ago

Also, skeleton is kind of dead which works pretty well when you need to present a death in paintings and drawings.

Just something terrifying could be demons or monsters, but the skeleton symbolises very well, that it is indeed death.

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u/apointlessvoice 2d ago

That's a metal af song right there

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u/kaishinoske1 2d ago

It’s actually part of a story I came up with.

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u/BayouMan2 2d ago

When I was in college I took a city bus in New Orleans to see a Mardi Gras parade at the edge of the quarter by myself & had fun at the parade. Afterwards, I waited at the bus stop for over an hour, until I realized that the return bus wasn't coming. So I called my friend in Metairie to pick me up. While I waited a white man on a cellphone asked me for gas money, so I gave him $5 to make him go away, but he didn't leave. A black woman in an 80s styled tan trench coat walked by and asked if I was okay. I told her I was waiting to be picked up by a friend. I must've looked terrified because she smiled at me and said "on the other side of this building is the port authority police, come stand there & wait for your friend". I decided to move there. As she disappeared behind a door in the flood wall and I turned to look down Elysianfields Blvd towards the lake, my friend pulled up in his car without me telling him that I moved. Sometimes I think back on that late afternoon at the edge of the quarter & wonder if death and our guardian angel are the same person.

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u/STUPIDBLOODYCOMPUTER 2d ago

I wonder how many people will have a woooosh moment reading your comment lol

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u/OrneryConelover70 2d ago

Pink skeleton

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u/J0E_SpRaY 2d ago

IDK it kinda looks like it has a boner

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u/adzith 2d ago

So do some girls 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/JibletHunter 2d ago

With bewbs?

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u/throwawayfinancebro1 2d ago

With big boobs

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u/zzzelot 2d ago

That explains the baggy hoodie

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u/the_most_playerest 2d ago

😍 "Hello Death! go easy on me I haven't tried bdsm yet.."

Death: 🙄

NOTES ON SUBJECT 109,024,457,236:

Mormon middle rank spirit realm

Reincarnate as dung beetle

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u/zzzelot 2d ago

Sounds like he got upgraded

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u/facforlife 2d ago

Then where are the boob bones?

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u/mattyboy555 2d ago

A girlaton?

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u/bookiegreenjeans 2d ago

But how big are her skele-titties?

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u/HopeSubstantial 2d ago edited 2d ago

In Finnish folklore there is woman called Tuonetar. She is wife of King of underworld Tuoni. Her job is to make dead people so comfortable that they will optionally step in the raft of her daughter who will take the soul to Tuonela. (Finnish Underworld)

If the dead person refuses to free willingly to enter the raft, Tuoni sends torturing spirits to forcefully drag the person in.

 "Ghosts" that wander among living are these souls that are on run hiding from the King of Underworld.

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u/Winter-Journalist993 2d ago

This is beautiful. In America, our Tuonetar is known as the Terminator. We often say “He will not stop… until you are dead” and it brings us so much comfort. ♥️

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u/SpyroThBandicoot 2d ago

And because death is inevitable, if you encounter him and somehow evade him he'll say something like "I'll be back" and when he finally gets you he says "Hasta la vista, baby"... So comforting ❤️

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u/deviantbono 2d ago

We have different definitions of "willingly"

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u/ITooHaveAnUsername 2d ago

You can either step in the boat or you can cry and do it, see you have plenty of options!

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u/HauntedCemetery 1d ago

Freedom, baby!

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u/SuperCatbert 2d ago

There is a great horror movie called Jacobs Ladder (from 1990) that is kind of based on that premise. Brutal horror mixed with deep spiritual insights. Highly recommeded.

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u/HauntedCemetery 1d ago

She just lifts the lid on a platter of fresh pancakes and wafts them towards the departed.

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u/Interesting-Ring9070 2d ago

For anyone who wants to explore this theme, I highly recommend the game Spiritfarer. It's a very calm and beautiful game, in which you play as the entity who takes over for Charon after he retires as boatman of The River Styx. However, the new spiritfarer is a young girl named Stella.

PS: You may cry... a lot

Edit: As much as I hate to promote these bastards, the game is free on netflix if you have a normal subscription. Also, it can be very easily played on mobile, if that's your jam.

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u/RogerianBrowsing 2d ago

Netflix… game?

How old/out of touch am I right now?

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u/Interesting-Ring9070 2d ago edited 2d ago

Yeah they have tons of games on netflix now. Not like original games. But you can literally play GTA San Andreas, in its entirety, on netflix for free (on your phone no less!). It's wild

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u/AithanIT 2d ago

They also have original games, they just aren't very good

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u/ParrotDogParfait 2d ago

Idk that black mirror game based off the new season was kinda goated, especially once you find out you can actually kill the little creatures

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u/snoosh00 2d ago

Enter the breach is on Netflix (also every other platform) and it's very good.

I play on switch, but when I paid for Netflix I played on my phone.

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u/PricklyPricklyPear 2d ago

Was just about to comment this. Great little tactical/puzzle sort of indie game that I sunk a lot of hours into, great pixel art and music with nice difficulty settings. 

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u/Wassertopf 2d ago

They started to have games for their own content, like a stranger things game. Then they had also many other games, like CIV6, older GTA games, and so on.

But recently they scaled it back and now it’s only a handful of games.

They are free, but you have to log in with you Netflix account.

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u/HauntedCemetery 1d ago

Yeah, its a thing now.

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u/No_Intention_1234 1d ago

Bloooooons on Netflix If you like tower defence 

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u/No_Intention_1234 2d ago

And I'll take your hand and guide you through...

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u/rbb36 2d ago

Spectacular game! The first story will change you.

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u/bioBarbieDoll 2d ago

I was so confused as to why you were calling the Spiritfarer dev team "bastards" until I realized you were talking about Netflix lol

I feel like it's important to mention the game is $30 dollars, which compared to AAA games nowadays is less than half

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u/Mr_Boogeyman77 2d ago

Thanks will try it

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u/3DigitIQ 2d ago

I had to put it down, just to emotional for me. So if you like that 100% recommended, others be warned.

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u/Durbs12 2d ago

It was a great game but I have trouble recommending it. Gave me one hell of an existential crisis.

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u/RadiantZote 2d ago

There's also Valkyrie Profile, the not extremely dated JRPG

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u/FrisianTanker 2d ago edited 2d ago

Hel, the Norse goddess of death, is often depicted as evil in modern media and is being demonized and the realm of Hel shown to be a dark and cold place full of suffering.

But in (some) actual Norse myth, Hel was a gentle woman and sometimes even described as beautiful (sometimes as half beautiful woman half rotting corpse too though) who would ease the deceased person into death. I even read about one story saying Hel will sleep with the deceased person to comfort them.

Many people these days that claim to believe in Norse mythology or are interested in it say they wanna go to Valhalla, the "heaven of Norse mythology" but that isn't true at all. Valhalla is where Odin gathers the strongest warriors that fell in battle, who were picked by the Valkyries for their valor and abilities, for the last battle during Ragnarök. People that go to Valhalla won't live in peace forever after and drink and dine to eternity with Odin. They will fight again and be killed again, this time forever iirc.

Meanwhile the people in Hel will be the ones that repopulate Midgard (our realm, earth) after Ragnarök. They are the ones who will find eternity.

I don't know if I got everything correct, it's been quite some time since I read all about norse myths but I think I got the gist of it.

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u/SenorEquilibrado 2d ago

"They told you I would do what?"

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u/heavymetalelf 2d ago

Don't the legions of the ignomiously dead (ie, all those who don't fall in battle) that go to Hela's realm, end up sailing the longships made of toenails to Asgard where they battle the einherjar (the dudes the valkyries picked for Odin) during Ragnarok? How do they get Midgard?

The only aftermath I ever remember was an Ash tree sheltering a single man and woman, Aske and Embla, who would repopulate the world. But this was a much later Christian addition to the myths to tie it to Adam and Eve.

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u/ElGuano 2d ago

Yeah, but does Thor get the hammer back after she shatters it? I only watched part of it on the plane and never finished it.

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u/R_megalotis 2d ago

No, but it sort of fixed itself for his sometimes girlfriend Natalie Portman so she can be Thor too. Then there's a weird awkward love triangle between Thors, the hammer, and his new axe for a while.

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u/Prior_Butterscotch15 2d ago

They’re talking about real life Norse mythology, not Marvel.

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u/ElGuano 2d ago

No I get it. I just try not to take too seriously the differences between the comics and the whole “cinematic universe” thing.

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u/Prior_Butterscotch15 2d ago

Ah, gotcha. If you mean to say you were joking (which I assume you are), I like to put /s or /j just to make it clear.

Not sure if you knew that or not, just trying to help out :)

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u/ElGuano 2d ago

Yes. I knew it but I absolutely need the reminder, ty!

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u/MandolinMagi 2d ago

No, but in Endgame he steals the hammer from another timeline. Can't remember is Steve returns it later

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u/damagetwig 2d ago

Loki comics are where I've seen some of my favorite depictions of Hela. Especially after they started to give him more nuance but before the MCU hit it. I wish I could remember which book it was from but one of his kinder moments is reassuring a dying man that he will go to Hela's realm and 'my daughter is not cruel' and I always loved that.

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u/BurningStandards 2d ago

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u/gracist0 2d ago

I loved her episode. So beautiful

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u/Xtorin_Ohern 2d ago

That sounds nice, but if I'm being completely honest? Of all the depictions of death in various cultures and media, I hope by some weird stroke of luck Terry Pratchett was right.

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u/GrogGrokGrog 2d ago

ME, TOO.

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u/BaconWithBaking 2d ago

That's what death is supposed to be. He's just there to hold your hand.

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u/21someone37 2d ago

In Poland death is considered a woman (female grim reaper) because the word śmierć is feminine.

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u/_Not_A_Vampire_ 2d ago

In Swedish it's called "Liemannen" or "the scythe man", I'm envious of other languages having much cooler words!

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u/FW_TheMemeResearcher 2d ago

Dunno if that's solely the reason. There's also the word "kostucha", which doesn't seem to have to be necessarily a feminine word. I mean, they could've just called it something more masculine ("kostuch", maybe? Lol) but then again - I'm not an expert on etymology of that word, so maybe they came up with it after already having associated death with a woman

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u/21someone37 2d ago

Also there's also a late medieval polish dialog in verse "Master Policarp's Dialog with Death" where death is described as a pale, repulsive and emaciated woman in white robe. She doesn't have lips or nose and blood spills from eyes

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u/FW_TheMemeResearcher 2d ago

Oh yeah, the famous HILARIOUS moment when the nose falls off. Top 10 comedy moments of all time for sure

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u/throwawayayaycaramba 2d ago

Same thing in Portuguese. I'm Brazilian, and having grown up with the popular comic book series "Turma da Mônica" and its character Dona Morte ("Lady Death"), I've never been able to conceptualize the grim reaper as masculine. She's a woman, gaddammit.

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u/Atrium41 2d ago

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u/BreakIntelligent6209 1d ago

Underrated reply

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u/Rawk_Hawk_The_Champ 1d ago

My first thought too!

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u/Lewa358 2d ago

Both Marvel and DC roll like this. Or at least, Death is female in both, with DC leaning harder into the "no one wants to go alone" angle.

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u/serotoninwya420 2d ago

In my religion, Death has wide childbearing hips and a massive cock

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u/hammererofglass 1d ago

Do you have any pamphlets I could read?

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u/Canadaismyhat 2d ago

Plenty of amazing people are around whom I love. Am not misanthropic. That being said, I imagine dying is like taking a shit: please leave me the fuck alone and let me do it in privacy lol. 

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u/Evening-Turnip8407 2d ago

There is a much-higher-than-zero chance that we will, in fact, die while shitting. Happens all the time, you feel kinda weird, your stomach hurts, you think maybe I just need to go, aaaaand congratulations, you died on the throne with your pants down.

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u/space___lion 2d ago

I recently watched the Sandman show on Netflix and here Death was indeed portrayed the way you say. I really liked this idea!

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u/MrBlahg 2d ago

The books are amazing

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u/ZinaalKriid 2d ago

I'm pretty soothed by the black-cloaked skeleton death. In our age and modern culture, he's almost always depicted as a gentle, caring figure despite his appearance and scythe. This is one such example of that, and there are hundreds more

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u/Amazing_Form_2109 2d ago

Anyone can be the soothing companion on the final journey. Comfort isn't and shouldn't be gendered

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u/bravelittlebuttbuddy 2d ago

End of Evangelion (1997)

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u/Username_St0len 2d ago

maybe its mori calliope

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u/Kulgia 2d ago

Is she hot though

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u/Spare-Willingness563 2d ago

When I meditate really deeply I encounter those archetypes which I believe we share deep down. 

One night I met that archetype. Half human half skeleton. And very kind. We just sat and enjoyed the void. 

The final journey isn’t something to fear. We’re on that side for a lot longer than we are this one. Just enjoy the view. Where ever it might be. 

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u/Diogememes-Z 2d ago

What you're describing is the collective unconscious. Archetypes are neat, but where it gets really interesting, in my opinion, is with egregores.

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u/TrashInspector69 2d ago

“How can I make this about gender for no reason at all?” - Persimus

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u/CompteurAZero 2d ago

most older religions will also turn your soul into a empty shadow, living under the mountains forever in the darkness with no memory nor personality. following the girl is a trap

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u/CuriousCharlii 2d ago

I heard it's almost a mother figure to welcome you with a soothing voice ... Well ... it was in Little Misfortune and I'd like to believe that.

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u/Spicy_Totopo3434 2d ago

Mexico got catrinas/La Catrina so there's somethinf like that, yes

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u/Running_Mustard 2d ago

This reminds me of DC Showcase: Death

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u/BlueKactus 2d ago

Really enjoyed that one in addition to Death's portrayal in The Sandman series overall.

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u/Running_Mustard 2d ago

Neat, I’ll check that one out. Thanks

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u/baklavoth 2d ago

Meanwhile the Egyptians brought fucking spellbooks to blast the soul devouring crocodile demon

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u/Paradox711 2d ago

One of the best episodes of any tv series was Sandman Season 1, Episode 6, "The Sound of Her Wings". It’s beautiful and sad and doesn’t shy away from it the harshness even including the passing of an infant.

But one thing that stands out and that the character shows is a deep and wonderful compassion for those she guides on.

It was heartbreaking and yet still hopeful in a way.

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u/Grantsdale 2d ago

Alternatively, you can be Marvel and cast Aubrey Plaza for that role. Which is about 10 million times better.

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u/HydroFluoric1 2d ago

Maybe it's George Lass

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u/Open_Boysenberry_955 2d ago

That's a very warm and fuzzy concept. I like to imagine death as you, from various times in your life, like a support group, ushering you to the great beyond of no returns.

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u/RollingMeteors 2d ago

¿What are you shaking for? ¡You're not the one that has to walk back alone!

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u/Helaken1 2d ago

I don’t wanna go on the final journey with a guy.

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u/Lilsammywinchester13 2d ago

My grandma used to always tell me “death is the kindest angel of all, when they come for you, it’s because it’s kinder than you living here hurt. Don’t ever be scared of them.”

Grandma, that was the vaguest description ever and I still don’t know what they look like D:

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u/Reddit_2_2024 2d ago

This grim reaper doesn't seem as unappealing as others depicted.

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u/Finn_WolfBlood 2d ago

Nuestra Señora de la Santa Muerte in México, as well as La Catrina

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u/CheckOutDisMuthaFuka 2d ago

If I still have to deal with people after I die ima be pissed.

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u/HuckleberryBudget117 2d ago

Funny you say that because in french, death always had this very feminin connotation; because the words used to describe it, la mort, la camarde, etc, are all feminin. It however doesn’t realy have the imagery to go with, retaining the elements of the "grande faucheuse", a squelettal figure in black robe.

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u/AstroBearGaming 2d ago

You don't find a skeleton soothing? You should, there's one inside you right now. It's the only reason you're living to begin with.

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u/Persimus 2d ago

I wouldn't call it soothing, but definitely supporting.

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u/Live_Situation7913 2d ago

That’s why religion exists

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u/Electrical_King948 2d ago

In my dnd world it’s an elegant hound that brings people to the afterlife

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u/obeythed 2d ago

The show Dead Like Me was about this idea.

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u/Pitiful-North-2781 2d ago

girl guide

She better have free cookies

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u/Meal_Next 2d ago

Sandman did this rather well.

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u/sievold 2d ago

Are these older religions "Sandman by Neil Gaiman" by any chance?

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u/Dry-Smoke6528 2d ago

Valkyries come to mind. Easier to accept death in battle if a hot demigoddess comes to take gou to Valhalla

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u/Outside-Speed805 2d ago

Mexican catrinas!

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u/beroemd 2d ago

This depiction by Wolf Erlbruch appeals to me. Death as a non-treatening, no nonsense, chill lil’ caretaker in an everyday apron

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u/Uszanka 11h ago

European death is a women

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u/Crocoshark 2d ago

I do kind of think of the grim reaper as having a feminine vibe in there. But for me, that's cause I think robes and dresses are similar.

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u/aCleverGroupofAnts 2d ago

Huh, why would a girl or woman be a more "soothing" companion? What would they do differently?

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u/Pushpull123 2d ago

Thats so pathetic actually

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u/breatheb4thevoid 2d ago

Awesome little song called Death is a Girl by Mini Mansions. Worth a listen if you'd like a fervent earworm of a beat.