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| - To Hell and Back was originally posted in May 2009, and since then, 7 stories have been published. However, the latest, Loki's Fall, has been abandoned, as the author has chosen to rewrite the entire series in what has been titled the Ultimate Rewrites Edition. (URE)
- This is an original story I wrote one night, upon Keeshan choosing a very creepy time to tell me that "the world has gone to hell". Please tell me in my talk page, or in this page's talk page if you know of a way I could improve it. This is my first pasta, and I would love for someone to taste-test it and tell me if it needs a pinch of salt.
- To Hell and Back is a supplement for Dungeons and Dragons: Diablo II Edition. The game acts as an adaptation of Diablo II, with its classes, NPCs, monsters, items, and spells adapted to pen & paper roleplaying.
- NOTE: Some information here is NOT said in-story. Some of this info is background for characters that is not explicitly stated in the story.
- "To Hell and Back" is the third episode of the first season of fan series Doctor Who Time and Space.
- Hell, the infinite prison of the dead, is the ultimate Supervillain Lair; to visit it and return is the ultimate quest. Sometimes heroes enter Hell to rescue a loved one; sometimes they go there to fight ultimate evil; some of the other, ahem, rough-around-the-edges heroes get sent there the old fashioned way. Either way, they generally see some or all of the following: Mordor can substitute for Hell, if its Evil Overlord is sufficiently god-like. This is not to be confused with the autobiographical book and movie based on Audie Muphy's life. Orphean Rescue is a subtrope.
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| - To Hell and Back was originally posted in May 2009, and since then, 7 stories have been published. However, the latest, Loki's Fall, has been abandoned, as the author has chosen to rewrite the entire series in what has been titled the Ultimate Rewrites Edition. (URE)
- This is an original story I wrote one night, upon Keeshan choosing a very creepy time to tell me that "the world has gone to hell". Please tell me in my talk page, or in this page's talk page if you know of a way I could improve it. This is my first pasta, and I would love for someone to taste-test it and tell me if it needs a pinch of salt.
- To Hell and Back is a supplement for Dungeons and Dragons: Diablo II Edition. The game acts as an adaptation of Diablo II, with its classes, NPCs, monsters, items, and spells adapted to pen & paper roleplaying.
- NOTE: Some information here is NOT said in-story. Some of this info is background for characters that is not explicitly stated in the story.
- Hell, the infinite prison of the dead, is the ultimate Supervillain Lair; to visit it and return is the ultimate quest. Sometimes heroes enter Hell to rescue a loved one; sometimes they go there to fight ultimate evil; some of the other, ahem, rough-around-the-edges heroes get sent there the old fashioned way. Either way, they generally see some or all of the following:
* The river Styx, either with or without Charon the boatman and his fee
* The gates of Hell, and their monstrous guardian, usually the three-headed dog Cerberus.
* Fire and brimstone.
* The dead suffering ironic punishments.
* Chance meetings with dead relatives and friends.
* A meeting with the guy in charge -- sometimes Satan, sometimes a God of Death.
* The trip out is harder than the trip in. If the hero is rescuing someone, there will be a catch. For instance, in Greek mythology, Orpheus was told his love, Eurydice, would follow him out of Hades, provided he did not look back to check that she was there. He looked back right after he got out but before she did, and lost her. Similar tales of descending into an underworld and returning occur in numerous mythologies: Inanna in Sumerian, Hermod in Norse, Kaknu in Cholone (Native American) and many more. Mordor can substitute for Hell, if its Evil Overlord is sufficiently god-like. This is Older Than Dirt. Most modern examples are indirectly based on Dante's Inferno, or on Greek myths. The oldest story of a mortal journeying To Hell and Back is that of Odysseus, dating back to the 8th century BCE, but myths of gods descending into the underworld and returning go back to Mesopotamian Mythology. This plot actually was a named trope in ancient Greece: catabasis, literally "going down". This is not to be confused with the autobiographical book and movie based on Audie Muphy's life. See also Bonus Level of Hell, Like a Badass Out of Hell. Orphean Rescue is a subtrope. Examples of To Hell and Back include:
- "To Hell and Back" is the third episode of the first season of fan series Doctor Who Time and Space.
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