This just reminds me of those two statues of Satan. The first was banned from the church it was made for because the priest thought it was too hot and would tempt the ladies of the church into sin and the one that replaced it was made by the sculptor’s brother and was equally sexy but more modest so it was kinda allowed. it's truly an amazing story.
@James F it’s a reference to the fact that in the story Frankenstein, Frankenstein’s monster reads paradise lost not that she was inspired by said book
@@agungpriambodo1674 In reality: Satan: I absolute justice would punish evil! God: Ok, but not on Earth. Satan: Shut up you stupid peacock! I know better what is God's justice...! God: Do you really dare my to call you on private visit where my glory evaporate you?
Humans seeing the night sky: "Oh, wow, look at how beautiful that is. Thanks, God!" Sexy Satan seeing the night sky: "Some idiot spilled glitter everywhere."
Satan: "This time we're just gonna have to be sneakier!" God, who literally knows anything that could come to pass and is beyond time and space: "Hmmm."
Fun fact: In the book of Genesis, early versions of the Bible don't quite refer to Satan's form in Eden as a snake. In fact, the word used is closer to "Leviathan". So instead of a cute little snake, take a minute to imagine Eve seeing a massive serpentine abomination talking to her, not thinking it's weird, actually listening to it, AND going along with what it says.
Funner fact: The original garden of eden story really did just feature a snake, but Satan was likely never intended to be associated with the snake. The misconception of Satan being the snake comes from the book of revelation, where he is referred to as an "ancient serpent". And that ancient serpent is leviathan, but NOT the garden of eden snake. Source: phys-org.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/phys.org/news/2006-08-devil-prince-darkness-misunderstood-ucla.amp?amp_js_v=a2&_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQCCAE%3D#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fphys.org%2Fnews%2F2006-08-devil-prince-darkness-misunderstood-ucla.html
It's not as fun though is it Jae Elise, I mean seriously Satan is a tempter and deceiver throughout the gospels and the acts, what would you rather Satan be? a throw away reference to the book of psalms, its self an old, hardly reference to Leviathan and God's initial pre Judaic relationship as being of chaos and storm god duking it out, or rather, identifying Satan as the serpent in the garden of Eden, the first tempter the first deceiver, finally tying up a strange loose thread that hung without remedy since the first book of the bible? I'm sorry but I for one prefer the widespread interpretation, Satan being the serpent and Leviathan being just another fish in the sea. A more dangerous and violent fish, but one firmly under God's dominion
@@daniele7989 Oh I'm totally with you on that! I think pop culture Satan is way more interesting as a character than actual biblical Satan. I was just pointing out what the author(s)' original intentions likely were.
2:25 Lucifer: *Straight up falls from heaven* Osiris: (welcoming) “Why hello there, Luce!” Hades/ Pluto: (Confused) “Who the heck is he and why is he in the underworld?” Set: *Looks up* “Did someone just take my job?”
@@franziska9260 Persephone: well it could be worse We could have something from Japan I do not want to have tentacle monsters next to me I'd rather that be in the bedroom with/from Hades
“Pandemonium” literally means “all demons”, but I’m guessing that a conference hall full of fallen angels and pagan gods would also qualify for the other kind of pandemonium.
I was today years old when my dyslexic butt realized pandemonium literally has the word DEMON in it 🤦🏼♀️ seriously how did I not get diagnosed as a child, this is ridiculous
@@AskMia411 To be fair, I'm not dyslexic and still didn't notice that until very recently. When you get used to just looking at the entire word and never breaking down its meaning, it's easy to overlook.
I’ve got a better intro, *ahem* “In the beginning the Universe was created. This made a lot of people very angry and is widely regarded as a bad move.”
@@lmbusiness5300 It's Douglas Adams. It is the first sentence of the sequel to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Restraunt at the End of the Universe.
So Satan is the origin of the sexy-bad-boy-with-daddy-issues trope? I knew it. But the video is utterly hilarious. The part with the snake doing the same sultry moves as Satan was pure gold.
So I remember having to take this British literature class one fall, and we were reading Paradise Lost. I remembered OSP having done a video on it and its help along the way in understanding the poem. However, I had to do a workshop with the prof for my paper. We were bouncing ideas on what I could focus on and I brought it the video. She asked for the link and I emailed it to her, thinking "Hopefully she likes it." Little did I know the next class session, while we were still talking about Milton, she brought the video and WHOLEHEARTEDLY agreed with Red's comment on how Paradise Lost is basically Bible fanfiction. It's stuff like this that reminds me that there are some English profs that love to bash on writers for funsies.
to be fair the whole of the new testament could be seen as fanfiction tacked onto the end of the old testament, it's not dismissive, it's just an adjective.
Technically all religions are fanfics about a cool story about everything in the world having a soul in hat can do stuff and the stan got homocidally defensive about which stories should be made canon
8:19 ......... is that Zeus in the background saying "I could have screwed with them better you Hack" in the background? $20 bets he means it BOTH literally & figuratively.
"The whole of the greek pantheon is in hell" you look me in the eyes and tell me most of them dont deserve to be in hell anyway red, i dare you Exibit A: anything zeus did ever
@@kevint1929 look, my boy hades would be in heaven if anything, he and persephone are wholesome and don't deserve their rep, also cerberus deserves the world
@Gabriel Wacko The funny thing is just like in The Bible The Devil`s called the father of lies for telling the truth God and Jesus refuse to tell people!
"A CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED PIECE OF REVISIONIST FAN-FICTION" that has got to be one of the best descriptions of that epic that I've ever heard. (No offense, Milton.)
@@jackferring6790 In bible, yes, for Jesus is basically God on human and mortal form (Trinity) But every story changes that, in my story I write, Jesus is even younger than humanity
One inaccuracy is that it's not that Eve gets bored of the story, but remembered she still had some work that wasn't finished and left, telling Adam that she'd rather hear it in his words anyway. This is because the story makes a point of how extremely pure of heart in love the two are with each other, to the point that their pre-fruit eating arguments are more like short-lived disagreements where they don't even get angry. And the book also makes a point of how fruitless (pun not intended) everything Satan's doing is. His idea is that it's better to rule in Hell than serve in Heaven, but as the story progresses, his philosophy gets proven wrong time and time again and it's just him grasping at straws to justify what he's doing. The story's more of a character study on the Devil more than revisionism.
Well it makes many changes from the actual work in Genisis. The actual text neither mentions Satan and also doesn't say that Eve is more to blame then Adam and really doesn't hint to that either. Are you saying it's not a rewriting of Chrisitan Theology? Rather then not a rewriting on the actual story in the text?
@@Nlinzer I realize that the youtube comments are not an ideal place for biblical exegesis, buuut... Genesis 3 (the account of the fall) does not mention Satan, but does give the serpent an extensive part in the temptation of Eve. While the Jews (who have never had much of personification of Satan/Evil, especially not before the Babylonian captivity) don't read Satan into this particularly, it has been a very long (and exegetically reasonable) Christian interpretation to say that the talking snake was in some way Satan - it being an established fact that snakes don't talk, and also that the snake is saying stuff that sounds very Satan-like. In regard to accountability of Eve Vs. Adam, I'd reference Genesis 3:6: "And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat." While it's possible to interpret this to give completely equal responsibility, you have to push the text pretty hard to get that result - eisegesis. The most natural reading very much gives Eve the agency; . It's undeniable that there is some shared responsibility, as the poem acknowledges ('he did eat'), but it doesn't follow from that that the responsibility is divided exactly evenly.
@ryanjensen1945 I am jewish so coming from the Jewish perspective and the plain reading of the text the snake while the tempter is not satan(and of course jews don't have a beleif in Satan). As for your point about Chava/Eve. You are right that a plain reading puts her at more fault than Adam. But a plain reading also makes that diffrence very small. It seems that Adam needed no convincing at all to eat.
@@Nlinzer That's fair. I would argue that a writing which includes the details of the accepted interpretation of the text is not 'making changes from the text' in doing so - what Milton says about the snake is completely consistent with what Moses says about the snake, just with additional detail/information. It's a viable position to say he's wrong, but not that he's contradicting the biblical text.
@ryanjensen1945 that's fair. I guess I see additions to the text. Even accepted ones differently then most people. I see them as going against the plain reading. Of course I then do them too so I'm a hypocrite there. But that is fair. Thank you for the discussion
Jesus: "See, Eve, this is why you don't make decisions without your husband." Lucifer: "Oh, please. You think I couldn't get _that_ guy to do something stupid? I'm the Father of Lies, and he's not even wearing pants!" Adam: "AAAH! I'm not even wearing pants!" Jesus: "Not _helping_, Satan." This is the best Bible fanfic ever.
Satan: Ha! I’ve never had my existence summarized so succinctly before. Call me when Dad makes you suffer and die for these losers. I’ll just be over here, ruling in Hell! Hahahahahahaha! Red: ... Daddy issues? Satan: I heard that!
It's only slightly undercut by the implication that women can't do anything smart without men, **so sayth God**. Wonder how Milton would have reacted to the Sufferage Movement...
@handle I mean, guys tend to do stupid things... alot... without a gal to reign us in. Man and woman compliment each other, and neither husband nor wife should make big decisions like doing the one thing God forbade without consulting the other.
+@@abzhz101handle9 Trust me, that's not an implication, that's directly stated in Paradise Lost. "He for God and she for God in him," "Mind thy inferior," and all that. The implication is that Adam fell even before Eve took the apple by letting Eve have freedom and listening to her suggestions over what they should do, which Milton claims is the man's role as "natural commander" and "superior creation." Thus, Adam went against nature by letting Eve take charge. I took a whole class on Milton and my research paper was a 17 page spite-fueled argument about how Milton actually defeats his own stated attempts to logically justify of the actions of God by treating Eve as a tool to also try to justify the various ideas about women in his misogynistic view of the world, which inherently conflict with each other because misogyny isn't logical and if Eve is inferior as he repeatedly states in order to justify his own time's misogyny then she can't be more culpable than Adam, or even _equally_ culpable, for the Fall, and God punishing her more than Adam is irrational. Basically Milton needed Eve to act as villain and temptation more than a simple apple because he wanted to make Adam a tragic Epic hero, and without woman to blame, Adam isn't any kind of hero, and Milton was willing to contradict his own argument that God is rational to do so. If he were still here with us, Milton would be so far against women's sufferage he'd probably be an OG Men's Rights member - if he thought women persecuted men by their _existence_ (which he did), he would _not_ be able to handle modern day. A Modern Milton would be one of the antifeminist "Rationals" on the internet who get made fun of by HBomberguy and can't accept that their beliefs aren't actually rational.
Yeah, while not appropriate for mixed company I only ever refer to that Greek god as "fucking Zeus" because it's both unfortunately accurate and the only way to vent frustration with the guy, because well....
"You shut your mouth Lucifer, I see you back there. Red has successfully summarized all Christians in one sentence. And my family wonder why I'm obsessed with this channel
Ah yes, the three most important artistic interpretations of Satan: Scary Satan, Sexy Satan, and David Bowie. Edit: bruh why is this comment still going
I laughed so hard watching this. I love how Satan's like, "yeah not so beloved now, are you? Why should you be good enough for Him when I wasnt?! You can't even fly!!" And Red's all like, "daddy issues!!!"
In the book, it’s super poetic and sweet when he says it too. “You are flesh of my flesh, bone of my bone, and from thy state, mine shall never be parted. Bliss or woe.”
"HA! You think I couldn't get this loser to do something stupid? He's not even wearing pants!" "AGH! I'm not even wearing pants!" "Not helping, Satan!" "Never heard my existence summarized so perfectly before!" OKAY BUT THAT ENTIRE EXCHANGE WAS PURIFIED GOLD
God: You were my favorite angel Lucifer! You were meant to protect humanity, not destroy them! Bring light to morning, not shroud it in darkness! Satan: I HATE YOU!!!! God: You were a son Lucifer.....I loved you.
Satan, at the beginning of the story: "This time we're just gonna have to be sneakier!" God, at the end if the story: "This time your're just gonna have to be snakeier!"
Yes and no. Milton supposedly asked the holy spirit to reveal to us about the mysteries, but instead invited satan himself in to perverse the holy teachings. Paradise Lost still does not make any sense.
Totally depends on how people view him. We do not know much about him. I do not know for sure. This is what I studied so far. Yes and no. Some satanists still call him Lucifer. Since God made his creations, they are not evil. In all honesty, I do not belive satan is evil. He is just doing evil stuff just prove to God that he can become God without being one with him ( by not getting God's help). Satan is ignorant. He does not understand why God gave him those blessings. He does not want to understand since he has pleasure in being in despair and his pride. He belives that he knows everthing and that he would be a better God by allowing everyone to do anything they desire. He is trying to prove that to God. He loves to get people into despair. Even being in despair is still forgivable if ones repents for it. Everything is forgiveable if you repent. I already asked the holy spirit. I'm Orthodox. I am still hoping that satan and his followers will repent.
+the psychokinetic rock That's basically Lucifer's/Satan's dialog through out most of the poem, and my basic reaction to everything he said; even the all-so "inspiring speech" he made at the very beginning.
As much as I love this video, Satan isn't described as this handsome figure throughout the entire poem, in fact, he's physically on a decline throughout the poem. He takes quite a few animal forms such as a lion, tiger, toad, and of course, snake. However, his physical form changes over time as well. When Gabriel confronts Satan in Book V, none of the angels recognize him at first because he's beginning to look like the evil he is spreading. Later in Book X, when Satan sits back on his throne in Hell, there is nothing left of his beautiful appearance. This decline is also represented in the decline of his motives. While at the beginning he may have appeared to have an almost 'noble' or 'justifiable' cause (this is the devil we are speaking about though), he wants to fight back against what he believes is a tyrant- God. However, a true Promethean has to be rebelling against an unjust tyrant, and attempt to right a wrong- this isn't the case with Satan. He only wants what HE wants, and is ruled by selfish desire.He WANTS to be like God, and have his power. Anyway, later on we see him change and become a tyrant himself in Hell. He becomes very bitter overtime, as he realizes none of his actions will ever help him, he is forever doomed. Milton never intended for people to see Satan as the literal hero to this poem, as some do. Yes, he is the protagonist, and there is more character growth in him then any other character in the poem, but his tale ends in tragedy. It's basically a mirroring of Anakin and his downward spiral into Darth Vader. But yes, back to my original point, he's only this 'handsome bad-boy" character at the beginning. Later on he becomes unrecognizable as he follows his own selfish desires that only turn him more and more bitter. This poem isn't the first to describe Satan as a beautiful character, the Bible itself describes him as being the most beautiful angel in all of Heaven.
Yes exactly! Tolkien actually based Melkor off of Satan. Melkor/Morgoth was the first "Dark Lord" and rebelled against his creator out of pride, choosing to corrupt Arda- it's basically the same thing with Satan.
Michael: HEY LOOK AT ME IM LUCIFER THE DEVIL. PLEASE LOVE ME DAD. See anyone can do it. Lucifer: That's a terrible impression Gabriel: But not inaccurate! Lucifer: Why are you still here?!!!
Idk this channel usually does myths and legends so if they did the Bible I think there would be so controversy. I mean I’d love if she and Blue did it but still, there are some *people* out there.
@@corndogthemagnificent2212 To be fair, they've done stuff about Hinduism, which is still a live religion with active followers. As a Catholic I'd love to see a Bible recap!
@@greekfreak1436 Not gonna lie that's kinda weird, if anything Jesus is usually seen as the soft cutesy aspect of God, being the Son and having turned human for a while and all
Angry Yogbuscus Also depending on who you ask, he DID trick Adam. Some interpretations say Eve wasn't punished because Adam was told not to touch the fruit. But when he saw Eve eat it, he assumed it was safe. So by getting the innocent one to break the rules he tricked the guy who KNEW better.
@@Juniper_Rose There are also interpretations that the whole story is an allegory for growing up. Eating the apple is the loss of innocence we all experience when we become adolescents. Eating the Apple is sex. The arguments for this go back to referencing texts from Sumer and Egypt and even Inuit myths and stem from the monomyth hypothesis, and is too complicated to explain here. It took about 4 weeks of class to go through the Adam and Eve story.
I actually like most of the sexy Satan stereotypes, if he’s meant to be bragging and narcissistic, there’s really not much you can do in terms of bragging if you’re ugly, and everything you do is ugly, plus being hot Lucifer falls in line with the original sin of temptation, as it’s a lot easier to seduce someone when you look like someone who can be played by Tom Ellis. It also makes sense when Lucifer commonly represents the sin of pride
Every once in awhile I re-watch this video and I every time I think "man what I wouldn't do to have Lucifer from the Netflix show react to this video in character"
As a Christian, I can say that this video made me laugh so darn hard. Especially when Jesus facepalms because I image Jesus facepalming almost every day.
Same! And I love how Adam's just like, "Your stupid Eve. But I love you. So I'll throw away paradise for you." And the whole, "Daddy Issues." thing was AMAZING.
I can almost imagine him just _HAVING_ the nerve to facepalm at his deciples for disturbing his well-deserved and well-needed nap over a simple *_RAGING_* storm. ...that and Among other things for being spiritually denseness at the time...
Red said Neil Gaiman and I thought to myself "why does that name sound familiar?" grabbed my 'Good Omens' copy and then had a stroke of realization along with the literal stroke
I think she was more referring to his other work. Either A. Lucifer the comic series or B. The books about old gods vs modern gods of which the name escapes me right now Edit: American Gods that's what it is called
@@michaeldaniels642 yeah, but I was just reeling in realiztion that Neil Gaiman also help write Good Omens aka one of my favorite book. I don't keep up with authors too much so the realiztion threw me off
Back when I was reading this in college, a fellow classmate got VERY heated about a sympathetic Satan reading of this text. The teacher was having us read the text in this way because hypothetically empathizing with a character who has never been traditionally viewed as an empathetic figure, allowed us to view Satan's actions and mindset through an interesting philosophical lense. But MAN did it get uncomfortable having somebody who told us we were all going to hell for reading this text. Long story short: "Our hero Satan" might sound laughable, but it was very fascinating to view God in more of a dictator role, and Satan as a Che Guevara character. But like all revolutionaries, Satan gets too big for his own good and hurts others for the sake of spiting God. If we can put down our collectively clutched pearl necklace for the sake of one alternative character study, we find some interesting ideas here.
jonnie Vasquez I know, I had to reply that line and the part that follows so many times. It was genius. I just wish those were lines on a show for him.
@@user-ez9ng2rw9c Zeus literaly has a boyfriend in the mythology (Ganymede) you think the eternally down bad guy has standards, aside from maybe a pulse
@@biliminsrlar5752 Nop. Jesus is English version of Greek version of name Yeshua/Joshua. It generally mean "savior" not son. It was also quite popular name with large number of biblical figures having it. It is why actually relevant is his title "Christ" (Messiah) what actually also mean Savior.
I just had a English society meeting (which are basically little lectures our teachers give us outside of class) and the topic was Milton. And the Paradise lost came up and I was able to impress the teachers by holding a (somewhat) sophisticated conversation on this, when in reality all I had done was watched this video 😂 Thanks Red!!!! ❤
I think a very important piece you missed is that Satan WAS a Heroic Figure. He's not just a "bad boy" with daddy issues, from Milton's POV Satan *was* a hero fighting against a tyrant. Paradise Lost was John Milton's (slightly confused, since he was deaf and half-blind and was reading this all out to his kids) way to reconcile the complications that arose from his analysis of the Bible and the Christian Faith in general. Satan was a Hero in the same way that Sisyphus is; by taking his punishment in stride and gaining pride from it. As an enormously powerful fallen Angel, Lucifer could've converted Hell into a new paradise; the title 'Paradise Lost' refers to both Eden AND Satan's version of Hell. At the beginning he DID make it the start of Paradise, with his castle. If he had stowed his angry feelings, accepted his punishment, and appreciated his new autonomy, he could've made a new homeland equal to Heaven in his own image. In fact, this is pretty directly stated in the poem; Satan IS Hell. "Me miserable! Which way shall I fly Infinite wrath and infinite despair? Which way I fly is hell; *myself am hell;* And in the lowest deep a lower deep, Still threat'ning to devour me, opens wide, To which the hell I suffer seems a heaven." Satan, as the new ruler of Hell, could've made it a Heaven. But instead, he fell into his own despair, and became a snake. He threw off the freedom of his humanoid form and became a snake crawling across the ground like a worm instead, abandoning the chance to make his own world in exchange for ruining others. He was Hell, and by collapsing in on himself in the way he did, he ruined both himself and the land of Hell entirely. That's why Satan's role in Paradise Lost is framed as a tragedy; because Satan gave up the opportunity to do something great by making a home for all the Fallen, but instead ruined everything over his Daddy Issues. Yes, the end-all deciding factor is Daddy Issues, but Satan's portrayal as a heroic figure is essential to understanding John Milton's view of why Eden was such a tragedy-- Satan destroyed TWO Heaven's with his selfishness and his pride, and that's frankly awful. Now, John Milton was 50% insane by the time he wrote this, and it doesn't really conform to Biblical Canon in any way shape or form, but I feel like framing Lucifer as some petty guy in a leather jacket is a bit disingenuous to the original text lol.
As nicely said in video, POV is satan, so he shows himself as hero. What Christianity all agree on, Satan is liar. Moments of him feeling bad are ruined by him continuing his path. It is tragedy that Satan could have been hero, if he was less pridefull.
Yeah... I never get where that's sexy either. If it can cut glass or bounce coins off of... Then how is that fun? You'd potentially end up injured and there's basically nothing to squish. Nothing. Literally I've seen some writers make that ideal so chiseled you have to visualize a living breathing statue... Wtf is sexy about a statue? So yeah. I about died laughing too.
Equating Paradise Lost to a piece of revisionist fan fiction is perfect Also this was marvelously animated, voiced, and the funny lines of dialogue throughout was spectacular, amazing summary!
Owen: Well, did you at least make it so him and the other fallen angels can’t get out of... What was it called again? God: Hell. And I did, as a matter of fact. Owen: Oh, Ok. So we shouldn’t have to- God: I put Sin and Death in charge of the gate and told them not to let Lucifer out. Owen: *WHAT!!!* YOU PUT HIS KIDS IN CHARGE?!?!? God: You make it seem like a bad thing. Owen: Wha- What was the logic in that?!? God: Well, Lucifer (my son) wouldn’t listen to me, so logically they won’t listen to him. Owen: *exasperated stammering* You know what? You don’t listen to me anyways, so why do I bother trying to change your mind now?
Paradise Lost is the best book I've ever read. Absolutely recommend it to anyone, whether you are Christian, atheist, or a zoophile. By the way, the Son of God is never referred to as Jesus in the book! He is, however, at one point defined as the Father's will made manifest.
It makes me sad that some atheists dismiss this book as Bible porn, since it does portray Satan as a sympathetic being and portrays God as somewhat of a dictator.
The origins of portraying Satan go back to early Medieval times, when it was a tradition to caricaturize anything that caused fear so as to make it humorous and less threatening. Depicting Satan with horns, red skin and a forked tail was an early meme that was successful, if not Biblical. Thanks for making a difficult but important literary work so accessible.
According to Ezekiel 28:13, a probable reference to Lucifer, we learn that he is an amazing being to behold: "You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering: the sardius, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold. The workmanship of your timbrels and pipes was prepared for you on the day you were created."
I once saw a guy driving a hearse, he looked exactly like comic book Lucifer. Gold hair, black suit, lighting a cigarette with one hand, while driving.
"I just wonder what Satan's up to?" "Your majesty, Satan and his minions have seized the Garden of Eden. It is written: Only Jesus can defeat Satan!" "Great! I'll grab my stuff!" "There is no time. Your cross *(for the crucifixion)* is enough!"
I think it's interesting to note the differences between Paradise Lost and Dantes inferno regarding Satan and hell in general. In the first, Satan is a sexy, charismatic and interesting main character in a hell he rules. In Dantes inferno he is a pathetic ugly monster half frozen in a lake in perpetual agony, imprisoned and ruling nothing. In Dantes inferno, hell isn't the domain and design of Satan but a carefully crafted prison for him and all unrepentant sinners.
This is probably the most OSP video on this whole channel. Like, few videos will get more OSP than this. I love it. Also, this whole video lives rentfree in my head. There are just way too many good quotes in it!
Similarly, I first thought your profile picture was someone’s bottom with their grey jeans pulled down around it. Then I realised it was a head with a brain.
I'm not sure which is the best: 1) the jokes (7:32 on almost killed me) 2) the voice-work (**clapping noises**) 3) the animation (I don't really think I need to say anything...)
This just gives me the idea that the true hell for ol' Luci is that there is an entire planet of people willing to empathize with and psychoanalyze his daddy issues, despite him being an entire reason for losing paradise.
This just reminds me of those two statues of Satan. The first was banned from the church it was made for because the priest thought it was too hot and would tempt the ladies of the church into sin and the one that replaced it was made by the sculptor’s brother and was equally sexy but more modest so it was kinda allowed. it's truly an amazing story.
It goes to show humanity would easily sell their soul if the one asking them is hot.
Haigo Li
I.... I can't argue against that cos I definitely would lol
What are the sculptures called, who created them, which church banned the one, and allowed the other?
@@yansakuya1
It's both sad and hilarious how true this is.
WHY WOULD YOU MAKE A STATUE OF SATAN IN THE FIRST PLACE???
“His daughter sin, and his son/grandson Death”
*SWEET HELL ALABAMA*
Maybe SWEET HOME HELL-ABAMA
@@mitchellneu perfect
So son as in he was the father but the generation below him is sin so sin and satan 0.0
Mitch Neu holy shit that’s even better❤️
Ham Family that’s pretty metal!
Blue being both Jesus and Adam gives it a alright sound for the two of them, bbuutt
*Red as Satan mekes every thing he says perfect*
I KNOW, RIGHT!?
Low-key girl crushing on Red's Satan voice, man.
I KNOW I MEAN HOLEY COW
@@pinkajou656 everything from 6:58 onwards
Lmao Frankenstein’s Creature really read this and went “saaaaammee”
And he like everyone else, related to the protagonist
Daddy issues
Yes, Frankenstein's author was inspired by Paradise Lost.
@@Scarletraven87 that’s not even close to the point
@James F it’s a reference to the fact that in the story Frankenstein, Frankenstein’s monster reads paradise lost not that she was inspired by said book
The slides in this are beautiful. Kudos on that.
Satan -"You're not my real dad."
God - *"I'm everyone's real dad."*
Not dad, but creator
@@agungpriambodo1674 In reality:
Satan: I absolute justice would punish evil!
God: Ok, but not on Earth.
Satan: Shut up you stupid peacock! I know better what is God's justice...!
God: Do you really dare my to call you on private visit where my glory evaporate you?
Agung Priambodo Agung Priambodo That was a joke. A JOKE FROM THE VIDEO YOU JUST WATCHED.
Humans seeing the night sky: "Oh, wow, look at how beautiful that is. Thanks, God!"
Sexy Satan seeing the night sky: "Some idiot spilled glitter everywhere."
**is wheezing laughing** BEST COMMENT EVER! I LOVE THAT COMMENT!
Glitter is annoying but looks good just like Satan
-daddy issues-
XDDDDDDDDD
victor: a thing to devour
Satan: "This time we're just gonna have to be sneakier!"
God, who literally knows anything that could come to pass and is beyond time and space:
"Hmmm."
Tom Geytenbeek
Satan: Oh Yeah it’s big brain time
@@operleutnant7235 "I'm about to do what's called a pro-gamer move"
*"YOU DARE OPPOSE ME, IMMORTAL?"*
God: (Casts Satan out of Heaven easily) "Believe me, Satan. I didn't even use one percent of my power."
@@tivednagol9127 I don't know why, but when I read that I got the one punch man theme stuck in my head and my tired brain can't get rid of it 😅
"I'm the father of lies, he's not even wearing pants" is just. The best line. Top tier dialogue
“I’m not even wearing pants!!!!!!
Not. Helping. Satan
"HA! I've never had my existence summarized so succinctly before"
'Call me when Dad makes you suffer & die for these losers.'
“Call me when Dad makes you suffer and DIE for these losers. I’ll just be over here…ruling in hell!”
the bill cipher voice you used for satan was *on point.*
I wasn't the only one to notice
Yup.
Yes!!
Ya
Heha that’s funny I just realized that
Why is nobody commenting on the experated Mini-Red running around, trying to keep the video children appropriate? She's awesome!!!
A lot of "nope" was to be expected of a story set in Eden, for sure.
And anybody saw that the snake was mimicking the expressions of Lucifer? I laughed so hard!🤣
@@yunamchill9169 it was really cute
Hey, 666 likes! How thematically appropriate!
Fun fact:
In the book of Genesis, early versions of the Bible don't quite refer to Satan's form in Eden as a snake. In fact, the word used is closer to "Leviathan". So instead of a cute little snake, take a minute to imagine Eve seeing a massive serpentine abomination talking to her, not thinking it's weird, actually listening to it, AND going along with what it says.
Sounds METAL !
reference?
Funner fact:
The original garden of eden story really did just feature a snake, but Satan was likely never intended to be associated with the snake. The misconception of Satan being the snake comes from the book of revelation, where he is referred to as an "ancient serpent". And that ancient serpent is leviathan, but NOT the garden of eden snake.
Source: phys-org.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/phys.org/news/2006-08-devil-prince-darkness-misunderstood-ucla.amp?amp_js_v=a2&_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQCCAE%3D#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fphys.org%2Fnews%2F2006-08-devil-prince-darkness-misunderstood-ucla.html
It's not as fun though is it Jae Elise, I mean seriously Satan is a tempter and deceiver throughout the gospels and the acts, what would you rather Satan be? a throw away reference to the book of psalms, its self an old, hardly reference to Leviathan and God's initial pre Judaic relationship as being of chaos and storm god duking it out, or rather, identifying Satan as the serpent in the garden of Eden, the first tempter the first deceiver, finally tying up a strange loose thread that hung without remedy since the first book of the bible? I'm sorry but I for one prefer the widespread interpretation, Satan being the serpent and Leviathan being just another fish in the sea. A more dangerous and violent fish, but one firmly under God's dominion
@@daniele7989 Oh I'm totally with you on that! I think pop culture Satan is way more interesting as a character than actual biblical Satan. I was just pointing out what the author(s)' original intentions likely were.
"Paradise Lost" is a goldmine for cartoonish comedy when explained like this. Why haven't anyone made it a thing yet?
@@yuchitairans2-035
No no like a real cartoon.
Terry Prachett's Good Omens?
May I introduze you to Hazbin Hotel?
“YOU’RE NOT MY _REAL_ DAD”
“ *IM **_EVERYONE’S_** REAL DAD* ”
@Manuel Sacha oh thanks lol
very noice
basically
Zeus? Is that u ?
Zeus? Is that u ?
2:25 Lucifer: *Straight up falls from heaven*
Osiris: (welcoming) “Why hello there, Luce!”
Hades/ Pluto: (Confused) “Who the heck is he and why is he in the underworld?”
Set: *Looks up*
“Did someone just take my job?”
Hades: hEY WAIT THAT'S APOLLO-
@@franziska9260 Persephone: well it could be worse
We could have something from Japan
I do not want to have tentacle monsters next to me
I'd rather that be in the bedroom with/from Hades
@@anarchomando7707 Meanwhile Yamata-no-Orochi just... stares at Persephone.
@@Shadethewolfy ummm, yeah, I'm not gonna think about that.
@@elementoproductions6005 Why, cause you're a coward? XD
"Whaaaat? Talking snaaaake?"
Just the tone of voice for that line is brilliant. Love the way you handled Eve in this summary.
Fuck you for liking Phineas and Ferb
@@dude7266 fuck you for hating Phineas and Ferb
Fuck you for liking the Force Unleashed
@@anarchomando7707 ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
@@notme-ji5uo
Satan: *Enters the garden*
Eve: Why did Sympathy for the Devil start playing?
Fuck the first two people in this reply section for not respecting each others personal opinions and interests.
“Pandemonium” literally means “all demons”, but I’m guessing that a conference hall full of fallen angels and pagan gods would also qualify for the other kind of pandemonium.
I wanna like... but the 69!
I think that's how the word "pandemonium" came to mean the vibes of all hell breaking loose actually
I was today years old when my dyslexic butt realized pandemonium literally has the word DEMON in it 🤦🏼♀️ seriously how did I not get diagnosed as a child, this is ridiculous
Milton coined the term
@@AskMia411 To be fair, I'm not dyslexic and still didn't notice that until very recently. When you get used to just looking at the entire word and never breaking down its meaning, it's easy to overlook.
8:28- Saying “WHAT THE HERE” instead of saying “WHAT THE HELL” because he is already there, was oddly really funny to me!
Reminds me of the ice cream commercial where Satan says "what the home is this? "
And Crowley's "for go... sa... somebody's sake!"
Or "WHAT IN MY NAME" when God is getting angry.
What the fork is going on?
God: "Oh for my sake"
I’ve got a better intro, *ahem* “In the beginning the Universe was created.
This made a lot of people very angry and is widely regarded as a bad move.”
Is that suposed to be a reference to something?
Yellow mare Yea. It's from The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
I see you too are a man of culture.
It’s not Hitchhiker’s Guide XD? It’s Terry Pratchet, isn’t it?
@@lmbusiness5300 It's Douglas Adams. It is the first sentence of the sequel to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Restraunt at the End of the Universe.
So Satan is the origin of the sexy-bad-boy-with-daddy-issues trope? I knew it.
But the video is utterly hilarious. The part with the snake doing the same sultry moves as Satan was pure gold.
My face was so red the first time I heard him do that
I am a Unicorn I agree
I'm like number 666.
Well the snake is trying
He is not. Paradise Lost is a fan-fic and it is as canon as Kirk and Spock ship...
“Not helping Satan”
That really summarizes him in one sentence.
"Ha! I've never had my existence summarized so succinctly before"
5:56
"LUCIFER GET BACK AND PICK THAT UP"
*YOURE NOT MY REAL DAD*
"IM EVERYONES REAL DAD"
Evelyn Mendoza I...think that says "clean", not pick...
Damn.
Basically...
Chaos ra
@Char Aznable
(Shoots a burst of holy water at his leg)
So I remember having to take this British literature class one fall, and we were reading Paradise Lost. I remembered OSP having done a video on it and its help along the way in understanding the poem. However, I had to do a workshop with the prof for my paper. We were bouncing ideas on what I could focus on and I brought it the video. She asked for the link and I emailed it to her, thinking "Hopefully she likes it." Little did I know the next class session, while we were still talking about Milton, she brought the video and WHOLEHEARTEDLY agreed with Red's comment on how Paradise Lost is basically Bible fanfiction. It's stuff like this that reminds me that there are some English profs that love to bash on writers for funsies.
to be fair the whole of the new testament could be seen as fanfiction tacked onto the end of the old testament, it's not dismissive, it's just an adjective.
Technically all religions are fanfics about a cool story about everything in the world having a soul in hat can do stuff and the stan got homocidally defensive about which stories should be made canon
@@jmurray1110 I'm not quite sure you understand the difference between a fanfiction and an original story...
8:19 ......... is that Zeus in the background saying "I could have screwed with them better you Hack" in the background? $20 bets he means it BOTH literally & figuratively.
Arethusa Nymph you’re probably right
Ill bet you a whole $21
@@loafofbread1199 I'll bet a nice,prime $23
Yep
Does anyone know what the song playing at that point is?
"The whole of the greek pantheon is in hell" you look me in the eyes and tell me most of them dont deserve to be in hell anyway red, i dare you
Exibit A: anything zeus did ever
@@apollyonthedestroyer4107 WHY just WHYYYYYYYY
Exhibit B: Anything the rest of them did, ever
@@kevint1929 look, my boy hades would be in heaven if anything, he and persephone are wholesome and don't deserve their rep, also cerberus deserves the world
@@espantalho4141 Three heads means three times the ear-scritching.
hestia doesn't and hades somewhat doesn't
“I’m the father of lies, he’s not even wearing pants”
“Not helping satan!”
“HA! I’ve never had my existence summarized so succinctly.”
"...daddy issues?"
"I HEARD THAT!"
Roasted!!
*_daddy issues_*
@Gabriel Wacko The funny thing is just like in The Bible The Devil`s called the father of lies for telling the truth God and Jesus refuse to tell people!
"A CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED PIECE OF REVISIONIST FAN-FICTION" that has got to be one of the best descriptions of that epic that I've ever heard.
(No offense, Milton.)
Indah Huegele makes me think of Dante's inferno
Pretty much all writing before the last two centuries (and even much of that) was fan-fiction of one form or another. Even the Bible.
Indah Huegele Ever heard the phrase “nothing new under the sun”?
@@the_dark_chinchilla9623 Another one. Idiots still confuse both with theology...
Satan and Jesus' relationship is like almost every sibling relationship there is XD
Sort off. They are rivals. Basically a frenemies...
I heard a Christian youtuber once admit its basically cosmic Star Wars, like jedi and sith
@@dylanblack3279 it is! Oh my gosh!!! 😂
I am just going to say, Jesus is actually the older one, not the younger as this story implies
@@jackferring6790 In bible, yes, for Jesus is basically God on human and mortal form (Trinity)
But every story changes that, in my story I write, Jesus is even younger than humanity
One inaccuracy is that it's not that Eve gets bored of the story, but remembered she still had some work that wasn't finished and left, telling Adam that she'd rather hear it in his words anyway. This is because the story makes a point of how extremely pure of heart in love the two are with each other, to the point that their pre-fruit eating arguments are more like short-lived disagreements where they don't even get angry.
And the book also makes a point of how fruitless (pun not intended) everything Satan's doing is. His idea is that it's better to rule in Hell than serve in Heaven, but as the story progresses, his philosophy gets proven wrong time and time again and it's just him grasping at straws to justify what he's doing. The story's more of a character study on the Devil more than revisionism.
Well it makes many changes from the actual work in Genisis. The actual text neither mentions Satan and also doesn't say that Eve is more to blame then Adam and really doesn't hint to that either. Are you saying it's not a rewriting of Chrisitan Theology? Rather then not a rewriting on the actual story in the text?
@@Nlinzer I realize that the youtube comments are not an ideal place for biblical exegesis, buuut...
Genesis 3 (the account of the fall) does not mention Satan, but does give the serpent an extensive part in the temptation of Eve. While the Jews (who have never had much of personification of Satan/Evil, especially not before the Babylonian captivity) don't read Satan into this particularly, it has been a very long (and exegetically reasonable) Christian interpretation to say that the talking snake was in some way Satan - it being an established fact that snakes don't talk, and also that the snake is saying stuff that sounds very Satan-like.
In regard to accountability of Eve Vs. Adam, I'd reference Genesis 3:6: "And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat." While it's possible to interpret this to give completely equal responsibility, you have to push the text pretty hard to get that result - eisegesis. The most natural reading very much gives Eve the agency; . It's undeniable that there is some shared responsibility, as the poem acknowledges ('he did eat'), but it doesn't follow from that that the responsibility is divided exactly evenly.
@ryanjensen1945 I am jewish so coming from the Jewish perspective and the plain reading of the text the snake while the tempter is not satan(and of course jews don't have a beleif in Satan). As for your point about Chava/Eve. You are right that a plain reading puts her at more fault than Adam. But a plain reading also makes that diffrence very small. It seems that Adam needed no convincing at all to eat.
@@Nlinzer That's fair. I would argue that a writing which includes the details of the accepted interpretation of the text is not 'making changes from the text' in doing so - what Milton says about the snake is completely consistent with what Moses says about the snake, just with additional detail/information. It's a viable position to say he's wrong, but not that he's contradicting the biblical text.
@ryanjensen1945 that's fair. I guess I see additions to the text. Even accepted ones differently then most people. I see them as going against the plain reading. Of course I then do them too so I'm a hypocrite there. But that is fair. Thank you for the discussion
Jesus: "See, Eve, this is why you don't make decisions without your husband."
Lucifer: "Oh, please. You think I couldn't get _that_ guy to do something stupid? I'm the Father of Lies, and he's not even wearing pants!"
Adam: "AAAH! I'm not even wearing pants!"
Jesus: "Not _helping_, Satan."
This is the best Bible fanfic ever.
Timothy McLean Search "The Bible Reloaded" have fun.
Satan: Ha! I’ve never had my existence summarized so succinctly before. Call me when Dad makes you suffer and die for these losers. I’ll just be over here, ruling in Hell! Hahahahahahaha!
Red: ... Daddy issues?
Satan: I heard that!
It's only slightly undercut by the implication that women can't do anything smart without men, **so sayth God**. Wonder how Milton would have reacted to the Sufferage Movement...
@handle
I mean, guys tend to do stupid things... alot... without a gal to reign us in. Man and woman compliment each other, and neither husband nor wife should make big decisions like doing the one thing God forbade without consulting the other.
+@@abzhz101handle9 Trust me, that's not an implication, that's directly stated in Paradise Lost. "He for God and she for God in him," "Mind thy inferior," and all that. The implication is that Adam fell even before Eve took the apple by letting Eve have freedom and listening to her suggestions over what they should do, which Milton claims is the man's role as "natural commander" and "superior creation." Thus, Adam went against nature by letting Eve take charge.
I took a whole class on Milton and my research paper was a 17 page spite-fueled argument about how Milton actually defeats his own stated attempts to logically justify of the actions of God by treating Eve as a tool to also try to justify the various ideas about women in his misogynistic view of the world, which inherently conflict with each other because misogyny isn't logical and if Eve is inferior as he repeatedly states in order to justify his own time's misogyny then she can't be more culpable than Adam, or even _equally_ culpable, for the Fall, and God punishing her more than Adam is irrational. Basically Milton needed Eve to act as villain and temptation more than a simple apple because he wanted to make Adam a tragic Epic hero, and without woman to blame, Adam isn't any kind of hero, and Milton was willing to contradict his own argument that God is rational to do so.
If he were still here with us, Milton would be so far against women's sufferage he'd probably be an OG Men's Rights member - if he thought women persecuted men by their _existence_ (which he did), he would _not_ be able to handle modern day. A Modern Milton would be one of the antifeminist "Rationals" on the internet who get made fun of by HBomberguy and can't accept that their beliefs aren't actually rational.
Red opens the video with, "So, Satan, right?"
*grabs popcorn*
8:18
Zeus, Satan's definition of 'screwing with someone' and your definition are WILDLY DIFFERENT
Yeah, while not appropriate for mixed company I only ever refer to that Greek god as "fucking Zeus" because it's both unfortunately accurate and the only way to vent frustration with the guy, because well....
Eve would've been pregnant waaaaay sooner.
Good thing i'm not the only one that noticed the music
"You shut your mouth Lucifer, I see you back there.
Red has successfully summarized all Christians in one sentence.
And my family wonder why I'm obsessed with this channel
Ah yes, the three most important artistic interpretations of Satan:
Scary Satan, Sexy Satan, and David Bowie.
Edit: bruh why is this comment still going
You dare hate David Bowie
AAAAAAAAAH
Care to rephrase that, unless you want retro music fans blowing your door off the hinges and slitting your throat with a Claymore?
Noah whitehouse thank you
@@blue_shiver13 he was a music GOD. This man who compares David Bowie to the devil wouldn't know good music if it bit him on the ass.
I laughed so hard watching this. I love how Satan's like, "yeah not so beloved now, are you? Why should you be good enough for Him when I wasnt?! You can't even fly!!"
And Red's all like, "daddy issues!!!"
And then Satan's like "I heard that!" from offscreen
I told this summary to my English teacher...and she laughed
I showed this summary vedio to a friend, and now she thinks that the Devil is sexy. When I found out, I was like "What have I done?!"
I thought he sounded like pit except ... AWSOME
supersonickid mullin who's pit?
Adam is husband of the year for that 'going down together' line
And then proceeding to go down together
@@avatarofasura3971 lwishnkciejnwjak *dies*
buuuut didn't he just NOT NOTICE when god switched out Lilith and Eve?
In the book, it’s super poetic and sweet when he says it too. “You are flesh of my flesh, bone of my bone, and from thy state, mine shall never be parted. Bliss or woe.”
In both ways 👀
"HA! You think I couldn't get this loser to do something stupid? He's not even wearing pants!"
"AGH! I'm not even wearing pants!"
"Not helping, Satan!"
"Never heard my existence summarized so perfectly before!"
OKAY BUT THAT ENTIRE EXCHANGE WAS PURIFIED GOLD
Hand me one of those apples we’re going down together.
That’s strangely cute, I want that.
Achieved World Peas
get you a boy/girl/partner who would do this for you
And then they "went down" together
I know, that's so sweet
99% STRESS if only that’s how it actually happened lmao. He deadass just blamed Eve just like he blamed Lilith lol
Liam Vic who the hell is Lilith??
God: You were my favorite angel Lucifer! You were meant to protect humanity, not destroy them! Bring light to morning, not shroud it in darkness!
Satan: I HATE YOU!!!!
God: You were a son Lucifer.....I loved you.
Trijedi Knight ok wtf-
Guys he was referencing star wars.
Euphonium Master oh-
Star Wars!!! Yaaas!
Never thought I’d cry over Satan but here we are
God when he saw this book:
*O H F O R M Y S A K E*
Satan when he saw this book:
*W H A T T H E H E R E*
One in a Fandom
*Slow ass clap*
XD i laughed too hard omg
One in a Fandom
What the here
Punch the satan
When god sees it again:
*SON HAVE YOU SEEN THIS*
cuz jesu...
Satan, at the beginning of the story: "This time we're just gonna have to be sneakier!"
God, at the end if the story: "This time your're just gonna have to be snakeier!"
A demand an animatic / web-series of sexy satan just messing around or trying to solve his daddy issues now.
Would a buddy cop tv show do?
it exist and its called Lucifer :)
Hannah Mclusky YESSSS
that would be interesting
@@acedragon1456 Well do I got news for you
Are we not gonna mention how well the wings were drawn? Daaaang. Wings are impossible.
Very appealing design, too.
I'm pretty good with drawing wings but suck at other anatomy.😂
I KNOOOOOOOWWWW!!!!!!
Anatomy is hard!
To draw, that is.
HANDS DO NOT SUCK.
Sorry I'm just naturally good at drawing hands....(I'm soo grateful)
Wait, so is Paradise Lost a fan fiction prequel to The Bible. Cool.
Yes and no. Milton supposedly asked the holy spirit to reveal to us about the mysteries, but instead invited satan himself in to perverse the holy teachings. Paradise Lost still does not make any sense.
*blasemy the holy teachings. Sorry it is late at night.
I have a question that some people consider Lucifer and Satan as separate beings and some like a transition which one is more acceptable?
Totally depends on how people view him. We do not know much about him. I do not know for sure. This is what I studied so far. Yes and no. Some satanists still call him Lucifer. Since God made his creations, they are not evil. In all honesty, I do not belive satan is evil. He is just doing evil stuff just prove to God that he can become God without being one with him ( by not getting God's help). Satan is ignorant. He does not understand why God gave him those blessings. He does not want to understand since he has pleasure in being in despair and his pride. He belives that he knows everthing and that he would be a better God by allowing everyone to do anything they desire. He is trying to prove that to God. He loves to get people into despair. Even being in despair is still forgivable if ones repents for it. Everything is forgiveable if you repent. I already asked the holy spirit. I'm Orthodox. I am still hoping that satan and his followers will repent.
He is trying to prove to God to get what he wants.
"I'm escaping to the _one_ place that hasn't been corrupted by Christianity: HELL!"
-Satan, probably
Except there's a long pause while Satan tries not to absolutely lose it.
The issue is biblically Satan wasn't sent to hell
@@spartanx9293 wasn't he sent to earth? - which is where the expression came from "hell on earth" lmao
@@kannot1 bingo
I wanna join him
It’s been over a year and I still can’t stop laughing at the phrase “our hero satan”
Is your picture a Novakid?
@@JoshSweetvale Looks like it is to me.
Watch new Sabrina series, you get your dose of Dark lord and saviour Satan there
Its now been 5 years ya still laughing
Satan: Ugh, vengeance, angst, my dad sucks, why does my dad hate me?
Me: man up prince zuko!
+the psychokinetic rock That's basically Lucifer's/Satan's dialog through out most of the poem, and my basic reaction to everything he said; even the all-so "inspiring speech" he made at the very beginning.
the psychokinetic rock Oh....My...God.... *LAUGHS UNCONTROLLABLY*
Psychokinetic Rocky That is a direct insult towards Zuko. Not even he is that angsty. XD
Oh... my.... ZUKO! *dies of laughter*
hahaha
As much as I love this video, Satan isn't described as this handsome figure throughout the entire poem, in fact, he's physically on a decline throughout the poem. He takes quite a few animal forms such as a lion, tiger, toad, and of course, snake. However, his physical form changes over time as well. When Gabriel confronts Satan in Book V, none of the angels recognize him at first because he's beginning to look like the evil he is spreading. Later in Book X, when Satan sits back on his throne in Hell, there is nothing left of his beautiful appearance.
This decline is also represented in the decline of his motives. While at the beginning he may have appeared to have an almost 'noble' or 'justifiable' cause (this is the devil we are speaking about though), he wants to fight back against what he believes is a tyrant- God. However, a true Promethean has to be rebelling against an unjust tyrant, and attempt to right a wrong- this isn't the case with Satan. He only wants what HE wants, and is ruled by selfish desire.He WANTS to be like God, and have his power. Anyway, later on we see him change and become a tyrant himself in Hell. He becomes very bitter overtime, as he realizes none of his actions will ever help him, he is forever doomed. Milton never intended for people to see Satan as the literal hero to this poem, as some do. Yes, he is the protagonist, and there is more character growth in him then any other character in the poem, but his tale ends in tragedy. It's basically a mirroring of Anakin and his downward spiral into Darth Vader.
But yes, back to my original point, he's only this 'handsome bad-boy" character at the beginning. Later on he becomes unrecognizable as he follows his own selfish desires that only turn him more and more bitter. This poem isn't the first to describe Satan as a beautiful character, the Bible itself describes him as being the most beautiful angel in all of Heaven.
Captured in Words basically Melkor in the Silmarillion
Yes exactly! Tolkien actually based Melkor off of Satan. Melkor/Morgoth was the first "Dark Lord" and rebelled against his creator out of pride, choosing to corrupt Arda- it's basically the same thing with Satan.
Lool I only wrote two paragraphs and 3 sentences, it's fine ;)
Ty for the cup of water though
Captured in Words Oh neat! It's like a proto-Force Corruption A La Star Wars Old Republic!
Haha Yes!
Michael: HEY LOOK AT ME IM LUCIFER THE DEVIL. PLEASE LOVE ME DAD. See anyone can do it.
Lucifer: That's a terrible impression
Gabriel: But not inaccurate!
Lucifer: Why are you still here?!!!
Team Four Star!
If Lucifer is Trunks in this situation, that makes Vegeta _the_ God himself and that has _very_ awkward implications.
@@necroarcanistxiii Well, he did say once "Either you're God or you're not me."
@@pygmalion0451 SuperKamiDende help the universe where Vegeta is God.
@@necroarcanistxiii and the Lord spoke the, "I AM THE HYPE!!!"
I want to see you recap the ENTIRE Bible!!!! It would make it WAY more interesting!
@@redjaywizchannel4011 I think I'll stick to Hana and Jake's Bible Reloaded instead P:
The Bible Binge is a really good Bible recap podcast, I'd recommend it if you're interested in that kind of stuff
Idk this channel usually does myths and legends so if they did the Bible I think there would be so controversy. I mean I’d love if she and Blue did it but still, there are some *people* out there.
@@corndogthemagnificent2212 To be fair, they've done stuff about Hinduism, which is still a live religion with active followers. As a Catholic I'd love to see a Bible recap!
Alma Martinez ok, ok that’s a fair enough point
I'm sorry,
Your interpretation of Jesus is adorable
Greek Freak true tho
Like I believe in him but I usually think of him as a scary dude
@@greekfreak1436 oo
Prince of Peace, y'know :)
@@greekfreak1436 Not gonna lie that's kinda weird, if anything Jesus is usually seen as the soft cutesy aspect of God, being the Son and having turned human for a while and all
"I'm the father of lies! He's not even wearing pants!"
OH MY GOD, I'M NOT WEARING PANTS!
...not helping, Satan
"Ha! Never has my entire existence been summed up so succinctly."
Curt Clark Call me when dad makes you suffer and DIE for these losers! I'll just be over here... Ruling in Hell AHAHAHAHA!
Angry Yogbuscus Also depending on who you ask, he DID trick Adam.
Some interpretations say Eve wasn't punished because Adam was told not to touch the fruit. But when he saw Eve eat it, he assumed it was safe. So by getting the innocent one to break the rules he tricked the guy who KNEW better.
"AA!! I'm not even wearing pants!
@@Juniper_Rose There are also interpretations that the whole story is an allegory for growing up. Eating the apple is the loss of innocence we all experience when we become adolescents. Eating the Apple is sex. The arguments for this go back to referencing texts from Sumer and Egypt and even Inuit myths and stem from the monomyth hypothesis, and is too complicated to explain here. It took about 4 weeks of class to go through the Adam and Eve story.
I actually like most of the sexy Satan stereotypes, if he’s meant to be bragging and narcissistic, there’s really not much you can do in terms of bragging if you’re ugly, and everything you do is ugly, plus being hot Lucifer falls in line with the original sin of temptation, as it’s a lot easier to seduce someone when you look like someone who can be played by Tom Ellis. It also makes sense when Lucifer commonly represents the sin of pride
Every once in awhile I re-watch this video and I every time I think "man what I wouldn't do to have Lucifer from the Netflix show react to this video in character"
Oh my god yes!
The actor that plays him is pretty chill. If you send him the video on twitter he would probably do something like that just for fun.
Yes please!
Lucifer or supernatural?
Dude that would be awesome
As a Christian, I can say that this video made me laugh so darn hard. Especially when Jesus facepalms because I image Jesus facepalming almost every day.
Same! And I love how Adam's just like, "Your stupid Eve. But I love you. So I'll throw away paradise for you." And the whole, "Daddy Issues." thing was AMAZING.
@Satyum, wow! You just changed my entire belief system that I’ve been following my entire life! Congrats! Christianity is no more!
@@satyamprakash7030 For someone who says God's not real, you seem to care a lot about people believing in Him.
I can almost imagine him just _HAVING_ the nerve to facepalm at his deciples for disturbing his well-deserved and well-needed nap over a simple *_RAGING_* storm.
...that and Among other things for being spiritually denseness at the time...
@@satyamprakash7030 Well, why do you care? It's none of your business.
Red said Neil Gaiman and I thought to myself "why does that name sound familiar?" grabbed my 'Good Omens' copy and then had a stroke of realization along with the literal stroke
I think she was more referring to his other work. Either A. Lucifer the comic series or B. The books about old gods vs modern gods of which the name escapes me right now Edit: American Gods that's what it is called
@@michaeldaniels642 yeah, but I was just reeling in realiztion that Neil Gaiman also help write Good Omens aka one of my favorite book. I don't keep up with authors too much so the realiztion threw me off
When she says that line I think 'And also the Rioverse' aka PJO, HoO, ToA, KC, & MC by Rick Riordan
When she says that line I think 'And also the Rioverse' aka PJO, HoO, ToA, KC, & MC by Rick Riordan
@@victoriastarratt4405
Okay but What if paradise lost but written by Rick Riordan?
as a Christian watching this, this is just comedically funny and I can just imagine Jesus facepalming at Satan's shennanigans
Dude. Same.
I find one aspect of this funny the fact that the guy who wrote this probably never read the Bible Satan never got sent to hell
@@spartanx9293 the guy who wrote this was a respected Protestant and even mentions several
niche characters that show up in the Bible .
SAME
read the sequel called paradise regained its about jesus’s 40 day fast and its basically entirely that
"200 pounds of angelic beefcake"
this is the best fucking channel ever XD
The line what the here is much better
*_first recorded instance of dickbutt_*
Ruby Reloaded
"First fond evidence of dickbutt"
Ruby Reloaded ;-; how? I was your 1,000th like...
Cathrine Cryer why shouldn't they?
Back when I was reading this in college, a fellow classmate got VERY heated about a sympathetic Satan reading of this text. The teacher was having us read the text in this way because hypothetically empathizing with a character who has never been traditionally viewed as an empathetic figure, allowed us to view Satan's actions and mindset through an interesting philosophical lense. But MAN did it get uncomfortable having somebody who told us we were all going to hell for reading this text.
Long story short: "Our hero Satan" might sound laughable, but it was very fascinating to view God in more of a dictator role, and Satan as a Che Guevara character. But like all revolutionaries, Satan gets too big for his own good and hurts others for the sake of spiting God. If we can put down our collectively clutched pearl necklace for the sake of one alternative character study, we find some interesting ideas here.
As the Westboro Baptist Church says: God Hates.
As the ordo herectus would say death to the heretics.
As a Greek Pagan, I'm like, "That ain't the issue, it's the fact the Greek gods are now demons!"
Truuueeeeee
Again at least satan didn't drown the world destroy Egypt and send people to eternal torture
"I'm either way too drunk or way too sober!"
Oh, Red, never stop!
I love the idea of Satan realizing just how bad his idea was. "Aw fuck. Why didn't I think this through!"
"I'm the Father Of Lies, He's not even wearing PANTS...." yeah I lost it there. Haha!!!!!
jonnie Vasquez I know, I had to reply that line and the part that follows so many times. It was genius. I just wish those were lines on a show for him.
jonnie Vasquez hol
I loved that part too cuz in the story of the beginning , Adam and Eve realize they are naked after they eat the apples,so this just made it funnier
8:21 this is the third time I’m watching this and I just noticed Zeus in the background saying “I could have screwed with them better, you hack!”
*Literally*
The music makes it better
He'd just have screwed eve, gotten her preggers, and then done the whole Hera torture without murder shit would happen.
@@user-ez9ng2rw9c Best case senerio is hera is too busy being in hell to mess up humanity to badly and we all become demigods
@@user-ez9ng2rw9c Zeus literaly has a boyfriend in the mythology (Ganymede) you think the eternally down bad guy has standards, aside from maybe a pulse
"Jesus my boy, you wanna do your old man proud?!"
Jesus isn't son, he is God The Son same way as God The Father isn't the God himself.
TheRezro dude, it’s a video, just watch it
@@TheRezro Jesus in Latin means son of God as I know.
@@biliminsrlar5752 Nop. Jesus is English version of Greek version of name Yeshua/Joshua. It generally mean "savior" not son. It was also quite popular name with large number of biblical figures having it. It is why actually relevant is his title "Christ" (Messiah) what actually also mean Savior.
"Awesome. This was a terrible idea."
I can't believe I'm actually saying this but Satan's a mood.
I mean isn't he the DEFINITION of the trope?
No. Oh no. He isn't the definition of the trope, he IS the trope.
"Not helping satan."
I've never had my existence summarised so thoroughly
Isn't that kinda tge point?
InkDragon
"I'm the Father of Lies. He's not even wearing pants!" hahahahahahahahaha!
AAAHHHH!!! I'M NOT EVEN WEARING PANTS!!!
ZachValkyrie blues best line ever lol
NOT helping, satan!
Hah! I've never had my existence summarized so succinctly before.
"Ugh."
I just had a English society meeting (which are basically little lectures our teachers give us outside of class) and the topic was Milton. And the Paradise lost came up and I was able to impress the teachers by holding a (somewhat) sophisticated conversation on this, when in reality all I had done was watched this video 😂 Thanks Red!!!! ❤
I think a very important piece you missed is that Satan WAS a Heroic Figure. He's not just a "bad boy" with daddy issues, from Milton's POV Satan *was* a hero fighting against a tyrant. Paradise Lost was John Milton's (slightly confused, since he was deaf and half-blind and was reading this all out to his kids) way to reconcile the complications that arose from his analysis of the Bible and the Christian Faith in general. Satan was a Hero in the same way that Sisyphus is; by taking his punishment in stride and gaining pride from it. As an enormously powerful fallen Angel, Lucifer could've converted Hell into a new paradise; the title 'Paradise Lost' refers to both Eden AND Satan's version of Hell. At the beginning he DID make it the start of Paradise, with his castle. If he had stowed his angry feelings, accepted his punishment, and appreciated his new autonomy, he could've made a new homeland equal to Heaven in his own image.
In fact, this is pretty directly stated in the poem; Satan IS Hell.
"Me miserable! Which way shall I fly
Infinite wrath and infinite despair?
Which way I fly is hell; *myself am hell;*
And in the lowest deep a lower deep,
Still threat'ning to devour me, opens wide,
To which the hell I suffer seems a heaven."
Satan, as the new ruler of Hell, could've made it a Heaven. But instead, he fell into his own despair, and became a snake. He threw off the freedom of his humanoid form and became a snake crawling across the ground like a worm instead, abandoning the chance to make his own world in exchange for ruining others. He was Hell, and by collapsing in on himself in the way he did, he ruined both himself and the land of Hell entirely.
That's why Satan's role in Paradise Lost is framed as a tragedy; because Satan gave up the opportunity to do something great by making a home for all the Fallen, but instead ruined everything over his Daddy Issues. Yes, the end-all deciding factor is Daddy Issues, but Satan's portrayal as a heroic figure is essential to understanding John Milton's view of why Eden was such a tragedy-- Satan destroyed TWO Heaven's with his selfishness and his pride, and that's frankly awful.
Now, John Milton was 50% insane by the time he wrote this, and it doesn't really conform to Biblical Canon in any way shape or form, but I feel like framing Lucifer as some petty guy in a leather jacket is a bit disingenuous to the original text lol.
As nicely said in video, POV is satan, so he shows himself as hero. What Christianity all agree on, Satan is liar. Moments of him feeling bad are ruined by him continuing his path. It is tragedy that Satan could have been hero, if he was less pridefull.
I died at "16 pack that could cut glass"
lisa lee ii
Yeah... I never get where that's sexy either. If it can cut glass or bounce coins off of... Then how is that fun?
You'd potentially end up injured and there's basically nothing to squish. Nothing. Literally I've seen some writers make that ideal so chiseled you have to visualize a living breathing statue... Wtf is sexy about a statue?
So yeah. I about died laughing too.
But can it grate cheese?
strawman
Omg. Such a perfect comeback. I need to take notes. Rotflmao
5:09 God: "OH FOR MY SAKE"
I laughed a little to hard at that
Satan saying "What the here" is also excellent
Equating Paradise Lost to a piece of revisionist fan fiction is perfect
Also this was marvelously animated, voiced, and the funny lines of dialogue throughout was spectacular, amazing summary!
John Milton’s my (many generations back) great grandfather!! I’ve been trying to discover more of his work and this was amazing!!
Paradise Lost is his most famous work, did you not come across it before??
the way you portray lucifer reminds me of that one scene in Supernatural when Lucifer locked himself in Sam's room and refused to talk to Chuck.
😂 Yes
7:53 this is my favorite scene in all of overly sarcastic production
That was like 5 great jokes in 20 seconds
Not. Helping. Satan.
Ha! I've never had my existence summarized so succinctly before!
“The internet is where everything becomes sexy”
That hit me STRONG
Owen: **spits out coffee** You did WHAT? TO LUCIFER?
God: Banished him. He misbehaved.
Lucifer: I WAS PROVING, A POINT, DAD.
You know, I just really needed that reference.
Who's Owen
@@knightofsteel2783 watch PM Seymour
Omg I’m so glad someone made that reference
Owen: Well, did you at least make it so him and the other fallen angels can’t get out of... What was it called again?
God: Hell. And I did, as a matter of fact.
Owen: Oh, Ok. So we shouldn’t have to-
God: I put Sin and Death in charge of the gate and told them not to let Lucifer out.
Owen: *WHAT!!!* YOU PUT HIS KIDS IN CHARGE?!?!?
God: You make it seem like a bad thing.
Owen: Wha- What was the logic in that?!?
God: Well, Lucifer (my son) wouldn’t listen to me, so logically they won’t listen to him.
Owen: *exasperated stammering* You know what? You don’t listen to me anyways, so why do I bother trying to change your mind now?
This is easily the funniest thing I've seen all week.
Paradise Lost is the best book I've ever read. Absolutely recommend it to anyone, whether you are Christian, atheist, or a zoophile.
By the way, the Son of God is never referred to as Jesus in the book! He is, however, at one point defined as the Father's will made manifest.
Forgive me for being an uneducated swine, but what does zoophile mean?
Madisyn Golab u m m m uuuuh I’m like 80% sure it means someone who’s sexually attracted to animals
@@montuo1905 Thank you, I am now smarter than I was
It makes me sad that some atheists dismiss this book as Bible porn, since it does portray Satan as a sympathetic being and portrays God as somewhat of a dictator.
@@carolfromhr9900 God was kind of an Asshole in the old testament.
The origins of portraying Satan go back to early Medieval times, when it was a tradition to caricaturize anything that caused fear so as to make it humorous and less threatening. Depicting Satan with horns, red skin and a forked tail was an early meme that was successful, if not Biblical. Thanks for making a difficult but important literary work so accessible.
In revelations, Satan is literally a seven headed red dragon that falls from heaven
@@Vanity0666 In revelation everything is a metaphor and it can be hard to tell a prophecy from an acid trip.
@@EllipticalReasoning i know I love how crazy it can get with its symbolic imagery John was on the good shit
I'm surprised. Adam and Eve go down together, and you didn't play Careless Whisper.
vm141789
Careless whisper is perfect pre coitus
vm141789 isnt this jewish mythology?
Yep. No matter how you look at this story, Satan's still the villain.
And Adam and Eve was the original "You had ONE JOB!!!"
Not eating something you're told not to eat is a really hard job
@@cattheinvisible6605 Caitlynn Russo It's not that hard not to eat something.
@@BP-dn9nv you know nothing john snow
@@BP-dn9nv i fail each and every tike
@@BP-dn9nv time
Did lucifer open a bar after several millenia of being bored of ruling hell.
marsel dagistani i got that reference!
I believe it is a fight club turned night club.
Yeah, I'm sure hearing the screams of the damned gets real tiring with how much Aspirin you'd have to take for the headaches
Is this the LUCIFER show
I would
"however, our hero, Satan..."
**Laughs hysterically**
According to Ezekiel 28:13, a probable reference to Lucifer, we learn that he is an amazing being to behold: "You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering: the sardius, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold. The workmanship of your timbrels and pipes was prepared for you on the day you were created."
Thanks
@@wendy7988 He is full of shit: Ezekiel 28
A Prophecy Against the King of Tyre...
I once saw a guy driving a hearse, he looked exactly like comic book Lucifer. Gold hair, black suit, lighting a cigarette with one hand, while driving.
Dude, I think you actually saw Lucifer that time
I should be concerned, but I'm currently intrigued.
*pulls out notepad*
Tell me more.
@@your_local_lucifer Thats pretty much it, drove by me in a second. I based a DnD character on him though.
Bro legit saw Satan
“Jesus my boi”
"You want to do your old man proud?"
Jesús: 👍
God: Yaaaaay
"This Heaven is what all true angels strive *FOUR!* "
"I just wonder what Satan's up to?"
"Your majesty, Satan and his minions have seized the Garden of Eden. It is written: Only Jesus can defeat Satan!"
"Great! I'll grab my stuff!"
"There is no time. Your cross *(for the crucifixion)* is enough!"
MAH BOI
I think it's interesting to note the differences between Paradise Lost and Dantes inferno regarding Satan and hell in general.
In the first, Satan is a sexy, charismatic and interesting main character in a hell he rules.
In Dantes inferno he is a pathetic ugly monster half frozen in a lake in perpetual agony, imprisoned and ruling nothing.
In Dantes inferno, hell isn't the domain and design of Satan but a carefully crafted prison for him and all unrepentant sinners.
"Satan will get what's coming to him when Jesus comes back to life." SATAN WILL FINALLY GET THERAPY FOR HIS EMOTIONAL ISSUES?????
Kelly-Alec V the show Lucifer
IKR?!?!?!
JESUS IS A THERAPIST
Nah he’ll get beat up and told to get over it 😂😂😂
#Netflixsavedlucifer
Satan: “What the here?!”
God: “Oh my me!”
Jesus: “Me Christ!”
Me Me! JC just invented the meme.
ok now he's just fucking with us
Woah I'm also strawberry lemonade wtf
LOVED IT, starter
XD
Also Jesus: Oh my dad!
The guy at "Knowing Better" mentioned, in his clip on this book, that the audiobook casts Ian MacDiarmid as Satan.
Palpatine.
Let that sink in.
If she knew that, then 6:51 is absolute gold
Awesome!
O-O ...
Ironic
This is probably the most OSP video on this whole channel.
Like, few videos will get more OSP than this.
I love it.
Also, this whole video lives rentfree in my head. There are just way too many good quotes in it!
I feel like it's definitely near-peak sarcasticness.
That exchange between Jesus and Satin was just hilarious
Yes, Jesus is a very trustworthy merchant of fine silk fabrics...
+Greg Martin ((Just a humble merchant))
8:18 "I could have screwed them them better you hack" - Zeus.
And we all know, Zeus would have tried. As anything. Including as the tree.
“Daddy Issues?”
*“I HEARD THAT.”*
As an agnostic, I find this hilarious! I love your content and keep up the good work!
"Yes, I know the first answer is 'the internet' in which literally everything is reimagined to be sexy" Rule 34.
Similarly, I first thought your profile picture was someone’s bottom with their grey jeans pulled down around it. Then I realised it was a head with a brain.
What's rule #1?
@@fredfry5100 never tell people not to do something because they will just want to do it more.
@@cageybee7221 Oh god.
Angry Communist don’t start a revolution in Russia.
Your Satan voice is eerily reminiscent of Bill from Gravity Falls. Just sayin'
REALITY IS AN ILLUSION THE UNIVERSE IS A HOLOGRAM BUY GOLD BBBBBYYYYYEEEE!!!!!!
I thought the exact same thing while watching this.
This actually explains a lot.
Julia Day wait, what about claptrap?
THAT MAKES TOO MUCH SENSE
I'm not sure which is the best:
1) the jokes (7:32 on almost killed me)
2) the voice-work (**clapping noises**)
3) the animation (I don't really think I need to say anything...)
This just gives me the idea that the true hell for ol' Luci is that there is an entire planet of people willing to empathize with and psychoanalyze his daddy issues, despite him being an entire reason for losing paradise.