Hell in the Buffyverse

[Joan the Vampire Slayer]

We know there are multiple hell dimensions in the Buffyverse.

Spike says there are many. We know about Acathla's dimension, Glory's "realm" and of course we know about the Hellmouths in Sunnydale and Cleveland, which open a portal to the various dimensions. Illyira mentions the one with "only shrimp." And we know Lindsey was banished to a suburban Hell dimension.

If you had to come up with an inventive idea for a Hell dimension in the 'verse, what would it look like? Would it be governed by a God? Would time move faster or slower? What would be the climate? And its inhabitants? Get creative!

For me, a hell dimension where everyone talks in the theatre (like Book says in Firefly), would be pretty hellish for me.

 

[twoslayers]

The worst hell I could think of in the Buffyverse would be a place where you have to listen to Andrew talk all day every day.

 

[AlphaFoxtrot]

I think fae, fallen angels and other non-demon factions should have been introduced as native to dimensions that were closer to earth than hell. The truly alien stuff is from dimensions closer to hell than Earth.

 

[Stake fodder]

If you had to come up with an inventive idea for a Hell dimension in the 'verse, what would it look like? Would it be governed by a God? Would time move faster or slower? What would be the climate? And its inhabitants? Get creative!

Actually, I think my hell would be anarchy, no god (or devil) or structure or rules. I can't decide about time: I was going to say slower would be worse, but then one of the things I dislike most in my life is the feeling of not having enough time and feeling rushed. It would definitely have to be hot, because I hate heat! Beyond this, I am thinking most of a Twilight Zone episode, where the man thought he had gone to heaven, because everything was just as he wanted it, nothing but money and women and playing pool all day. Till he got sick of it and wanted to go to the "other place," and was informed that this was the other place!

 

[hoponlilmama]

The worst hell I could think of in the Buffyverse would be a place where you have to listen to Andrew talk all day every day.

Add Kennedy. Pure torture.

 

[NotASlayer]

The most disturbing hell depicted in the Buffyverse was shown in Angel. When Angel goes to meet the Senior Partners and the lift takes him to Earth. And that is a really hellish concept.

 

[wolfheart]

The hell that vampires would use people as caddle to deliver blood every day, a bloodfarm everywhere(like in Blade)

 

[AlphaFoxtrot]

Pinhead: You opened the box, I came!
Xander: I'm sorry, I just wanted to solve the Rubix cube and become the king of games, I didn't want weird bondages demons to torture me.
Pinhead: ... That checks out. Fine.
Girl Pinhead: We cannot return empty handed.
Pinhead: That is correct. Fatboy, teeth guy, you got anything to say about this?
Chatterer & Butterball: File not found.
Pinhead: I suppose not. Andrew Tucker, you shall sample our pleasures!

Andrew never escapes. It turns out that pleasure is very much distinguishable from pain.

Actually he does escape, it turns out Tucker sold Drew's soul years ago, the Cenobites had to release him. Crazy, right?

 

[AlphaFoxtrot]

Vampires are native to Earth, being human corpses reanimated by the demonic soul within demon blood and possessed by a possessor demon that handles the higher mental functions. Angel, when in Acathla's hell didn't seem to need blood at all. It's just an Earth thing. I wouldn't mind Vampires taking over or creating a refuge of some kind, but they might not need blood outside this universe.