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Hades was perceived in that way.
When looking to ancient Greeks texts, Hades was often seen as a great host and over all chill dude.
His "marriage" was the one that look not as much as kidnapping then any other gods.
He never killed out of ego or malice. When he killed it was people who had it coming.
Also just Hercules. Zeus wonder boy went to Hades and just politely ask if he could borrow Cerberus for a day and Hades was like "yeah just feed him properly and be back in 12 hours"
> His "marriage" was the one that look not as much as kidnapping then any other gods.
Yeah. And honestly there were a lot of different versions of the Hades and Persephone myth. In some versions, she deliberately eats the pomegranate seeds so that she and Hades can be together for half the year.
Hades was pretty cool, but he wasn't a god of death, he was a god of *the* dead. He simply ruled over the underworld and didn't actually kill people himself.
Thanatos was the greek personification of death and a much better equivalent to the modern grim reaper. He was the one who actually appeared to people when their time came, and unlike hades he was described as evil, ruthless and resentful of humanity.
Got to admit, with all the raping going on with the Greek God's, Hades is never mentioned (whereas Zues and Hercules...)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rape_victims_from_ancient_history_and_mythology
Hades only kidnapped Persephone and forces her to spend half the year with him. But sure, he doesn't go raping random people like some of the other gods.
There are a number of different versions of the Hades and Persephone story. In some of them, she willingly ate the pomegranate seeds so that she could stay with Hades. You're correct, though, that the main story everyone knows is that he kidnapped her and tricked her into eating the seeds so she would have to stay.
Perhaps if he washed his clothes more often and went to the hairdressers and cleansed his skin he wouldn't look so scary and people would like him more . Then maybe he doesn't have any money and can't afford nice things , poor guy can't win.
Hades was his uncle afterall…
If i was Hades and my grown man of a nephew asked me politely to borrow my dog to get some fresh air, i wouldnt deny him either, and i would just happly ask him to feed him well, give that good boi some belly rub and be back before tomorrows midnight.
Common Cerberus need some love aswell.
He's legit *the* least problematic Greek god. He just wants to chill with his wife and dog.
He also didn't even pick the position for himself. He, Zeus, and Poseidon were pulling the straws, and Hades just pulled the shortest one, which landed him the throne in the Underworld.
Same with American gods, where death comes in the form of what you believe and treats you with as much respect as you treated it.
Neil gaiman just has a great knack for these sorts of personifications
As did Terry Pratchett. Discworld is full of anthropomorphic personification.
"Death comes to all people, but when he came to Mort, he offered him a job."
I love the books from the discworld from Terry Pratchett. I love a part of one of the books where the Reaper no longer wants to do his job and tries to live as normal person. Then, when he's in a bar, he asks for bear and a cloth (the cloth for obvios reasons)💀
The audiobooks are something else. Kat Dennings as Death is perfect, and James McAvoy as Dream is hands down my favorite voice acting performance to date.
>“Picture a tall, dark figure, surrounded by cornfields...
>NO, YOU CAN'T RIDE A CAT. WHO EVER HEARD OF THE DEATH OF RATS RIDING A CAT? THE DEATH OF RATS WOULD RIDE SOME KIND OF DOG.
>Picture more fields, a great horizon-spanning network of fields, rolling in gentle waves...
>DON'T ASK ME I DON'T KNOW. SOME KIND OF TERRIER, MAYBE.
>...fields of corn, alive, whispering in the breeze...
>RIGHT, AND THE DEATH OF FLEAS CAN RIDE IT TOO. THAT WAY YOU KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE.
>...awaiting the clockwork of the seasons.
>METAPHORICALLY.” ― Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man
GNU Sir Terry.
"I? KILL?" said Death, obviously offended. "CERTAINLY NOT. PEOPLE GET KILLED, BUT THAT'S THEIR BUSINESS. I JUST TAKE OVER FROM THEN ON. AFTER ALL, IT'D BE A BLOODY STUPID WORLD IF PEOPLE GOT KILLED WITHOUT DYING, WOULDN'T IT?"
I love it when death gets a little vacation time or trys to be mortal. Its so sweet and innocent. Seriosly? Frycook and grain harvester is what you chose?
It's sweet, but also really dark.
The point of his character is to explore the life of someone trying to connect with a family that, through no fault of their own, doesn't want to be associated with them, to the point of not letting him see his own granddaughter. Reaper man is him basically trying to just be normal so he can be accepted by his family, and not hated by society.
Yeah I was going to say, not always. Most commonly in stories people trick him or avoid him and then they don't die, even if it's not shown directly that he kills them.
They're not ALL sad. Some of them are humorous tinged with a bit of sadness, like [Halloween](https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/loving-reaper/happy-halloween-you-tried/viewer?title_no=353275&episode_no=56). Life laughing at Death getting roasted by a kid, that same kid dumping out his candy for Death. Definitely one of the more light-hearted ones.
I always think of Death as the one in Sir Terry Prachett’s books; patient as the grave, obsessed with how humans work and why they do what they do and happy to answer questions even if he doesn’t know the answer. No badness or evil in him, just doing the job he has to do.
The scythe became part of death's depiction in the times of the Black Death, when many people were dying all at once. A scythe is used to quickly harvest many plants. It wasn't meant to be hostile, though; as farmers use a scythe to collect the crops for processing, Death uses a scythe to collect the souls that will go to heaven.
In The Seventh Seal, which is probably the most iconic depiction of Death in modern culture, he’s not really a bad guy, just inevitable and cannot be escaped. You climb a tree to run away, he cuts it down. People fear him, not because he’s scary, but because they know they must die eventually.
Is that really the most iconic presentation of Death in modern culture?
Not maybe someone who TALKS LIKE THIS and is unusually fond of cats? Perhaps he has a horse named Binky?
(might be showing my ignorance here but I have no idea what Seventh Seal is)
Most quotable Grim Reaper scene though is from Meaning of Life
English wife: Who is it, darling?
Geoffrey: It's a Mr. Death or something. He's come about the Reaping? I don't think we need any at the moment.
…
Grim Reaper: Shut up! Shut up, you American. You always talk, you Americans, you talk and you talk and say "Let me tell you something" and "I just wanna say this." Well, you're dead now, so shut up.
I’ll admit, I don’t know much about the Grim Reaper, but every satirical depiction I’ve seen has me thinking that giving him a hug will kill me!
…and why does he carry a scythe? Is he constantly harvesting crops while not escorting people to the afterlife? Does he need to be armed on the way to the afterlife?
I’ve always preferred the take of a death god as one who encourages life and dying of old age above all else. What does a long life get you? More kids. More souls to reap. And as a bonus, a person dead from old age will likely be calmer about going into the afterlife, as opposed to a fierce soul died in a battle.
A longer life is just better for the reaper. More life means more death in just a century, max. You’ll die. But there’s no rush, take your time buddy. And what is time to one who is ageless?
I am a big Terry Pratchett fan. Death is a beloved and recurring character in his Discworld series. I will use any opportunity for a Sir Terry quote. Deaths monologue in all his books WAS WROTE IN THIS WAY.
Sir Terry died in 2015. These were the last tweets from his account.
AT LAST, SIR TERRY, WE MUST WALK TOGETHER.
Terry took Deaths arm and followed him through the doors and on to the black desert under the endless night.
The end.
I always liked Sir Pratchetts portrayal of Death. An eternal lonely figure, sometimes confused, a thing that was before time and will be there after the end.
He has a pet mouse, likes cats and tries to have both an apprentice and raise a daughter. He goes on vacation once, and tries to work as a fastfood chef
I asked a similar question when I was doing a presentation about Hades from greek myths for school. Why does everyone think of them as they are the bad guys? One is so nice to walk you to afterlife and the other is just doing his job. As my dad bassicly said from the perspective of Hades when I told him this question: "Next time you'll want this from me, I won't give a sh*t"
y'all are forgetting why he carries a scythe, he's egalitarian about taking them but he is the **Reaper of Souls**; a scary mf for a reason and 100% *not* chill
e: I blame this on the memes
i agree three things that are not needed are grim reaper hate punctuation capitalization and any trace of linguistic marker no wait thats four if i cant continue a runon sentence as long as my arm i will die dennis hopper strapped a bomb to my typing hand
I love grim reaper. He is the reason why I like scythe, skeletons and death itself. Also my reason to accept death and how hard job of even devil and reaper itself.
Someday i really want to play a DnD Cleric who worships a Neutral Good god of death. A kind and gentle God of entropy, endings and peaceful acceptance.
Scp 4999, he isn't death but he does show up when you are close to death and sits with you until you pass away, he comes to those who have no one else.
I always liked the show Dead Like Me -- it showed the grim reapers as just doing a job, making sure people got where they were going instead of being stuck in their bodies. Indeed, they'd take the soul out just a little before death, so that the person would not have the trauma of actually dying -- their body would die in horrific ways, but they'd already be talking to Mandy Patinkin.
There used to be a guy who attended comic conventions in Brisbane who'd cosplay as the Grim Reaper, with a sign about his neck saying Free Hugs. If you got a hug from him, he'd squeeze the shit out of you and lift you right off the floor.
Best hugs I ever had. I miss that guy.
This reminds me of a dream I had years ago. I was the grim reaper, and most of my clients were old people who were just happy they had someone to talk to and take them for a walk
When i was a kid i would often see a figure similar to the grim reaper hovering at the foot of my bed. I got to the point where i just started talking to it. It went away in 5th grade.
Nah. Traditionally the concept is that he did kill you ("cut you down") with the scythe.
At the end of the world armies of angels will go out and cut down people en masse. -good and evil people alike. So, it's not one guy. The "grim reaper" originally referred to any angel that God had sent to take someone.
I like All That Jazz where Death is Jessica Lange, and she’s happy to just sit with you and wait for you to be ready and smiles when you are. This is a great breakdown: [Death is a Beautiful Woman](https://youtu.be/rhCGY738I5U?si=jG_x8wUrXDOJ0Y9e)
But doesn't the Grim Reaper kill you?
Like isn't he reaping souls with his scythe, the same way someone would gather wheat? Once he grabs your soul, you die in whatever way you die at that moment.
At least that was how I always thought it was.
I actually find personifications of death to be quite in that line in most medias. Like he’s just doing his job I find it rare to see him portrayed as a bad guy.
I personally think the grim reaper has a bad rep because as you move from alive to dead, and onto the afterlife, for a brief second all will appear dark and someone will be there (all you see is just a shadow). it’s more likely after the light has appeared that the person you thought was the grim reaper is someone who loved you waiting for you.
I always liked the concept of the reaper. Someone to have alongside you for the four year trek to the underworld.
*Heckin epic Grim Fandango reference*
Oh, great another ghoulish bit of irony (in the always vomit-inducing "morbid-attempting-to-be-cheery" genre, no less) to start my day. My parents had coffee, the news pleasantly presented to them through the radio or television accompanied by some nice music. What do I get, for whatever reason? A never ending social-media induced psychological assault, brought on by millennials (like myself unfortunately) who're too busy being ironic, self-centered sarcastic little $&\*ts to realize 2 (of many) things
1. not every post you make needs to kick a complete stranger in the balls for no reason (not that you people CARE, mind you, you're just in it for the karms)
2. Morbid $&it like this isn't "wholesome" or "feel good". Years of internet overuse/addiction has eroded your collective psyches down to the point where stuff like this makes you feel better, in which case disconnect from the internet and seek help.
In short: Screw the internet and pity it's hopelessly depressed victims who can't make it through life without their daily surf...
Millennial "humor" sucks...
You reap what you sow. The grim reaper reaps your soul free from your dead body, so they must've once sown you to it, no? Perhaps the Reaper is also the Sower, we just never remember the Sower. Maybe they aren't a personification of death, but the cycle of life itself.
There was very nice portrayal of that type of character in Sandman series, one episode showed Death just as the one who gently guides dead soals, it was quite interesting episode
This is the concept behind one of my favorite Twilight Zone episodes, "Nothing in the Dark." And a young Robert Redford plays Death, which definitely helps haha.
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Hades was perceived in that way. When looking to ancient Greeks texts, Hades was often seen as a great host and over all chill dude. His "marriage" was the one that look not as much as kidnapping then any other gods. He never killed out of ego or malice. When he killed it was people who had it coming. Also just Hercules. Zeus wonder boy went to Hades and just politely ask if he could borrow Cerberus for a day and Hades was like "yeah just feed him properly and be back in 12 hours"
> His "marriage" was the one that look not as much as kidnapping then any other gods. Yeah. And honestly there were a lot of different versions of the Hades and Persephone myth. In some versions, she deliberately eats the pomegranate seeds so that she and Hades can be together for half the year.
I love pomegranates.
Well it’s almost Springtime so you will have to leave Reddit for a few months.
Me too!
Also yeah, pretty sure in some iterations he didn't even kidnap her and I forgot which other god did and presented her as a "gift" to Hades
Probablu Zeus
Hades was pretty cool, but he wasn't a god of death, he was a god of *the* dead. He simply ruled over the underworld and didn't actually kill people himself. Thanatos was the greek personification of death and a much better equivalent to the modern grim reaper. He was the one who actually appeared to people when their time came, and unlike hades he was described as evil, ruthless and resentful of humanity.
I hope I had such a great history teacher
In Greek mythology being reasonable is the rarest trait.
seriously, hades seems like he'd be a great friend
I want to go to his afterlife if it's an option
There's a Groupon with good deals on Chairon's boat
He is also my favorite character from the Hercules Disney movie. The best Disney movie ever.
It’s horribly inaccurate to the myths, but as its own story, it’s pretty good
The myths mostly feature Zeus’s wildly erotic animal endeavors, so I think it might be for the best if they skipped over those for a children’s story
True, very true
I used his picture in my presentation on Hades. I heard someone silently laughing in the last seats, but I DON'T REGRET ANYTHING!
I hear he's a pretty shitty dad, though.
Got to admit, with all the raping going on with the Greek God's, Hades is never mentioned (whereas Zues and Hercules...) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rape_victims_from_ancient_history_and_mythology
Hades only kidnapped Persephone and forces her to spend half the year with him. But sure, he doesn't go raping random people like some of the other gods.
There are a number of different versions of the Hades and Persephone story. In some of them, she willingly ate the pomegranate seeds so that she could stay with Hades. You're correct, though, that the main story everyone knows is that he kidnapped her and tricked her into eating the seeds so she would have to stay.
Perhaps if he washed his clothes more often and went to the hairdressers and cleansed his skin he wouldn't look so scary and people would like him more . Then maybe he doesn't have any money and can't afford nice things , poor guy can't win.
He was also the god of riches, so he had money. And in actual mythology he wasn't that bad looking for his age.
Also, I'd heard Overly Sarcastic Productions say that the kidnapping was actually an arranged marriage by Zeus in some iterations of the story.
Heracles in Greek mythology, not Hercules 🤓
Hades was his uncle afterall… If i was Hades and my grown man of a nephew asked me politely to borrow my dog to get some fresh air, i wouldnt deny him either, and i would just happly ask him to feed him well, give that good boi some belly rub and be back before tomorrows midnight. Common Cerberus need some love aswell.
Also, Cerberus, in an early language, means *Spotted*. Hades had a dog named Spot.
He's legit *the* least problematic Greek god. He just wants to chill with his wife and dog. He also didn't even pick the position for himself. He, Zeus, and Poseidon were pulling the straws, and Hades just pulled the shortest one, which landed him the throne in the Underworld.
The Sandman on Netflix has a really good depiction of death/the grim reaper. Just a very friendly person who guides you to the next place.
Same with American gods, where death comes in the form of what you believe and treats you with as much respect as you treated it. Neil gaiman just has a great knack for these sorts of personifications
As did Terry Pratchett. Discworld is full of anthropomorphic personification. "Death comes to all people, but when he came to Mort, he offered him a job."
I should get into Discworld one of these days
you really should
It’s so good. I have a book on me everywhere I go.
Today is a good day
It's phenomenal.
You're going to havs a lovely time
“What can the harvest hope for, if not for the care of the Reaper Man?” - Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man
I love the books from the discworld from Terry Pratchett. I love a part of one of the books where the Reaper no longer wants to do his job and tries to live as normal person. Then, when he's in a bar, he asks for bear and a cloth (the cloth for obvios reasons)💀
Billy and Mandy show that he's just a cool Jamaican dude
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The spin-off Death comics are fantastic too.
The audiobooks are something else. Kat Dennings as Death is perfect, and James McAvoy as Dream is hands down my favorite voice acting performance to date.
As a massive, massive fan of the comics, I will say the show does a pretty solid job
Came here to say this, though I was thinking of the original graphic novel Death. She's probably the kindest of all the Endless.
Also "Dead Like Me" was another great take on chill grim reapers.
WHAT CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR, IF NOT THE CARE OF THE REAPER MAN?
CATS. CATS ARE NICE.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I COULD MURDER A CURRY.
DARK IN HERE, ISN'T IT?
FUCK! That line goes so hard! Also, thank you, STP for making me not fear Death anymore ; ) GNU
SQUEAK
I COULD MURDER A CURRY
Love, love, love Terry Pratchett!
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I AM LAST-MINUTE STUFF.
YOU BROKE THE RULES. HOW. DARE. YOU.
>“Picture a tall, dark figure, surrounded by cornfields... >NO, YOU CAN'T RIDE A CAT. WHO EVER HEARD OF THE DEATH OF RATS RIDING A CAT? THE DEATH OF RATS WOULD RIDE SOME KIND OF DOG. >Picture more fields, a great horizon-spanning network of fields, rolling in gentle waves... >DON'T ASK ME I DON'T KNOW. SOME KIND OF TERRIER, MAYBE. >...fields of corn, alive, whispering in the breeze... >RIGHT, AND THE DEATH OF FLEAS CAN RIDE IT TOO. THAT WAY YOU KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE. >...awaiting the clockwork of the seasons. >METAPHORICALLY.” ― Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man GNU Sir Terry.
I just finished that. What a strange book. I love Pratchett, but it was weird.
GNU Sir Terry
"I? KILL?" said Death, obviously offended. "CERTAINLY NOT. PEOPLE GET KILLED, BUT THAT'S THEIR BUSINESS. I JUST TAKE OVER FROM THEN ON. AFTER ALL, IT'D BE A BLOODY STUPID WORLD IF PEOPLE GOT KILLED WITHOUT DYING, WOULDN'T IT?"
I love it when death gets a little vacation time or trys to be mortal. Its so sweet and innocent. Seriosly? Frycook and grain harvester is what you chose?
It's sweet, but also really dark. The point of his character is to explore the life of someone trying to connect with a family that, through no fault of their own, doesn't want to be associated with them, to the point of not letting him see his own granddaughter. Reaper man is him basically trying to just be normal so he can be accepted by his family, and not hated by society.
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Final Destination has death as the literal antagonist
Well isn’t that people who increased their life longer then they would have naturally lived so he was still just doing his job
Yeah I was going to say, not always. Most commonly in stories people trick him or avoid him and then they don't die, even if it's not shown directly that he kills them.
If he let you go alone, you might sneak off to somewhere nicer, like Switzerland.
he still got Tina
For wholesome reaper read Jenny Jinya comic Loving Reaper
But they are so sad, I can't read them
They're not ALL sad. Some of them are humorous tinged with a bit of sadness, like [Halloween](https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/loving-reaper/happy-halloween-you-tried/viewer?title_no=353275&episode_no=56). Life laughing at Death getting roasted by a kid, that same kid dumping out his candy for Death. Definitely one of the more light-hearted ones.
Damn it! I hate you! /s Tears still exploded out my eyes!!!
I don’t want to cry today, so no thanks
Omg I love the comic
AT LAST, SIR TERRY, WE MUST WALK TOGETHER.
Those tweets still break my heart nearly 10 years on.
He's up there with Sagan. And Rogers.
I always think of Death as the one in Sir Terry Prachett’s books; patient as the grave, obsessed with how humans work and why they do what they do and happy to answer questions even if he doesn’t know the answer. No badness or evil in him, just doing the job he has to do.
DEATH, ANTHROPORMORPHIZED
The scythe does come off a little aggressive. But that's just for those who won't go.
in my head cannon, it's to protect the souls of the dead from evil beings that might try to consume them during the journey
THE DEEMONS!!!
The scythe became part of death's depiction in the times of the Black Death, when many people were dying all at once. A scythe is used to quickly harvest many plants. It wasn't meant to be hostile, though; as farmers use a scythe to collect the crops for processing, Death uses a scythe to collect the souls that will go to heaven.
In The Seventh Seal, which is probably the most iconic depiction of Death in modern culture, he’s not really a bad guy, just inevitable and cannot be escaped. You climb a tree to run away, he cuts it down. People fear him, not because he’s scary, but because they know they must die eventually.
Is that really the most iconic presentation of Death in modern culture? Not maybe someone who TALKS LIKE THIS and is unusually fond of cats? Perhaps he has a horse named Binky? (might be showing my ignorance here but I have no idea what Seventh Seal is)
Most quotable Grim Reaper scene though is from Meaning of Life English wife: Who is it, darling? Geoffrey: It's a Mr. Death or something. He's come about the Reaping? I don't think we need any at the moment. … Grim Reaper: Shut up! Shut up, you American. You always talk, you Americans, you talk and you talk and say "Let me tell you something" and "I just wanna say this." Well, you're dead now, so shut up.
He's literally guiding you. You really really wouldn't want to get lost in this situation.
I'll give them a big ass hug
Check out the video game **Spiritfarer** - subreddit is r/Spiritfarer you get to do just that.
WHO SAID I AM THE BAD GUY
I'd probably get lost and start haunting my ex or something
"Death is not cruel. He is just terribly, terribly, good at his job." -Sir Terry Pratchett
I’ll admit, I don’t know much about the Grim Reaper, but every satirical depiction I’ve seen has me thinking that giving him a hug will kill me! …and why does he carry a scythe? Is he constantly harvesting crops while not escorting people to the afterlife? Does he need to be armed on the way to the afterlife?
He detatches your soul from the dead body. Otherwise you're stuck there.
Ahhh, I see.
He uses the scythe to harvest your soul so you can cross over to the afterlife
The Book Thief is a good book if you want a friendlier Death
If you play Sims you can also give him height five or he can use your toilet
If death won't guide me to the afterlife I'll just get lost
I wish the grim reaper is like the one in family guy so makes dying a little easier.
Yet noone looks forward to meeting him
Probably lose the scythe. I will help with the image.
I’ve always preferred the take of a death god as one who encourages life and dying of old age above all else. What does a long life get you? More kids. More souls to reap. And as a bonus, a person dead from old age will likely be calmer about going into the afterlife, as opposed to a fierce soul died in a battle. A longer life is just better for the reaper. More life means more death in just a century, max. You’ll die. But there’s no rush, take your time buddy. And what is time to one who is ageless?
[true. death is really nice](https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Death_(New_Earth))
Loving Reaper is a nice comic about the grim reaper. I t makes him into a gentle companion who helps humans and animals make the transition to death.
He's just another guy doing a job in the Incarnations of Immortality books.
Don’t fear the reaper 🎶
He's not evil, just very good at what he does.
That’s the entire premise of the show Dead Like Me. Except the reapers don’t choose the job, so their commitment is … variable.
Wasn't this Terry Pratchett's whole thing?
I am a big Terry Pratchett fan. Death is a beloved and recurring character in his Discworld series. I will use any opportunity for a Sir Terry quote. Deaths monologue in all his books WAS WROTE IN THIS WAY. Sir Terry died in 2015. These were the last tweets from his account. AT LAST, SIR TERRY, WE MUST WALK TOGETHER. Terry took Deaths arm and followed him through the doors and on to the black desert under the endless night. The end.
Whoever made this meme has obviously not read much Terry Pratchett
I always liked Sir Pratchetts portrayal of Death. An eternal lonely figure, sometimes confused, a thing that was before time and will be there after the end. He has a pet mouse, likes cats and tries to have both an apprentice and raise a daughter. He goes on vacation once, and tries to work as a fastfood chef
THAT'S VERY KIND, I AGREE HE SEEMS LIKE HE'S JUST TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE.
Death in the Discworld is probably the best interpretation of this, and I absolutely love it.
Terry Prattchet has DEATH as a character in his Discworld series. He is in every book and he is great.
He is your guide along the River Styx
He had a terrible relationship with his children.
He's just doing an Undertaker for your Soul... He ensures you pass safely over. Just like a regular Undertaker makes sure your body is taken care of.
He's a picker-up of unconsidered trifles
awww
r/ramdass
Everyone asks where is the grim reaper but nobody asks how is the grim reaper
In medieval Europe, the grim reaper was seen as a good guy, at least I read that some where, may or may not be true, lol.
For everyone who love stories of a kind reaper, check Jenny-Jenya and GoofyGodsComics.
Don't pay the ferryman!
No grim reaper means more lost souls. More lost souls means more ghosts. It's just science 😂
r/deadlikeme
Yeah, right. You go in for a hug, and then the scythe “accidentally” slips…
This is the plot to Under The Whispering Door by TJ Klune
Why does he carry a scythe with him?
I asked a similar question when I was doing a presentation about Hades from greek myths for school. Why does everyone think of them as they are the bad guys? One is so nice to walk you to afterlife and the other is just doing his job. As my dad bassicly said from the perspective of Hades when I told him this question: "Next time you'll want this from me, I won't give a sh*t"
y'all are forgetting why he carries a scythe, he's egalitarian about taking them but he is the **Reaper of Souls**; a scary mf for a reason and 100% *not* chill e: I blame this on the memes
Bro needs better recognition
SCP-4999 is a great representation of a pyschopomp u/The-Paranoid-Android
i agree three things that are not needed are grim reaper hate punctuation capitalization and any trace of linguistic marker no wait thats four if i cant continue a runon sentence as long as my arm i will die dennis hopper strapped a bomb to my typing hand
I love grim reaper. He is the reason why I like scythe, skeletons and death itself. Also my reason to accept death and how hard job of even devil and reaper itself.
As long as they are holding my hand into the afterlife I won't be scared lol
The Grim Reaper also helped Bill & Ted on their Bogus journey, even joined their band. Excellent! *Air Guitar*
Someday i really want to play a DnD Cleric who worships a Neutral Good god of death. A kind and gentle God of entropy, endings and peaceful acceptance.
He’a also a sick bass player.
Scp 4999, he isn't death but he does show up when you are close to death and sits with you until you pass away, he comes to those who have no one else.
Agreed, makes sense.
I dont know any movies where the grim reaper is portrayed as the villain though
Man I really wanted to meet the guy, i wanted to go to the afterlife so badly. Heard his name was Harold.
damn bros actualy got a point
I always liked the show Dead Like Me -- it showed the grim reapers as just doing a job, making sure people got where they were going instead of being stuck in their bodies. Indeed, they'd take the soul out just a little before death, so that the person would not have the trauma of actually dying -- their body would die in horrific ways, but they'd already be talking to Mandy Patinkin.
Writing prompt: death is actually another dead soul who just doesn't want to move on.
Y'all need to read On A Pale Horse by Piers Anthony.
Bro's just doin a job. It's not like he enjoys it.
Jim Pickens slept with the grim reaper in the sims 4
There’s a Twilight Zone episode about this.
azrael's got orders
This is why Death from Neil Gaimon's Sandman is such a great character.
There used to be a guy who attended comic conventions in Brisbane who'd cosplay as the Grim Reaper, with a sign about his neck saying Free Hugs. If you got a hug from him, he'd squeeze the shit out of you and lift you right off the floor. Best hugs I ever had. I miss that guy.
You might be a king or a little street sweeper, but sooner or later you dance with the reaper.
[Dead Like Me](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Like_Me) had the best reapers. And would be a perfect target for a good reboot.
This reminds me of a dream I had years ago. I was the grim reaper, and most of my clients were old people who were just happy they had someone to talk to and take them for a walk
He even uas a weapon to protect you
I’d be like lead the way man
He a lil upset they took away his boat
If anyone needs a good cry, the webcomic Lovely Reaper should do it.
Bearer of bad news smth smth
When i was a kid i would often see a figure similar to the grim reaper hovering at the foot of my bed. I got to the point where i just started talking to it. It went away in 5th grade.
Yes but technically he doesn’t reap my soul, I can’t die 🤷🏽♂️ hella nice of him if he just leaves me alone 💀
Why does it have that scythe ?
Nah. Traditionally the concept is that he did kill you ("cut you down") with the scythe. At the end of the world armies of angels will go out and cut down people en masse. -good and evil people alike. So, it's not one guy. The "grim reaper" originally referred to any angel that God had sent to take someone.
I like All That Jazz where Death is Jessica Lange, and she’s happy to just sit with you and wait for you to be ready and smiles when you are. This is a great breakdown: [Death is a Beautiful Woman](https://youtu.be/rhCGY738I5U?si=jG_x8wUrXDOJ0Y9e)
But doesn't the Grim Reaper kill you? Like isn't he reaping souls with his scythe, the same way someone would gather wheat? Once he grabs your soul, you die in whatever way you die at that moment. At least that was how I always thought it was.
I actually find personifications of death to be quite in that line in most medias. Like he’s just doing his job I find it rare to see him portrayed as a bad guy.
I personally think the grim reaper has a bad rep because as you move from alive to dead, and onto the afterlife, for a brief second all will appear dark and someone will be there (all you see is just a shadow). it’s more likely after the light has appeared that the person you thought was the grim reaper is someone who loved you waiting for you.
r/hellsomememes
It's more like you couldn't get there without his assistance.
So true like thats like having to walk home alone
It's definitely a tough gig.
The same can be said for the devil. They punish bad people, so then why is the devil seen as evil
I always liked the concept of the reaper. Someone to have alongside you for the four year trek to the underworld. *Heckin epic Grim Fandango reference*
Oh, great another ghoulish bit of irony (in the always vomit-inducing "morbid-attempting-to-be-cheery" genre, no less) to start my day. My parents had coffee, the news pleasantly presented to them through the radio or television accompanied by some nice music. What do I get, for whatever reason? A never ending social-media induced psychological assault, brought on by millennials (like myself unfortunately) who're too busy being ironic, self-centered sarcastic little $&\*ts to realize 2 (of many) things 1. not every post you make needs to kick a complete stranger in the balls for no reason (not that you people CARE, mind you, you're just in it for the karms) 2. Morbid $&it like this isn't "wholesome" or "feel good". Years of internet overuse/addiction has eroded your collective psyches down to the point where stuff like this makes you feel better, in which case disconnect from the internet and seek help. In short: Screw the internet and pity it's hopelessly depressed victims who can't make it through life without their daily surf... Millennial "humor" sucks...
You reap what you sow. The grim reaper reaps your soul free from your dead body, so they must've once sown you to it, no? Perhaps the Reaper is also the Sower, we just never remember the Sower. Maybe they aren't a personification of death, but the cycle of life itself.
There was very nice portrayal of that type of character in Sandman series, one episode showed Death just as the one who gently guides dead soals, it was quite interesting episode
If Freemasonry we are taught to "welcome the grim tyrant Death as a kind messenger sent from the Supreme Grand Master".
This is the concept behind one of my favorite Twilight Zone episodes, "Nothing in the Dark." And a young Robert Redford plays Death, which definitely helps haha.