Not to be dramatic, but if I were as attractive as the characters I get to voice, I would be hotter than the third ring of the seventh circle of hell, which is a burning desert with boiling blood rivers and fire rain, which amusingly is where the gays are punished so I guess yeah

My favorite thing about the Inferno is that it starts with really straightforward circles (eg lust, gluttony), and then by the time you start getting to wrath and fraud, Dante has to start getting super specific about the types and ends up with 10 subsections for the 8th circle

Dante: I started off with really simple circles for hell, but I’ve kind of written myself into a weird philosophical corner by number 6 and have to add these subsections
His editor: I mean, you could revise and simplify—
Dante: no no, I’ve gone this far, may as well keep going

Editor: how’s the inferno going? did you get that rant out of your system?
Dante: yeah, but now I’m sold on this concept, what if I kept going, only this time I made my enemies feel bad by talking about people who are better than them?
Editor: oh god
Dante: that’s the goal, yes

Editor: you can't just write self-insert bible fanfiction
Dante: watch me
Editor: are you seriously having all the great Greek and Roman poets hang out with you in Limbo and talk about how great you are
Dante: I wrote what I wrote

Editor: so the premise for this is that you've sinned a bunch
Dante: yes
Editor: so Beatrice Portinari, that banker's daughter who died, feels bad for you and sends Virgil of all people to help you out?
Dante: exactly
Editor: Dante, you met her TWICE
Dante: let me have this

I think the best part of this thread is that everyone is being super sweet in response to the first tweet (I love you all, you're wonderful), when in reality this has all been an excuse to make a joke about Dante that spun off into my new favorite OC, Dante Alighieri's Editor