YvtW: List of Realms

[tanithryudo]

(Warning: YvtW related entry ahead. Non-CBR/YvtW participants will be hopelessly lost.)

I jotted this down in a brainstorming session (translation: I was bored) some time ago, and then I kept sporadically losing and finding the piece of paper. I figure I better record it down somewhere reliable before I "accidentally" lost it permanently. :p

Anyways, just a list of afterlife realms that I'm familiar with/came up with at the moment. I'll probably add to the list as more possiblities come to mind. Most of them are probably not going to get too much onscreen exploration though. The thought of dragging it on and on with the threat of writers block that can attack me at any time is rather daunting. Probably a few quotes or excerpts to show that we went there; maybe a few mentions or flashbacks that show we went through/spent time there...

Halls of Mandos in Valinor (this is the only place we're *definitely* going through)
Purgatory/Heaven/Hell of Incarnations of Immortality
generic Egyptian afterlife
Hindu/Indian afterlife (would have to read cliff notes of Ramayana or something...)
Journey to the West/generic Chinese afterlife
Reikai (possibly Makai) from Yu Yu Hakusho
the spirit realm from Spirited Away (iffy, since it's not technically where the dead go)
generic Japanese afterlife
DCU Japanese afterlife (hopefully not when Lucifer is anyhwere around)
DCU Heaven/Hell (very unlikely we'd go there, but maybe skirt the edges?)
DCU Sunless Lands
In Nomine Heaven/Hell (update: scratch that one)

(tbc)