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I'm writing a fantasy comics and I am stuck on a particular idea. Imagine if Hell existed on our planet. Like hell is here, we simply cannot see it, because there is an invisible barrier between the two dimensions, stopping hell from overlapping with our dimension. So if this barrier broke, portals would start opening throughout the world, allowing things from the other side, hell, to get into our world. Would it be possible, even for a fantasy story?










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  • China Miéville's The City & the City (2009) "won the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, Arthur C. Clarke Award, World Fantasy Award, BSFA Award and the Kitschies Red Tentacle, and tied for the 2010 Hugo Award for Best Novel". A TV mini-series (which I haven't seen) has been made by the BBC in 2018.
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I'm writing a fantasy comics and I am stuck on a particular idea. Imagine if Hell existed on our planet. Like hell is here, we simply cannot see it, because there is an invisible barrier between the two dimensions, stopping hell from overlapping with our dimension. So if this barrier broke, portals would start opening throughout the world, allowing things from the other side, hell, to get into our world. Would it be possible, even for a fantasy story?










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  • China Miéville's The City & the City (2009) "won the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, Arthur C. Clarke Award, World Fantasy Award, BSFA Award and the Kitschies Red Tentacle, and tied for the 2010 Hugo Award for Best Novel". A TV mini-series (which I haven't seen) has been made by the BBC in 2018.
    – AlexP
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  • @AlexP thanks. This is the first time I'm hearing about this. I'll check it out
    – Nass King
    3 hours ago










  • Related: worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/70068/30492
    – L.Dutch
    1 hour ago


















  • China Miéville's The City & the City (2009) "won the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, Arthur C. Clarke Award, World Fantasy Award, BSFA Award and the Kitschies Red Tentacle, and tied for the 2010 Hugo Award for Best Novel". A TV mini-series (which I haven't seen) has been made by the BBC in 2018.
    – AlexP
    3 hours ago












  • @AlexP thanks. This is the first time I'm hearing about this. I'll check it out
    – Nass King
    3 hours ago










  • Related: worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/70068/30492
    – L.Dutch
    1 hour ago
















China Miéville's The City & the City (2009) "won the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, Arthur C. Clarke Award, World Fantasy Award, BSFA Award and the Kitschies Red Tentacle, and tied for the 2010 Hugo Award for Best Novel". A TV mini-series (which I haven't seen) has been made by the BBC in 2018.
– AlexP
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China Miéville's The City & the City (2009) "won the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, Arthur C. Clarke Award, World Fantasy Award, BSFA Award and the Kitschies Red Tentacle, and tied for the 2010 Hugo Award for Best Novel". A TV mini-series (which I haven't seen) has been made by the BBC in 2018.
– AlexP
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@AlexP thanks. This is the first time I'm hearing about this. I'll check it out
– Nass King
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@AlexP thanks. This is the first time I'm hearing about this. I'll check it out
– Nass King
3 hours ago












Related: worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/70068/30492
– L.Dutch
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Related: worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/70068/30492
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Of course.



As with many aspects of writing fantasy, the answer will almost always be "yes, of course! It's your world, you make up the rules!" Like: Can I have dragons? YES. Can I have Elves? YES. Can I have portals? YES. Can I have polydimensional beings that ordinarily consist of dissociated arrays of tentacles bilocate into our universe as large purple dragonflies? YES.



You get the point with this kind of question.



Works for sci-fi too, even though they don't always like to admit it! :)



Basically this works because you will show, through your story telling, and possibly through visual art techniques, that people in the ordinary dimension can not see or interact with people in the demonic dimension. You'll eventually show how the break-down occurs and how people cross through the portals.



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    Yes, it is a very common clichè.



    To make it into a less common clichè, perhaps, you could have that your world is already hell, but people just don't realize it.



    References:



    For travelling across dimensions that exist in the same world:
    https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShadowWalker



    For a world that has gates to other dimensions:
    https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PortalCrossroadWorld



    Specific about Hell and its gates:
    https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Hellgate






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      Of course.



      As with many aspects of writing fantasy, the answer will almost always be "yes, of course! It's your world, you make up the rules!" Like: Can I have dragons? YES. Can I have Elves? YES. Can I have portals? YES. Can I have polydimensional beings that ordinarily consist of dissociated arrays of tentacles bilocate into our universe as large purple dragonflies? YES.



      You get the point with this kind of question.



      Works for sci-fi too, even though they don't always like to admit it! :)



      Basically this works because you will show, through your story telling, and possibly through visual art techniques, that people in the ordinary dimension can not see or interact with people in the demonic dimension. You'll eventually show how the break-down occurs and how people cross through the portals.



      Problem solved!






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        Of course.



        As with many aspects of writing fantasy, the answer will almost always be "yes, of course! It's your world, you make up the rules!" Like: Can I have dragons? YES. Can I have Elves? YES. Can I have portals? YES. Can I have polydimensional beings that ordinarily consist of dissociated arrays of tentacles bilocate into our universe as large purple dragonflies? YES.



        You get the point with this kind of question.



        Works for sci-fi too, even though they don't always like to admit it! :)



        Basically this works because you will show, through your story telling, and possibly through visual art techniques, that people in the ordinary dimension can not see or interact with people in the demonic dimension. You'll eventually show how the break-down occurs and how people cross through the portals.



        Problem solved!






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          Of course.



          As with many aspects of writing fantasy, the answer will almost always be "yes, of course! It's your world, you make up the rules!" Like: Can I have dragons? YES. Can I have Elves? YES. Can I have portals? YES. Can I have polydimensional beings that ordinarily consist of dissociated arrays of tentacles bilocate into our universe as large purple dragonflies? YES.



          You get the point with this kind of question.



          Works for sci-fi too, even though they don't always like to admit it! :)



          Basically this works because you will show, through your story telling, and possibly through visual art techniques, that people in the ordinary dimension can not see or interact with people in the demonic dimension. You'll eventually show how the break-down occurs and how people cross through the portals.



          Problem solved!






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          Of course.



          As with many aspects of writing fantasy, the answer will almost always be "yes, of course! It's your world, you make up the rules!" Like: Can I have dragons? YES. Can I have Elves? YES. Can I have portals? YES. Can I have polydimensional beings that ordinarily consist of dissociated arrays of tentacles bilocate into our universe as large purple dragonflies? YES.



          You get the point with this kind of question.



          Works for sci-fi too, even though they don't always like to admit it! :)



          Basically this works because you will show, through your story telling, and possibly through visual art techniques, that people in the ordinary dimension can not see or interact with people in the demonic dimension. You'll eventually show how the break-down occurs and how people cross through the portals.



          Problem solved!







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              Yes, it is a very common clichè.



              To make it into a less common clichè, perhaps, you could have that your world is already hell, but people just don't realize it.



              References:



              For travelling across dimensions that exist in the same world:
              https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShadowWalker



              For a world that has gates to other dimensions:
              https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PortalCrossroadWorld



              Specific about Hell and its gates:
              https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Hellgate






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                Yes, it is a very common clichè.



                To make it into a less common clichè, perhaps, you could have that your world is already hell, but people just don't realize it.



                References:



                For travelling across dimensions that exist in the same world:
                https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShadowWalker



                For a world that has gates to other dimensions:
                https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PortalCrossroadWorld



                Specific about Hell and its gates:
                https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Hellgate






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                  Yes, it is a very common clichè.



                  To make it into a less common clichè, perhaps, you could have that your world is already hell, but people just don't realize it.



                  References:



                  For travelling across dimensions that exist in the same world:
                  https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShadowWalker



                  For a world that has gates to other dimensions:
                  https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PortalCrossroadWorld



                  Specific about Hell and its gates:
                  https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Hellgate






                  share|improve this answer












                  Yes, it is a very common clichè.



                  To make it into a less common clichè, perhaps, you could have that your world is already hell, but people just don't realize it.



                  References:



                  For travelling across dimensions that exist in the same world:
                  https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShadowWalker



                  For a world that has gates to other dimensions:
                  https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PortalCrossroadWorld



                  Specific about Hell and its gates:
                  https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Hellgate







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