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>The third circle of hell is depicted in Dante Alighieri's Inferno, the first part of the 14th-century poem Divine Comedy. (Hololive English 3rd Generation)
>Written in the early 14th century, the work's three sections depict Dante being guided through the Christian concepts of hell (Inferno), purgatory (Purgatorio), and heaven (Paradiso). (The 3rd Generation is named "ADVENT," a heavenly term referencing the Third Section of the Divine Comedy)
>Led by his guide, the Roman poet Virgil, Dante enters the third circle of hell in Inferno's Canto VI. Dante awakens from having fainted in the second circle of hell. (Two Year Long Hiatus from new ENs = passing out)
>The three-headed dog Cerberus approaches and is silenced by Virgil, who feeds it several handfuls of the thick mud that makes up the ground. (Fuwawa, Mococo and FAT FUCK serve to be the three-headed Dog, Guardian of the Third Circle [EN3])
>Cerberus serves as a tormentor in this circle; tearing apart the damned and constantly bellowing in hunger. Dante and Virgil walk further through the third circle, stepping upon the prostrate bodies of the gluttonous, who are being punished by lying face-first in the icy mud, left blind and unfulfilled. (EN3's turn against hardcore Stars collab punishing the gluttonous collab beggars by starving them and leaving them unfulfilled)
>One soul greets the pair, identifying himself as Ciacco, a native of Florence. Ciacco and Dante discuss the political strife between the Guelph and Ghibelline factions in the city, with Ciacco offering a prophecy that each party will briefly hold control of Florence. (The strife between Guelph and Ghibelline factions for whose vision [one side backed by the Holy See, the other side backed by the Holy Roman Emperor] would win out in terms of controlling Florence is equivalent to which manager style [Full-Homo or No-Homo] will control Hololive EN, with the prophecy being fulfilled as each party held control at some point)
>Hololive EN3 having a strong "Non-Homo" bent at the moment and, because of that, punishing the collab beggars, offers a thematic through-line with Dante's favorite standard used within Inferno, that of contrapasso, or punishments in the afterlife being reflections of one's behavior in life. Due to beggars using their life begging for constant interaction and collabs, their punishment is to be fed that which offers them no nourishment (See also: Shiori offering ice cream to the viewer, which sates those who like it, but offers no recompense to those who had wanted that ice cream to be given to a Stars member instead)(See also: Nerissa liking the art of her roasting a hot dog over a fire with her tuning fork, only to reveal to the people there that it was not a Spear, as was considered true by collab beggars hoping to tie her to Tempus, but was instead a Tuning Fork, thus her using it to create food, but food which offered no satiation to those who hungered for cross-collabs[this also applies to her interacting with someone talking about a Hololive/Stars cookbook, but not acknowledging the Stars, once again providing food and supper which gives the gluttonous no satiation])
>Bijou herself represents the stone-faced punishment of the Inferno, being eternal and unmoving, as represented with her Moai icon, but at the same time, her jeweled existence reflects how such immutable Divine punishment holds the awe-inspiring truth of God within it, which is as beautiful and perfect as a divinely-cut gemstone
I gotta give them respect, they put a lot of work into this theming!
