Ever wondered why there was grass in hell?

[Shibainumaster]

Doom 1's intermission screen for episode 3 has this mountain on the left side,that has some green ground patches\grass on it. It was always kinda puzzling to me, since doom 1 had no grass flats.

 

Edited July 13, 2022 by Shibainumaster

[Quill]

Don't discredit the Gardeners of Hell. They worked hard for that grass.

[whatup876]

It's probably because of what resources they used to make that image.

An "In-universe" reason could be Hell swallowing up other worlds, even if this is before D2 but i assume that Hell was already invading Earth a little before Doomguy killed the SMM.

[Sneezy McGlassFace]

That's a result of many years of hard work and dedication, my friend.

 

There are no grass flats because the beautiful gardens are off limits. Doomguy probably wasn't up for sightseeing tour through the hellish realms

Edited July 13, 2022 by Sneezy McGlassFace

[out_of_service]

So that's where "Touch grass" comes from.

[TheMagicMushroomMan]

No, not really.

[thiccyosh]

I like to imagine Hell Knights and Barons gardening in Hell. I mean what else do they do down there other than torturing the damned and getting fucking ripped?

[ChestedArmor]

When I had to give it a serious answer, I say it's the paradies that humanity was banned from,

because if you want it to become inaccessable and guarded by fire, where better then there?

[PanDeFrutas2007]

the Hell Knights are Gardeners of Hell, they love so much the flowers from the earth and us grass.

[PanDeFrutas2007]

49 minutes ago, thiccyosh said:

I like to imagine Hell Knights and Barons gardening in Hell. I mean what else do they do down there other than torturing the damned and getting fucking ripped?

In addition to gardening, they could also play video games such as:

Pico's School

Postal 2

Super mario bros

AMOGUS

I can already imagine the demons watching animations and playing cool games on newgrounds.

Edited July 13, 2022 by PanDeFrutas2007

[Zylx]

5 minutes ago, PanDeFrutas2007 said:

In addition to gardening, they could also play video games such as:

Pico's School

Postal 2

Super mario bros

AMOGUS

I can already imagine the demons watching animations and playing cool games on newgrounds.

What about Ultrakill?

[Majin]

i just assumed it was a quirky coloured mountain or one covered in ooey sludge

[OpenRift]

Of course there's grass in hell, that's why they call it the devil's lettuce ;)

[Chibi_Chikito]

35 minutes ago, PanDeFrutas2007 said:

the Hell Knights are Gardeners of Hell, they love so much the flowers from the earth and us grass.

real reason why they invaded the earth

[BGreener]

I always kind of took it for granted with just 'hell being hell'. Also makes a fun and cruel contrast: Here's a cozy green patch in what is otherwise an absolute nightmare.

 

[TheFocus]

my headcanon for stuff like that has always been the Icon Of Sin warping reality, trying to severely fuck with Doomguy's head (especially maps like Monster Condo, The Spirit World, all of The Shores Of Hell and Inferno)

[TwelvNighn]

maybe because they thought no one would notice it.

 

[Gez]

It's actually the demons' marble quarry. Ever noticed the green tint of all the marble in Doom 1?

 

1 hour ago, BGrieber said:

I always kind of took it for granted with just 'hell being hell'. Also makes a fun and cruel contrast: Here's a cozy green patch in what is otherwise an absolute nightmare.

That place is where the wicked blades of grass get tortured for eternity. They are mowed down every day.

 

Patch isn't that big because throughout history, there just haven't been that many grass plants that were evil.

Edited July 13, 2022 by Gez

[Solmyr]

No, not really and that "grass" from E3' Intermission Screen looks more like mold or lichen.

 

[Nevander]

How do you know it's grass? Could just be the color of stone.

[7Mahonin]

I’ve always imagined the demon’s hell of Doom/Doom II is more like hell as if it were its own planet and not the same as the biblical or fantasy hell. They’re clearly more advanced then fantasy demons or the ones described in various religions, and are capable of using technology. That’s why it is easy to misinterpret them as aliens. With that said, I have to agree with everyone who’s said it likely isn’t grass but some sort of mold or color of the rocks. 

[Ar_e_en]

41 minutes ago, Gez said:

It's actually the demons' marble quarry. Ever noticed the green tint of all the marble in Doom 1?

 

I'm not so sure about that. Looking closer at the cliff - while there are parts of the cliff where both the tops and sides are green, I also see a section where the top of the cliff is green, but the sides are white. I'm no geologist, but if it was all mostly green marble - then the sides and tops should either be all green, or both the tops and sides should be a striped mixture of green and white. The artistry of that image gives me the impression that it's most likely a white cliff with some moss or other vegetation on the side and fully grassy tops.

[Faceman2000]

I wonder more about the giant buried Cacodemons.

[Kinsie]

Why does every little thing need an explanation?

 

I blame Star Wars.

[Faceman2000]

9 minutes ago, Kinsie said:

Why does every little thing need an explanation?

 

I blame Star Wars.

I think Lord of the Rings was really the one that started it.

[Biz!]

Come on, even demons care about the environment.

[Kontra Kommando]

That's not grass, that's where they grow the "Devil's lettuce" ;)

[IcarusOfDaggers]

not sure what the image is based on, but it reminds me of a canyon, rather than mountain. And canyons have one unique property: they have grasses that are extremly tolerant to heat and can consume basically any liquid. So all you need is some blood to make them grow again, until the heat becomes too high. 

 

I take it that the hell is not that hot yet, as it has just formed, thus the grass seedlings can thrive.

 

@Faceman2000 meanwhile star trek community fighting over if cannon should even exist or not and the creator of star trek saying that only onscreen is cannon, meanwhile all the retconning and other crap happening there, making star trek universe more like a multiverse, causing the need for explanations. so I blame star trek, more specifically, the old rodenberry guy

Edited July 13, 2022 by IcarusOfDaggers

[DeadMantis]

I always thought they were Hot Springs. If you look closely there's bits of white on it, which looks kind of like steam.

 

The lower parts of the mountain also have green bit of pixel though so I'm not really sure.

[Captain POLAND]

Because grass is evil. Just think about it: It doesn't do anything useful, you can't eat it or build anything out of it, it just sucks up tons of water that could be used for more productive purposes, and serves as a convenient hiding place for fire ants, snakes, and lots of other nasty things that you don't want to accidentally step on. And yet, for some reason, you're required to have a yard full of it, and to constantly maintain, care for, and trim it, spending lots of time and money for no other reason than it's socially expected of you, for some ungodly reason.

 

Fuck grass.