I get that in pop culture, Latin sounds mysterious and ancient, but demons were ancient by the time folks were speaking Latin. It sounds like I’m nitpicking, but my point is that it’s kinda funny when you think about it.
The whole concept that demons speak Latin implies that Hell universally chose to learn a new human language between around 600 BC and 700 AD only spoken in Europe, North Africa, and West Asia, (completely ignoring every other civilization on Earth), and that also implies that, despite somehow successfully becoming almost universally fluent and literate in Latin, Hell couldn’t be bothered to pick up another textbook for the following 1300 and some-odd years till today.
exorcist shows up, trained at the Vatican, knows Greek, Hebrew, Latin (vulgate)
demon only speaks akkadian and a little conversational assyrian (like a kindergartener), understands sanskrit since his mom spoke it at home but can’t speak it himself
exorcism turns into a comedy of hand gestures and speaking very slowly and loudly with increasing levels of frustration on both sides
possessed kid whips out phone and tries to get ai to help but parents won’t let them pay for pro
The devil tried to do us a solid and learn the human language. Once he found out us humans can’t keep one for more than a couple hundred years he just said too bad, I did my part…
I get that in pop culture, Latin sounds mysterious and ancient, but demons were ancient by the time folks were speaking Latin. It sounds like I’m nitpicking, but my point is that it’s kinda funny when you think about it.
The whole concept that demons speak Latin implies that Hell universally chose to learn a new human language between around 600 BC and 700 AD only spoken in Europe, North Africa, and West Asia, (completely ignoring every other civilization on Earth), and that also implies that, despite somehow successfully becoming almost universally fluent and literate in Latin, Hell couldn’t be bothered to pick up another textbook for the following 1300 and some-odd years till today.
This is what happens when you write a story without a good editor, you’re gonna make logical or continuity errors
exorcist shows up, trained at the Vatican, knows Greek, Hebrew, Latin (vulgate)
demon only speaks akkadian and a little conversational assyrian (like a kindergartener), understands sanskrit since his mom spoke it at home but can’t speak it himself
exorcism turns into a comedy of hand gestures and speaking very slowly and loudly with increasing levels of frustration on both sides
possessed kid whips out phone and tries to get ai to help but parents won’t let them pay for pro
I love this!
Idk what you’re confused about.
The devil tried to do us a solid and learn the human language. Once he found out us humans can’t keep one for more than a couple hundred years he just said too bad, I did my part…