#if that aint deliciously angsty then i dont know anymore
Satan/angst lovers, I got a new idea based on the plot of Devilman Crybaby (so beware of spoilers):
Although I highly recommend watching this series on Netflix if you can handle g*re and s*xual themes (let me tell you this, it was really good), I will do a brief summarization of its plot!
In the end of the Devilman Crybaby series, we learn that Ryo, the childhood friend of the protagonist Akira aka “Devilman”, is Satan. Despite not understanding emotions because he is not human, it is confirmed through the manga that Ryo romantically loves Akira. Satan ends up destroying the world, but in the process, kills Akira as well. It is assumed Satan destroyed the world in order to be alone with Akira, the only human he has grown to care for.(but also because it was his fate since he’s the literal Devil). The viewer learns that Satan’s punishment by God is to be stuck in an endless loop of being reincarnated over and over, only to destroy the planet again and relive the painful realization and truth that his wrath also killed the person he loves.
Now imagine this but through an Obey Me perspective. We place Satan (OM) in Satan’s shoes (Ryo), and MC in Akira’s. Satan is born a human, but is the pure devil on the inside. Early in his human life, he encounters a child around his age, MC. The two start an unlikely friendship, for Satan is incapable of understanding friendliness, love, compassion or empathy, and MC is the complete opposite: caring, selfless, friendly and looks out after him.
As his fate eventually orders it, Satan becomes overcome with such a drive for destruction that nothing or no one can stop him, and through a series of means and events, the world is ultimately set ablaze, and humanity is brought to such madness that nobody shows any care for each other anymore. Only MC tries to stop Satan, despite the danger that is around them with all those bloodthirsty people chasing after them, but in the process and his own wrath-fueled madness, Satan kills them after destroying all humans and leaving Earth engulfed in flames and devoid of life. For the first time in his life, as he cradles them and begs for MC to wake up, to not leave him, Satan experiences his first genuine human emotion, sadness, and finally gets to learn what love really is. Only just too late.
As Satan is left in tears and in grief, the first tears he has ever shed since his birth, God puts an end to the folly that has become humankind, and destroys Earth and its last remaining living being for it to begin anew again. As punishment for destroying his creations, Satan is now fated to live through the same life, with his same friendship with MC, same actions, their same consequences, and the same pain over and over for eternity.
