So a fella by the handle of Kanilan on DeviantArt made a character inspired by Doom who was a predator that, to wit, ate demons. I saw her, was immediately inspired and wrote out the Doom Eater Testament that appeared on her sarcophagus after plotting out the last third in my head, then some time later I came up with the backstory and the first two thirds at work and was like, "well shit, I really hope this guy is cool with me writing this because it's gonna be a fuckin' waste otherwise." Turns out he was. Crisis averted.

Only problem is that he had demon girls in mind and not, y'know, demon demons. But he was fine with it, and anyway everyone plays fast and loose with the Doom lore.

If you saw something and were about to ask, "is that from-" the answer is yes. This is just a mashup and remix of every Doom game's story (and "story"), as has been the modus operandi of Doom level creators and modders for the past twenty-five years or so. Unpacking it, it's like... Doom 4's UAC running Doom 1's teleporter experiments that lead to Doom 64's version of Hell with some Doom 3 overtones, Doom 2's white and green marble and Doom 3's imps.

You can probably guess that I have Strong Feelings about Doom in general. I wrote this over the course of two days and one morning, though the progress for the second day was kind of kneecapped by a wicked headache, and despite that it's probably the fastest I've ever written anything that wasn't going to be graded, which is especially impressive considering the length.

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