In my official novel, one of the gods rules over what is basically Hell, which is pretty Satan-like, but instead of being pure evil, she punishes evildoers and is friendly with the other gods. I'm worried that this might be offensive to religious readers.
Why care? It not your fault if they get their feathers up in a twist about it. Especially if it's set in a fictional world.
I don't think that would be offensive since it has no official ties to any particular religion. Especially since it's your own world and you can do what you want with it. If it had direct ties to any religion that would be a different story but it sounds like our trying to make a completely different universe.
Hope this helped! Happy writing!
In my experience most folks who are that sensitive to the portrayal of made-up deities don’t read fantasy, and they’re not your target readers anyway, so I’d say don’t worry. Just make sure what you’re writing is not a direct attack on any Earth religion (it sounds like yours isn’t) and you’ll be fine. :)
honestly yeah, I think you'll be fine
esp if you're not using the name Satan
oh poor sensitive butterflies.
write what you want!
I wouldn't worry about other people's sensibilities when writing, and even if you had ties to any type of mythology… I mean, it's fantasy. And, idk, I never care if people will get offended or not with my writing. But that is just me
If he can make tacos, then I'm on his side 100%
Have you ever read Paradise Lost?
It's the story of how Lucifer fell and then waged war on the Kingdom of Heaven.
Satan is the protagonist, or a tragic hero, however you want to describe it.
Everything is perspective. What is your character's motivation? What's their goal? How do they justify it?
Those are the questions you need to answer to make any "evil-doer" a protagonist.
In my official novel, one of the gods rules over what is basically Hell, which is pretty Satan-like, but instead of being pure evil, she punishes evildoers and is friendly with the other gods. I'm worried that this might be offensive to religious readers.
So more of a Hades than a Satan?