Mephistopheles

What if the devil was not the teethy, horny, forked tailed, boil suppurating, vermin, that we make him out to be. What if Mephistopheles descended upon earth in the shape of 'turning 40'? Yeah. Why does the devil always resemble Christopher Lee or a giant spider with blood red eyes or something similar with a suitable accompanying theme music? Why does Freddie Kruger, Montgomery Burns, He-who-should-not-be-named-Voldemort and possessed eight year olds have monopoly on Lucifer? Why cant he be an abstract concept like eating a hamburger or bdsm-ing? It might not quite fly with Hollywood but hey..

Think about it! I want a bad guy to shape my heroic demeanour. Mephistopheles will do! He shall have his henchman and I my hot babe! He shall be the depraved, insidious, malevolent creature with foul gum disease and I will be the handsome masked hero!

Let the games begin!