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ao3-crack · 11 months
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i said i could talk about it and i think i will
Hunter's possession in Thanks To Them is highkey.... ironic.
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The Owl House is most assuredly considered a criticism of religious extremism and of cultism. Belos is a cult leader, the only one who can talk to the god, who knows the will of the god, yada yada yada. This is all a sort of basic primal religious identity, and if you look through history, Kings and Emperors were often seen as literal gods or as the messengers of the gods, who were able to talk to the gods and commune with them.
Now, of course, the catch is that Belos is using his cult to straight up kill people. But the point remains that it is a cult, and it is a extreme and dangerous organization, whose primary focus is less on order, and structure for society(as primal religions were ordered) and on his end goal of destroying the witches and wild magic altogether. It's not about knowledge of self, for Belos, or identity for the wild society. It's about him achieving his selfish goals, and achieving a totalitarian control over the lives of his followers, especially Hunter. He brands them with his symbol, and then tortures them. He's a cult leader even down to his typology, with his manipulative words and smiles and professed care about people, all for his own evil ends.
The Owl House is ultimately less religion-critical, and more cult-critical. Think twice before you get a tattoo of a man's secret society on your hand. That's kind of the method of logic the show follows.
Moreover, it can be argued that the show is a condemnation of theocracy, of religion ruling all thought to a degree that drives the thinker further away from the Godly and more deeply into the dark. Nepotism, narcissism, and pride are all very key traits of Belos.
However, as a whole, the show seems critical of religion, in very loose terms, especially ones that try to control your life, or your being, or your expression of self, even through seemingly mundane rules.
This brings up something very interesting when it comes to Hunter's possession by Belos in Thanks To Them.
Possession has never, ever, ever been a good thing.
Not to any religion, as far as I'm aware. Especially not Abrahamic traditions. In Christianity, possession is considered the worst form of demonic affliction, and one that you need to do everything to avoid. That is not an end goal, that is not a good. That is something to be avoided at all costs.
Something other than you having complete control over your will, your being, is the exact opposite of what Judeo-Christian(Can't speak for Islam, I'm not super certain on their beliefs) Religions want you to achieve. True freedom is the goal of Judeo-Christian practices, and the ability to be wholly and completely yourself with God. Literally. That's the goal. They want you to become the perfection God intended for you from the beginning.
Possession is. Not it.
Even the word calls up thoughts of demons, of satanism, and of spiritual danger.
And therein lies the irony.
Belos possessed Hunter.
A religious/cult leader, with power that has slowly dwindled, took over someone else to do his bidding. That's literally what demons do.
(Of course, don't worry, demons aren't going to mess with you, dear reader. Christianity states that most often, just a little temptation is all it takes for us to sin, so why would they bother us with the big guns? Also. Like. In Christianity, to be possessed, you have to consent to the demons taking over you. So! Let that be a lesson to you! The world has a spiritual nature too, and what you invite will accept your invitations!)
Anyways.
It's ironic that the man considered to be a theocratic despot, a cult leader, a manipulator that stands for everything that should be avoided, was possessed, and then in turn possessed another.
It implies that religion is simply the tool being used by a greater evil. The idea of The Emperor's Coven as a cult is a tool used in a larger, more sinister design.
Because, if possession is inherently demonic, as it always is and always will be, then The Owl House has never really been about theocracy, or religion, or even cults.
It's about how darker forces can use those things to gain power and control.
It's about how darkness can twist even things like religion, which is a good, and is extremely important.
It reminds me of what one of my professors was talking about the other day, a Latin Phrase. Corruptio optimi pessima est. The corruption of the highest is the worst. Essentially, the Latin version of "The Bigger They Are, The Harder They Fall". It relates to how good is corrupted by distorting it, and how the worst things are all corruptions of what good is meant to be.
So, really.
Hunter getting possessed changes the entire focal point of the series.
Because it's no longer a single man possessed and ruined, destroying as many as he can out of narcissistic power-hungry desperation.
It's that same man taking over others in order to get control, and gain what he wants.
Belos is, for all events and purposes, a demon. His behavior is demonic, and his attacks are demonic.
And so, it's ironic.
It's ironic that a character seen as a religious leader is possessing the creature he made by playing god. It's ironic that possession is involved in this work at all. It's ironic that sacrifice had to be used to free Hunter. It's ironic. It is irony on top of irony on top of irony.
It's ironic that a series so widely considered to be critical of organized religion and cults is really just saying the age old tune.
Corruptio optimi pessima est.
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hazyaltcare · 5 months
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An aesthetic for a Nameless Ghoul (Ghost band) with themes of demons and cats.
Mod Haze (❤️Alice❤️)
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barbie-edits · 2 years
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Presenting: the evilest barbie
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smidge-j · 1 year
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Santa and Satan similarities (other than the spelling of the names)
Both primarily associated with the colour red
Both associated with Christianity
Both live in places of extreme temperatures
Both are used in stories to get kids to behave
Probably don't sell your soul to either of them
Both have made an appearance in the Higly Acclaimed British Science Fiction Television Show Doctor Who
Their wives are good in bed
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alexjcrowley · 9 months
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Joris-Karl Huysmans life out of context
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catholicjinx · 2 years
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venting-town · 24 days
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Saying that life is worth it, death is worth it it, etc is worth it for “ even a little joy “ is retarded
If that’s how you “ do “. Ok.
If you don’t “ do. Ok.
Fuck both retarded assess
Fuck dreamed/memories ( interchangeably/by “ themselves”/etc )
Retarded ass universe/multiverse/truths/lies/Holy Spirit/Satan/God/Lucifer/Jesus Christ/Legion/demon/angel/you/self/dark/light/order/chaos/ chaos/ order/static/change/ /one/two/etc///
Fucking retarded ass shit
Fuck you retarded assess
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kreepercoolman · 9 months
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Contest Submission for a kink server I'm on.
Character belongs to @/DarkCoatTheWolf on Twitter (18+!!!)
Done with watercolor and Ink.
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noven-warsh · 11 months
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You know you've fallen hard when you start to make silly little character designs for satan and think about satan lore
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shadows-over-sunn · 1 year
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📹 you! Brat child! What the hell did you do *camera clacking*
🔫 you! Satan chicken killer! Stop spying on me!
📹 you don't even show up on the camera!
📼 hi Max can we ask, wth
🔫 I don't know what you 2 are doing, whether you actually trying to find the thing or recording you two doing sideways tango-
📼 ew
🔫 -stop it. You don't know what that shit is. You're gonna get hurt *helmet sound*
📹 explain
🔫 *mountain bike sounds*
📹 damn it....she knows more.. she won't tell us...
📼 one of these are your dad's cameras
📹 ....CRAP END RECORDING 9:23!
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obeyme-lost-thought · 9 months
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Headcanon: Mc swearing problem
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Mc: WHAT ?! Oh my go-
Simeon simplicity being there
Mc: .... gosh... Oh my gosh.
Diavolo: Yes, because *saying one of the most strange things on the 3 world*
Mc: Seriously ? What the Hel-
Diavolo: ?
Mc: Heck... What the Heck.
*Cuddling with one of the brothers*
Mc: It's so nice, I fell like I'm in heav-
Mc: ...
Brother: Fell like ?
Mc: Nothing.
*Some day after*
Diavolo: It's just me or MC change their sentence at the last second ?
Lucifer: I noticed the same thing
Solomon: *laughing*
Every one else: ?
Solomon: Oh nothing. It's just a human problem.
*In another room*
Solomon: Hello MC.
Mc: Oh my fucking God. Oh Jesus Chris. For the love of God.
TELL ME HOW TO SWEAR, SOLOMON!
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nightmarecaused · 1 year
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✯ ━ BIOGRAPHY;
Due to being a fallen angel, Lucifer lacked human DNA and required two vessels to conceive a child, which is the reason he decided to have a little fun by using a nun as his conduit, possessing her body to manipulate for his own purposes; this created a dissociative alert-ego/split personality in Mary-Ann through with Lucifer could exert control over her behavior and actions, which in result is how he had ended up with twins all while talks of how a priest and a nun ended up having sex in church became the juiciest gossip around the town. After successfully carrying the twins for ten months, she was met with violent and agonizing nativity that would only ensure the twins successful emergence upon the world as she knocks out from the pain. When she finally gained concuiousness though, she was met with devistating news that Atticus passed away, but what really happened is during that time limit Lucifer’s right hand man possessed one of the nurses in order to kidnap Atticus and leave him on Donna Vorhee’s front porch which was ordered by Lucifer himself. This was to throw the other demons and angels off of their trail as a way to keep them safe. However, the woman that was chosen to raise Atticus as her own wasn’t exactly the wisest choice. She didn’t like being a mother. She blamed getting pregnant with her daughter, Matilda, as the sole reason why she isn’t currently a trophy wife and is forced to live in a trailer park. She doesn’t believe that the rich guy she was dating would have taken off if none of this happened, but in truth he was always going to leave her no matter if she’d planned purposely getting pregnant with his child or not. There is also a side of her that does in fact care for her children, but is frequently cruel and even neglectful to them.
Contrary to the Bible’s proclamation that he would be the “essence of evil,” however, Atticus can’t exactly devoid himself entirely of humanity until the day that he pass away, which is when his powers will be at their strongest due to Atticus being the master of dreams. While Lucifer controls all of hell, Atticus controls the dream world. Anything that he does in these dreams are also happening in real life (just like Freddy Krueger.) Of course though, when he was younger that was unknown, he hadn’t been aware of the fact that he could do such a thing. While he was still clueless of these abilities, Atticus would have moments where he could actually see his dream demon form right behind his therapist he’d talk to about the reoccuring “dreams.” Those reoccuring “dreams” of his never really did go away, and it’d only got worse after one hard day at work when coworkers were being really mean to him that he retaliated by killing them in dream world, which in turn killed them in real life too. After overhearing news about this bizarre case happened, Doctor Brenner became intrigued in the case since he didn’t believe it was just some coincidence. It’d taken years, but eventually, Brenner found out it was all connected to Atticus and chosen to bring him in to do examinations on him. Unlike the other test subjects that he has, Brenner hadn’t technically done any test experiments on Atticus, but he did do lots of personal research whenever Atticus escaped into the dream world. At first Atticus was low-key not the biggest fan of Brenner due to Henry putting thoughts in his head, but he does eventually warm up to him.
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misc-obeyme · 5 months
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Some random demons are talking shit about MC at RAD. They're unaware of the fact that Mammon & Satan are in the classroom.
Mammon: Yo, you hearin’ this?
Satan: *not looking up from his book* It's unfortunate we have such idiotic classmates, isn't it?
Mammon: *stands up, grinning* Let’s rumble.
Satan: *snaps his book shut* Fine, but please never say that again.
Destruction ensued. Satan & Mammon refused to tell MC why they were hanging from the ceiling later that day.
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masterlist | Thank you for reading!
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metamatronic · 8 months
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“I didn’t mean to fall. I just hung around the wrong people.”
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zephyrchama · 8 days
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"What did Mammon do now?"
The greedy demon was in his underwear, hanging upside down from a rafter in the hallway. He tried to coerce you into letting him down as you walked by, but you knew better than to do so without consulting Lucifer.
"Gambling. The usual." Lucifer had a hand on his forehead, pushing his hair up while jotting something down at his desk.
"Mammon gambles every day," you pointed out. "What'd he really do?"
By the way Lucifer groaned, you knew it was something juicy. "I caught him pilfering one of my rarest records, a gift from Diavolo, to use as collateral in a bet. It's one-of-a-kind. I doubt he even knows what it is, but Mammon always has a knack for finding things of high value."
"His secret sixth sense," you agreed. "What'd you do with his clothes?"
"They make it harder to tie him up tightly. He has a slightly higher chance of wiggling free with clothes on, so I made him strip." Lucifer gestured, Mammon's clothes had been put on some kind of mannequin, tucked away in the space between two bookshelves.
You'd never seen it before. Your jaw dropped into the widest half-smile half-astonished expression possible. It had Mammon's hair and his goofy smile. Even a flashy golden earring. "What is that?"
You practically ran across the room to inspect it. It was dressed properly in Mammon's shirt and tie. There were a lot of seams, more than seemed necessary, perhaps from being repeatedly repaired over years of use. "Lucifer, this is adorable."
"It's a necessary tool for my sanity." He pushed the chair back, standing up to join you.
"What do you mean?"
"I'll give you a demonstration."
Lucifer comically wound up his closed fist. With ballistic force, he struck the figure right in its chest. It flopped back, then sprung back up wildly to receive a fistful of lighter blows from Lucifer.
"You made a Mammon punching bag? Really?" You didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Isn't that a bit much?"
"I didn't make it, Mammon did."
Surprise of the day number two. "Mammon made this? Himself?"
To stop the wobbling, Lucifer grabbed the punching bag's tie, pulling it tight and then smoothing it out. "Cute, right? He thought it might make me go easy on future punishments. It's a very thoughtful gift from my little brother."
"Yeah, I didn't know he could sew. Huh." The two of you stood to admire it before Lucifer returned to his desk. You followed him. "Kind of reminds me of the doll Levi made of me."
Lucifer smiled. "Leviathan made you a doll, did he? How very kind."
"No, he made a doll of me."
Lucifer froze to process this information, frowning.
You continued, "I don't know where he usually keeps it, but I saw it under his desk one time. It's pretty big and detailed. I mentioned it once and offered to lend him a shirt for it, but he got really embarrassed and pushed me out. He's gotta take more pride in his work, it was really impressive."
"I see." Lucifer gritted his teeth. "You know, something I have to do just came up. Let's finish this conversation later." He was quietly seething as he escorted you to the door. Along the way he gave punching-bag Mammon a soft whack to the head.
You realized you forgot to ask if you could untie the real Mammon, but Lucifer had already marched down the hall in the direction of Leviathan's room. Rather than trying to catch up, you decided to go see how the Avatar of Greed was doing.
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