#screwtape

[tinsnip]

"Your patient must demand that all his own utterances are to be taken at their face value and judged simply on the actual words, while at the same time judging all his mother's utterances with the fullest and most oversensitive interpretation of the tone and the context and the suspected intention. She must be encouraged to do the same to him. Hence from every quarrel they can both go away convinced, or very nearly convinced, that they are quite innocent. ... Once this habit is well established you have the delightful situation of a human saying things with the express purpose of offending and yet having a grievance when offence is taken."

--Screwtape, "The Screwtape Letters" - excerpt from tvtropes

#screwtape #the discourse #this is how it fucking is sometimes up in here #and on twitter #and on most social media tbqh #screwtape knows

[badlibbing]

So I read The Screwtape Letters over the weekend...

I enjoyed it a lot, especially the absolute shitlord of a character that is Screwtape himself. I felt a powerful need to draw him and Wormwood, except of course they have no physical descriptions, so I got to design them myself!

(Is this my first time sharing raw sketches here? I think it is.)

DESIGN NOTES:

I wanted to make them look pretty alien overall, since Screwtape emphasizes multiple times the unearthly nature of demons. I started with their heads, giving them humanoid base features and just sort of messing around until I got something I liked. I knew from the beginning that I didn't want them to have hair, but they looked weird without anything on their heads, and stereotypical demon horns didn't fit the image I was going for. I started thinking about their names; specifically the "tape" in Screwtape and the "worm" in Wormwood. The former gave me mental images of something flat, so I went with a sort of flaccid fin structure (I like to imagine it sticks up straight when he's emotional). The latter, naturally, evoked images of tendrils, so that practically designed itself.

You're probably wondering about those legs now. I originally intended to make them bipedal, but then I remembered an interesting detail in the book; Screwtape has a lot of snarky nicknames for humans, and among them are a couple that specifically mention their number of legs. He calls human beings "two-legged animals" in one instance, then "hairless bipeds" in another. This implies that demons themselves are not bipedal. When I realized this, I tried to think up a centaur-like body plan, but it didn't look quite right. So I got a little creative and ended up giving them four legs without a typical quadrupedal body. It ended up working nicely with my desire to make them alien-looking.

Finally, let's talk clothes... or lack thereof. I wanted to dress them at first, but in addition to not being able to come up with anything fitting, I asked myself why demons would wear clothes anyway. The obvious human-centric answer would be "to cover up their nads", but remember, folks, these aren't humans. I recalled a part in the book where Screwtape mentions that demons don't understand the feeling of lust despite its use as a vessel of sin. A complete lack of lust within demons implies asexual reproduction (and therefore no sex organs), which makes sense considering the emphasis placed on their unearthly qualities. Of course, this begs the question of why demons in the book refer to one another with male pronouns and titles. That's a simple answer; even if only one gender (or none at all depending on how you look at it) exists within a society, those folks still use pronouns, so my guess is the demons borrowed male ones from human society as a default.

That's all I have to say about my Screwtape and Wormwood designs! If the lore I mentioned sounds interesting, I recommend reading The Screwtape Letters for yourself. Even if you're not religious, or religious and not Christian, it's an entertaining read. It's also quite short, which is how I was able to blast through the whole thing in less than two days.

I'm bad at outros. Goodnight!

#digital art #digital sketch #sketches #character design #creature design #monster design #demons #book characters #the screwtape letters #screwtape #wormwood #cs lewis

[arye-o]

On the subject of the 8th Letter, Screwtape writes to his pupil the mechanisms of God's Will.

✒️"Our cause is never more in danger than when a human, no longer desiring but still intending to do our Enemy's will, looks round upon the universe from which every trace of him seems to have vanished, and asks why he has been forsaken, and still obeys."

Screwtape teaches a devil how to tempt a human soul. Referring to God as the Enemy who also tempts his will upon humans, they must act when the soul desperately seeks a blessing in the absence of God,

▫️"Sooner or later He withdraws,. leaves the creature to stand up on its own legs. .it is during the peak periods that it is growing into the sort of creature he wants it to be. Hence, the prayers offered in the state of dryness are those which please him best."

In the time of unanswered prayers- should the devil do best in cauterizing one's faith and sealing the human's virtue as it's accursed own,

📍"Our goal is the absorption of its will into ours, the increase of our own area of selfhood at its expense."

L.VII

#the screwtape letters #screwtape #classical literature #british literature #c.s. lewis #cs lewis #british author #paradise lost #christianity #christian apologetics #epistolary #temptation #devil #god #dark academia #dark aesthetic #dark art #booklr

[0-coordinates]

DJ Screw handwritten track list for Lil' Keke tape

#dj screw #lil keke #screwtape

[aeontriad]

Screwtape

A musical tale of a demon in love.

#podcast #music #alternate reality radio #screwtape #demon music

[christianblogr]

The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis – C.S. Lewis, one of the most renowned Christian thinkers of the 20th century, gifted us with a unique and thought-provoking masterpiece titled The Screwtape Letters. Published in 1942, this captivating book takes readers on a journey through the cunning world of demonic temptation, providing a fresh perspective on the age-old battle of good and evil. The…

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#C.S. Lewis #Christian Books #Screwtape #Screwtape Letters

[recursive360]

𝓚𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓣𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮 𝓔𝓷𝓮𝓶𝔂

Mark 6:17-28

#Sunday Morning #Sunday #bible #Screwtape #Wormwood #soldiers #warfare #Modern Warfare #bible study #combatives #martial arts #g.i. joe #VFW #priceless #a history of violence

[slowtumbling]

Screwtape Replies to Gagdrool

My dear Gagdrool, While I can not say that I was overjoyed at receiving your letter, I am grateful for your vigilance in communicating the dastardly machinations of one Mr. Lewis. The information has been forwarded down to the lowest echelons, where a suitable response against those elements of humanity who have read my letters to my nephew will be forthcoming. Here now, I must draw your…

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#Christianity #creative #CS Lewis #demons #Gagdrool #letters #Parables #screwtape #Screwtape Letters #Temptation

[screwedupclick]

The History of the Screwed Up Click

DJ Screw of Houston created a new genre of hip-hop called Chopped and Screwed through slowing down and manipulating hip-hop instrumentals. He invited local rappers to freestyle over these songs before recording them onto tapes for distribution. Led by DJ Screw, and collectively dubbed the Screwed Up Click, this group became well-known due to their appearances on grey “Screwtapes”. Some have…

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#big hawk #big moe #botany boyz #chopped #chopped and screwed #dj screw #fat pat #grey cassette #grey tape #grey tapes #kay-k #lil keke #mike d #screwed up click #screwtape #suc #z-ro

[tristansherwin]

ENCOUNTERS / GO BACK AND TELL (LK. 8:26-39)

ENCOUNTERS / GO BACK AND TELL ‘The one they sought to shackle is sat at Jesus’ feet; fully clothed, in his right mind, and at peace. Jesus exposes their inhumanity and their own ability to echo chaos.’

Here’s my longer sermon notes from this afternoon’s Metro Christian Centre service (dated 2nd October 2022), continuing our new series ENCOUNTERS. You can also catch up with this via MCC’s YouTube channel (just give us time to get the video uploaded 😉) We are continuing our ENCOUNTERS series, looking at a handful of the gospel accounts where people have these stunning interactions with…

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#C. S. Lewis #Demonising #Demons #Echo #Embrace #Exclusion #Greg Boyd #Jesus #Legion #Luke 5 #N.T. Wright #Old Scratch #Pigs #Possession #Richard Beck #Scooby Doo #Screwtape

[almacambiondaughterofsaleos]

Screwtape Letters Wins Over Helluva Boss

Premise: A business based in hell that involves sinners. 

Helluva Boss:

* Tries to turn hell into a wussy safe place where people get on you for saying the r word and the b word. 

* Heaven is being revealed to be boring and structured full of rules. 

* Hell is portrayed to be a bit more chaotic, but yet not so different from how the living word is shown. 

* The citizens actually have a compass to know right from wrong as a result it’s confusing how this is hell when people have standards not so different from earth.  

* Hell’s worldbuilding is a mess not understanding why there would be jails and rehabilitation clinics since the thing is hell is about you not getting better but worse. 

* It really doesn’t understand demonology or theology as they the creator thinks. 

* The targets are made to be as bad as possible to make them feel it’s karmic they are being killed. 

* It has increasingly juvenile humor that was funny but later gets very old. 

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Screwtape Letters:

* Hell is portrayed as a horrible place and it’s authoritarian to the point they despise music. 

* The demons to their core are evil and despise all things good. They truly can’t comprehend it and believe it to be vile. They don’t have a wrong way of doing sin but what gives better results. 

* The patient is someone who we see is a moral and hope the protagonists don’t win. 

* Hell is full of propaganda demonizing heaven and trying to treat it as if it’s a horrible place when it isn’t. 

* There is so much humor to be found in a humorless sad shack like Screwtape. 

* The worldbuilding you see is around how something like hell could function in their world and not based on just what human society is. 

* It is by CS Lewis who being a Christian knows how sin works better than Vivziepop does and not a pop culture understanding of it trying to downplay how sin can work. 

#anti vivziepop #anti-helluva boss #helluva boss #cs lewis #screwtape letters #vivziepop critical #helluva boss critical #helluva boss criticism #helluva boss critique

[the-magic-school-bus]

"Be not deceived, Wormwood, our cause is never more in jeopardy than when a human, no longer desiring but still intending to do our Enemy's will, looks round upon a universe in which every trace of Him seems to have vanished, and asks why he has been forsaken, and still obeys."

- C.S Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

#was talking to some friends about doubting and this quote came up #and holy crap #does that perfect describe my situation #c.s. lewis #not surprised he had a quote for my exact situation #hes just like that #the screwtape letters

[queenlucythevaliant]

In Narnia's metaphor, Edmund isn't Judas Iscariot. He's us.

Edmund's betrayal isn't eating the Turkish Delight or even liking the Witch. That, and the effects of the Turkish Delight that follow, are his temptation.

His actual betrayal comes when he's seen evidence of the Witch's evil (at Tumnus's house) and heard all about the Witch's tyranny and the goodness of Aslan (from the Beavers) and he still chooses to go over to the Witch alone.

Of course the deck is stacked against Edmund! Of course he's being deceived and manipulated! Of course he's just a child! That's how sin works!!! Haven't you read Screwtape???

Edmund's sin is easy for us to excuse, but it is still inexcusable. That's the whole point. It is petty and small and childish and still wrong. Just like so much of our sin.

#i know I'm preaching to the choir here #every day i am plagued by bad takes #starting to think that Screwtape should just be required reading for people who want to sound off about sin in narnia #Edmund and Susan in particular #narnia #the traitor who mended

[sunshineandrosesnoraincamemyway]

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#Polls #Tumblr polls #Cs Lewis #clive staples lewis #boxen #the pilgrim's regress #The space trilogy #the screwtape letters #the great divorce #Narnia #Til we have faces #Letters to malclom

[mustbealoosewire]

by MinisterScrewtape

#minister screwtape #ministerscrewtape #art #deviantart #imperial navy #w40k #breacher

[sealrock]

the major arcana, shuffled: 8/??

DEATH; ⤉ spiritual transformation, endings, transition, sudden or unexpected upheaval ⤈ fear of change, repeating negative patterns, stagnancy, decay

#ffxiv:tma #nothing horrifically jumpscarish this time!! #this is a low effort one and you can tell it is but. paris' voidsent screwtape who was once called yves #if any of you remember who yves was you deserve financial compensation #long story short was that he was a sickly prince from a kingdom on the 13th and got turned into a voidsent during the flood of darkness #fast forward 10k years or so and he dropped his soul stone into the source and paris picked it up. and the end :) #so yea he underwent a lore refresh now that he's an npc. he's attached to paris up until endwalker. i imagine he finally dies :') #q. #mygposes. #ffxivsnaps #gposers #ffxiv gpose #ffxiv oc #hyur