EllipsisGoblins wrote:Angels can have horns. Angels & demons are almost the same species. Demons feed off of the suffering of souls. This is why they're always trying to get your soul & take you to Hell. You're basically a food battery. They just need to keep torturing you.
Eventually, you become numb to the torture, so the demon has to mix it up & find different ways to make you suffer. After many years, you just don't suffer as much. You're a used up battery and of no use to the demon. That's usually how we get lost souls in Hell.
The more innocent/pure/good you are, the more ripe you are for suffering & the more "nutrients" you can provide. This is where the whole "sacrifice a virgin" thing comes from. The demons don't actually care if you've had sex. It's just that virgins tend to be more innocent.
So demons aren't inherently evil, it's that they eat your suffering. They don't have any compassion because what the heck would a demon need to feel pity for? And it's no accident that they look so scary. Feeling terrified is a form of suffering. Yum.
Angels on the other hand, feed of off joy. This is why angels are known for being kind and performing miracles, etc. Angels also want to own your soul to use as a food battery. They want to take you to a place designed to give you pure happiness as much as possible.
In other words... Heaven. But they can't just kidnap you or steal your soul. That could cause you distress and stop you from experiencing all that delicious joy. So they'll only take you to Heaven if you agree. Only if you really want it.
As you might imagine, almost everyone would want to go to an angel's Heaven. This is why it so rarely happens. Angels have all the souls they'll ever need, so they don't take souls often. Think of it as trying to get into a packed nightclub.
Just like how demons prefer innocent souls, angels prefer corrupt ones, or rather good souls who used to be evil. Pure, innocent joy is going be newer for someone who used to be a miserable, evil douche, so they produce the most intense, yummy joy.
This is why religious tomes speak so much about redemption, being "reborn", and asking for forgiveness. Angels love that shit. Just like how demons are necessarily evil, angels aren't automatically good.
It's just that you're going to totally love a being who only wants to perform miracles for you and give you as much joy as it can. And there's a reason why angels usually look so beautiful, all bathed in light with perfect skin and soft wings or whatever.
It's all designed to not be scary or threatening looking and instead look comforting or sexy or well... angelic. But yes, they can totally have horns.