Saturday, June 27, 2020

Tumblr Thread: Angels And Demons Bond Over Sandwiches


Tumblr does it again with this treasure of a thread that imagines a world where demons and angels are befriending one another over stellar sandwiches. Additionally, the story suggests that angels and demons are often times estranged friends and family members. Now that sets the stage for a powerful drama to break out. Fortunately, the "drama" ends up being a silly, vaguely wholesome water gun/balloon fight. 

Check out some more Tumblr gold with this thread about how elves are flat earthers with scary eyes.

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Text - writing-prompt-s While putting your favorite condiment on a sandwich, you accidentally make a magical occult symbol and summon a demon. A teawitch You silently take two more slices of bread out of the package and make another sandwich. You put it on a plate with a handful of potato chips and hand it to the demon. He takes the sandwich, smiles and vanishes in a puff of demonic smoke. The next day you get that job promotion you were after. There was no contract. No words spoken. You owe not

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Text - geeko-sapiens Can I keep this going? I'm going to keep this going. It would be a little annoying, if they weren't so nice about it. You don't know what you expected demons to be like, but you certainly didn't expect them to be nice about it. There's no demands, no voices like wailing babies, no blood on the walls (well, there was that one time, but Balthazak was very apologetic about the whole thing and cleaned it up right quick). Just the occasional demon stopping by for lunch. In fact,

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Text - You start talking with them, as time goes on. In the beginning you carefully pick your words so they couldn't be spun to even imply a contract or reference a soul, but when they seem politely eager to have a normal chat, your words become a bit looser. You even begin gossiping with them - turns out, demons have breakroom gossip just like anyone else. You listened to Rek'ththththtyr's account of Drokyarix's torrid affair with Irkilliz, and Ferkiyan didn't even know what Drory was doing beh

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Text - finally broke up with him (the shirt was a bit of a loss, demon tears are ruinous to cloth, but Ferkiyan's a good sort and you couldn't just turn him away). You even managed to talk him down from going and starting a fight with Irkiliz, who didn't even know that Drokyarix was in a relationship, and who was almost as horrified as Rek'ththththtyr. After that event in particular, you start to get a sort of a reputation as a place where a demon can come to relax, talk, and - of course - get a

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Text - One day, there's a bright flash of light from your living room. Nothing unusual in itself - most of the younger demons haven't quite got the style of their elders, and usually just go for a materialization in a flash of hellfire over your fireplace - except that it's white instead of the usual red. You look up, and who do you see but an angel looking at you with a spear in his hand. Shrugging, you tell him to sit down and you'll have a sandwich for him shortly, and meanwhile he can just t

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Text - decides to take you up on your offer and starts talking. Apparently, he'd been dispatched to take care of some demon summoner in the neighborhood, and while he'd evidently got the wrong house the right one shouldn't be hard to find - have you seen anyone practicing satanic rituals nearby? You laugh, a little, and tell him that you don't really summon them, they just come on their own. They do like their sandwiches, and they're quite nice folk. The angel's jaw drops, and you remind him to

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Text - It took a bit of explaining with the first angel to arrive. Telling him about the first accidental summoning and then how the demons just started stopping by around lunch time on your days off. But once he understood what's been going on (and finished his sandwich) he nodded solemnly and said he would get this all straightened out "upstairs." You eventually start getting more angels coming around for lunch. Sometimes they bring a small dessert for you to share after the sandwiches, and th

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Text - You lean that angels don't have much of their own drama, but they do know all the truths about human tabloid drama and they're more than willing to dish on what the Kardashians have been up to. The first time an angel and a demon show up for lunch on the same day is a little tense. You tell them that ALL are welcome for lunch in your house and that you would prefer it to be a no- conflict zone. It takes a while for them to settle, but eventually they grow comfortable enough to start chatt

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Text - because demons are technically fallen angels, you've been having two sides of an estranged family over for lunch regularly. Soon, you have an angel and a demon at every lunch. Old friends and estranged siblings meeting up to reconnect over a sandwich at your dinning room table. You help the ones who had a falling out reach an understanding, and you get to hear wild stories of what the "old realm" was like. One day, as you're pulling out the bread and cheese, a messenger demon appears. You

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Text - sandwiches." A little stunned, you agree. The demon disappears and you prepare three sandwiches, setting them at the table. When Lucifer (the actual devil!) appears in small puff of smoke, you welcome him and ask what he'd like to drink. As you're fetching the apple juice, a blinding flash of light comes from the dinning room indicating Michael's arrival. You grab a second cup and walk back in to find a tense stand off between the brothers. You set down the cups and juice while calmly rem

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Text - They don't fight. They sit and enjoy the sandwiches and talk about what happened. You learn a lot about why creation started, what the purpose of humanity was and what it's grown to be. You only have to diffuse two arguments. And at the end when it's time for them to leave, they hug each other, agreeing to meet up again somewhere else. In the following weeks you have the usual assortment of demons and angels stopping by. The regulars ask how you're mom is doing and if your friend is settl

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Text - they ask if it's true. Did Lucifer and Michael really come for lunch? You tell them yes, but won't say what was talked about. They're disappointed, everyone likes the gossip, but they understand. Before they leave, you ask each angel and demon about this idea you have for the summer, what if you had a barbecue on the back patio for everyone who wanted to come? They think it sounds like a fun idea. ladyrage8 Yep, I'm picking up, here we go! Everyone had a lot of fun at the barbecue. There

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Text - of town or older/deaf. There was a great three- legged race and a small football game with parties on all sides involved, you'd never fixed so much food before. Then, two latecomers. Angels and demons alike gasped in shock and parted like the Red Sea (Which, apparently, is a VERY exaggerated story) to let them pass. You smile warmly and ask what they'd like. Both decline to answer that, looking at each other awkwardly. The demon bows its head to let the angel speak first. God Himself hear

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Text - You look at the messenger demon, the same one as before, and as you insist that "Oh, you really should stay this time!", you're told that Lucifer ALSO wants to come to your barbecue. You look between the two. You tell them you won't deny one or the other, but that they must keep in mind that this is a neutral zone and you won't have their conflicts interfere with the atmosphere. Both vanish momentarily (after each taking a plate of food). There's a long, awkward silence.

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