Devil Girl

In the deepest darkest corners of your mind is that little voice that suggests all your worst ideas, and produces all those thoughts that are sometimes so terrible you’re ashamed of them. In cartoons, it’s most often portrayed as a little devil that sits on your shoulder opposite the angel. They chatter into each ear and it’s your duty to decide what to do. Most often, the angel wins out; because that’s what keeps most of us happy, healthy and out of prison. But every so often, the little devil has something to say and you listen well. Not everyone has a problem with being a little bad sometimes. If you’re one of those people then perhaps being a devil or demon for Halloween would be the perfect costume for you.

Like the angel, the devil is present in hundreds of different cultures and is portrayed in just as many different ways. Which gives you plenty of opportunity to use your creativity when constructing or finding a great costume.

First you have to choose what exactly you want to portray. You could be anyone from Lucifer himself, to one of his less intelligent minions, to simply a fellow demon. If you don’t mind stereotypes, then include a lot of red and a plastic pitchfork in your ensemble, perhaps some pointy horns and a long tail with a point at the end. Your outfit could be something as simple as a red button down shirt and black dress pants (you know that the underworld is suave~) or as complicated as evil armor made of -hopefully plastic- human skulls.

As always, if you don’t have the spare time or creative willpower to head down that path, there are lots of outfits available to buy. Additionally, there are some pretty scary looking masks that are more creature than human in looks. You could dress as a demon and look as realistically scary as possible with these. They even have clawed-hand gloves to hide your other fleshy human features.

So be bad on Halloween night in your demon costume, and own it!

In old cartoons the main character is sometimes faced with the dilemma of whether or not to do the right thing. Often an angel appears on one shoulder and urges the character to do good, while a devil appears on the other shoulder and tells the character not to listen to the angel, and to do whatever they feel like doing. What if you met that little shoulder demon, and he was normal sized. What if he told you….

devil mask

That angel is out of the picture. ‘Comon, lets take a walk and discuss some things. You know who I am right? Oh no, not The Devil, just a devil. You know, like your own personal demon. You buy into that whole guardian angel deal, yeah? Well, to be honest they don’t pay that much attention. See, we’re a lot more attentive where I’m from. We’re with you every step of the way, from birth, really. I know everything about you, and pretty much every time you did something ‘bad’ I had a hand in it. You thought that was just you? Hah! Well, don’t get me wrong, you’ve got free will and all that, but sometimes temptation is just too hard to resist. I’m that temptation, you see. I’m the one that knows you want that thing from the store, but you can’t afford it. So I distract the security guard for a few minutes and give you the opportunity to take it without getting caught. Yeah yeah, I know it was just the once. Don’t try to convince me you’re a good person, no person is good once they get past a certain age. Calm down, it’s just human nature. Sheesh. Sensitive, aren’t we? So why am I talking to you now? Good question. There’s something big coming up, real big, and I need to know if you’re in. The boss kind of wants a head count. You understand, right? It’s like R.S.V.P.-ing for a party. Hey- Where are you going. You know I’m not going to leave you alone until I get an answer…..

May we reconvene under the blood red moon,
-Black Widow