Is Pennywise a demon? Qbert video game download. A source of negative and deadly energy? Or is he the deadlights itself? Or is the entity the audience and the losers club can see a placebo for what truly lies beneath the surface of what we know? It is confusing as hell trying to figure out exactly what Pennywise is and narrowing it down to a tee without ruining the horror at the same time. My theory is that 'IT' is the negative energy and the evil spirit within the macroverse/The deadlights and that pennywise/The entity the group and the audience sees is an actual eternal alien monster or demon that consumes children and is the portal between our universe and his evil spirited version of the macroverse. Just my theory don't stomp on it please.

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Also if someone can accurately and simply explain how the deadlights can do what it does to people (I.e drive them insane or render them paralyzed) that would be a bonus thanks. SPOILER. I read the book a couple of months ago, but memory starts to fade quickly at this age.

I'm also not well versed in the rest of the Stephen King universe. I've read a bunch of his books, but not all (there are so many!). So I don't know if there are deeper explanations in King's other books with regards to the Deadlights, as King's stories somewhat overlap in his own universe.There's a crucial scene missing from the movie wherein Ben learns about spirit-walking by reading about Native Americans. The Losers decide to try it to learn more about IT. They create a smokehouse in their underground hideout in the Barrens (also missing from the movie).The smoke is too much for all but Mike and Richie.

They eventually enter a vision of the area from millions of years ago where they see the arrival of IT. This is a really cool scene, and pretty harrowing. IT is basically a transcendental entity that crashes into the earth (either in a craft or on an asteroid).

The emotional dread Mike and Richie feel is commensurate with the physical destruction of IT's arrival. King does a good job at hinting that IT is not just an alien, but something from Beyond.In the adult final confrontation, Bill is hypnotized by giant spider IT and he sees the Deadlights. IT, in a sense, is the deadlights. You're reading of what they are in the OP is pretty much correct, though it's somewhat open to interpretation.Experiencing the deadlights is such a traumatic experience that you cannot move, you cannot express yourself, and you cannot pull away. They have a hypnotizing effect, and the closest description I can make is that it's analogous to staring into hell.

The deadlights are pure evil; they are the essence of pain, torment, and most crucially, fear.The Losers have to conquer their fear in order to confront IT. But the most interesting thing about the Deadlights is that they show what a farce 'conquering your fear' really is.Fear is essential to humanity. To be without fear is to be inhuman. When Bev says she isn't afraid of IT, and IT promises she will be (Star Wars!?), he's right. The clown form no longer works on the Losers.

The deadlights always work on everybody.Thematically, the deadlights represent the fact that while we can improve as human beings in regards to our fears, we will never be without fear. And there will always be certain fears that have the very real potential to destroy our lives.Maybe specific fears can be conquered. Maybe the man with vertigo manages to peer over a cliff, for example.

But instances like these are exceptions to the rule. Most of the time, the man with vertigo can only improve upon his fear response in regards to heights.Will Eddie ever be without his hypochondria? Will Bill ever truly get over the loss of Georige, and subsequent fear of losing those closest to him in the future?

The best they can do is improve upon the effects these fears have on them. Perhaps these fears will never truly be 'conquered.' There's another prevalent theme in the book which is absent from the movie: that of 'forgetting' trauma.

Since the two timelines in the book of child vs. Adult are told concurrently, I suspect this theme to be explored in chapter two. I'm happy to explore this theme more, but this post is too long as it is.TL;DR the deadlights are the essence of fear, and they always work.

They also show that while individual fears can be somewhat conquered, fear will always be present in our lives. That's not quite IT's nature, and it wasn't my intention to communicate that in my post. Sorry if I wasn't clear.IT's sort of both a physical creature and an 'antagonizing spirit,' as you say.This is the supernatural, right? IT is indeed physical. Otherwise how would Pennywise tear people apart / eat them? He does so quite literally.

On the other hand, IT can call upon the deadlights, and also emits fear like a toxic cloud. IT even does crazy shit like crawl out of images.IT likes being Pennywise, which is really one of the creepiest things about IT. IT prefers this form. That's really interesting and unsettling. I think this goes beyond the fact that a clown might have more success with children. The fact that IT has preferences and opinions also lends credence to the fact that it is a physical creature.SPOILER, in the book, IT's final form is that of a spider. Or, the spider being 'the closest thing the human mind can comprehend.'

IT is also pregnant, and therefore female. Spirits don't give birth to offspring.

Is Pennywise a demon? A source of negative and deadly energy? Or is he the deadlights itself? Or is the entity the audience and the losers club can see a placebo for what truly lies beneath the surface of what we know?

It is confusing as hell trying to figure out exactly what Pennywise is and narrowing it down to a tee without ruining the horror at the same time. My theory is that 'IT' is the negative energy and the evil spirit within the macroverse/The deadlights and that pennywise/The entity the group and the audience sees is an actual eternal alien monster or demon that consumes children and is the portal between our universe and his evil spirited version of the macroverse. Just my theory don't stomp on it please.

Also if someone can accurately and simply explain how the deadlights can do what it does to people (I.e drive them insane or render them paralyzed) that would be a bonus thanks. SPOILER. I read the book a couple of months ago, but memory starts to fade quickly at this age. I'm also not well versed in the rest of the Stephen King universe.

I've read a bunch of his books, but not all (there are so many!). So I don't know if there are deeper explanations in King's other books with regards to the Deadlights, as King's stories somewhat overlap in his own universe.There's a crucial scene missing from the movie wherein Ben learns about spirit-walking by reading about Native Americans. The Losers decide to try it to learn more about IT. They create a smokehouse in their underground hideout in the Barrens (also missing from the movie).The smoke is too much for all but Mike and Richie.

They eventually enter a vision of the area from millions of years ago where they see the arrival of IT. This is a really cool scene, and pretty harrowing. IT is basically a transcendental entity that crashes into the earth (either in a craft or on an asteroid).

The emotional dread Mike and Richie feel is commensurate with the physical destruction of IT's arrival. King does a good job at hinting that IT is not just an alien, but something from Beyond.In the adult final confrontation, Bill is hypnotized by giant spider IT and he sees the Deadlights. IT, in a sense, is the deadlights. You're reading of what they are in the OP is pretty much correct, though it's somewhat open to interpretation.Experiencing the deadlights is such a traumatic experience that you cannot move, you cannot express yourself, and you cannot pull away.

They have a hypnotizing effect, and the closest description I can make is that it's analogous to staring into hell. The deadlights are pure evil; they are the essence of pain, torment, and most crucially, fear.The Losers have to conquer their fear in order to confront IT. But the most interesting thing about the Deadlights is that they show what a farce 'conquering your fear' really is.Fear is essential to humanity. To be without fear is to be inhuman. When Bev says she isn't afraid of IT, and IT promises she will be (Star Wars!?), he's right. The clown form no longer works on the Losers. The deadlights always work on everybody.Thematically, the deadlights represent the fact that while we can improve as human beings in regards to our fears, we will never be without fear.

And there will always be certain fears that have the very real potential to destroy our lives.Maybe specific fears can be conquered. Maybe the man with vertigo manages to peer over a cliff, for example. But instances like these are exceptions to the rule. Most of the time, the man with vertigo can only improve upon his fear response in regards to heights.Will Eddie ever be without his hypochondria? Will Bill ever truly get over the loss of Georige, and subsequent fear of losing those closest to him in the future? The best they can do is improve upon the effects these fears have on them.

Perhaps these fears will never truly be 'conquered.' There's another prevalent theme in the book which is absent from the movie: that of 'forgetting' trauma. Since the two timelines in the book of child vs. Adult are told concurrently, I suspect this theme to be explored in chapter two. I'm happy to explore this theme more, but this post is too long as it is.TL;DR the deadlights are the essence of fear, and they always work.

They also show that while individual fears can be somewhat conquered, fear will always be present in our lives. That's not quite IT's nature, and it wasn't my intention to communicate that in my post. Sorry if I wasn't clear.IT's sort of both a physical creature and an 'antagonizing spirit,' as you say.This is the supernatural, right? IT is indeed physical. Otherwise how would Pennywise tear people apart / eat them? He does so quite literally.

On the other hand, IT can call upon the deadlights, and also emits fear like a toxic cloud. IT even does crazy shit like crawl out of images.IT likes being Pennywise, which is really one of the creepiest things about IT. IT prefers this form. That's really interesting and unsettling. I think this goes beyond the fact that a clown might have more success with children.

The fact that IT has preferences and opinions also lends credence to the fact that it is a physical creature.SPOILER, in the book, IT's final form is that of a spider. Or, the spider being 'the closest thing the human mind can comprehend.' IT is also pregnant, and therefore female. Spirits don't give birth to offspring.