It is a cautious tale, it warns you that if you dont make deals with the devil you won’t live up to your full potential, and fuck consequences.
I didn’t do it for my family. I did it… for line go up.
I liked to see the line go up.
🔫 I lied, I don’t have Netflix, put your shoes back on. We’re going to the crossroads
My favorite part is how the devil is judging the contest himself, and even with that huge advantage he’s still like “nah he’s just better rip”
There’s a subtext that you guys are missing. The devil wins whether he says Johnny won or lost.
- If the devil wins, he gets Johnny’s soul per the terms of the bet.
- If Johnny wins, the devil gets Johnny’s soul because he’s committing multiple deadly sins purely by boasting and challenging the devil for a golden fiddle: pride, greed, vanity.
If he deems Johnny the winner, Johnny is less likely to challenge the decision, and he’s also more likely to continue committing the sins of pride and vanity (by boasting of his victory over the Devil Himself).
Johnny’s only chance to avoid his fate (per most strains of the Christian faith) is to acknowledge and repent/confess/absolve his sins by seeking divine mercy. The devil knows this is unlikely.
Johnny lost as soon as he uttered his first line.
The boy said “My name’s Johnny,”
“And it might be a sin”
“So I’d uh… I’d better not”
“I’m actually gonna go.”
It’s okay Johnny’s Protestant he just has to repent
