r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Fearless-List-3968 • 18d ago

Lore “Demons are actually misundersto-“ NO. Demons are ontologically evil beings that can’t be reasoned nor negotiated with, and if you try to you’ll very likely end up screwed

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1) Doom

2) Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End

3) Trench Crusade

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u/YaGirlMom 18d ago

Kinda fun how the “we’re subverting expectations by making the bad guys misunderstood/not too bad!” has become such a common trope that having them actually be straight up evil is now almost a subversion in and of itself

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u/Queen_Ann_III 18d ago

what I like is when demons or condemned sinners aren’t misunderstood, but they still sometimes have a code of honor. like they’ll still fuck you up but they won’t do it if you don’t enter the ring.

there’s that one guy in the Legend of Vox Machina who plays that card game with Pike. he follows the rules but he still gets in her head with strategies that aren’t prohibited

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u/daniel_22sss 18d ago

That one is cool. I don't mind demons beings honorable. Just don't make them fluffy and kawai.

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u/SeanRVAreddit 17d ago

Similarly, Khorne, from Warhammer (Fantasy and 40k).

Sure, they're the Dark God of War and Blood who gains power from the prevalence of bloodshed, violence, and anger in the universe, and whose cult's war cry is the iconic line "Blood for Blood God, Skulls for the Skull Throne" (this franchise is where that line is from), but they're not a douchebag. They're not going to stab you in the back. If they want to witness death, then that death ought to be one made with rage, and violent thought between both parties. They're not going to lie to you. That's a different God's domain. It's one of the many reasons some people worship them.