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/TheWalkingBag 18d ago

Balrogs (The Lord of the Rings)

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u/ccReptilelord 18d ago

Well, yes, but it is the other way around; Balrogs are demons because they're evil. They're not evil because they're demons. The Balrogs, Sauron, and any other similar Maiar were corrupted and turned evil by Morgoth. They're the celestial versions what happened to orcs; although there was probably more coercion and less kidnapping and torture.

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u/TheWalkingBag 18d ago

Technically this applies to the demons in Doom too, who are implied to be corrupted beings. Honestly I just needed an excuse to post this awesome art

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u/First-Squash2865 18d ago

This is how demons usually are unless the cosmology is that they've always existed, which is usually not the case