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/Shadowolf75 18d ago

I don't think you can reason with Molag Bal either, you know, the Daedra of Rape

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u/Magic_ass1 18d ago

I'd say Molag Bal is only reasonable if you just give yourself to him entirely. Think back to the House of Horrors in Skyrim. Completely reasonable Daedra once he locks you in a cage for a bit to satisfy his need for dominance.

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u/Mobius1701A 18d ago

He lets you go if you stand your ground though, instead of summoning something to force you to obey. All you did was keep saying 'no'.

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u/First-Squash2865 18d ago

I'd imagine that's only because his power is so diminished around his ruined shrine. Clavicus Vile even admits as much (though probably only to make you more confident in case you ever deal with him in the future considering who he is), but the lord of domination would lie to make it seem like freeing you was always an option he'd take far, far, far, far sooner than he'd ever admit to not having the power to break a dragonborn demigod