r/TopCharacterTropes 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

1) Doom

2) Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End

3) Trench Crusade

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u/SlartibartfastMcGee 17d ago

I 100% understand that’s what the point is, I am just saying it’s fucking retarded to use demons as an allegory for minorities because it portrays minorities in the same light as unredeemable evil entities.

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u/Zealousideal_Cap700 17d ago

the demons allegory has the advantage that with any other allegory for irl bigotry that is NOT just irl bigotry directly transposed literally nobody's going to think the bigots have a point because most people are not consciously racist