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• Straight: Tuoni, the finnish god of the Underworld is a portrayed as a God of Evil.
• Exaggerated: Tuoni is portrayed as an Eldritch Abomination and blamed for every single atrocity mankind has been through, like the Holocaust for example.
• Downplayed:
  • Tuoni was nice in the original mythos, but ended up getting portrayed as a jerkass.
  • Tuoni was originally an Anti-Villain/Anti-Hero; but is portrayed as a Dastardly Whiplash and/or a Generic Doomsday Villain instead.
• Justified:
  • People are superficial and think gods of things they fear and are disgusted upon must be evil and disgusting.
  • In a universe where a god's personality is defined by belief, the change in attitudes toward death have also altered Tuoni.
• Inverted:
  • Satan Is Good.
  • A goddess of love is pretty much an abusive bitch.
  • Don't Fear the Reaper.
  • Tuoni actually values and loves mortals, treating them well in the afterlife and offering death as some kind of luxurious resting. His opposite, the Creator goddess, is a everspawning Eldritch Abomination who wants all life to obey her, and will make sure they can't escape.
• Subverted:
  • Tuoni is a Jerk with a Heart of Gold and thought his actions were for a greater good.
  • In a setting using Crossover Cosmology, Tuoni was usurped by Satan, who puts his abilities as The Prince of Lies to good use to smear Tuoni. Once Tuoni is released, he goes back to doing what he used to be doing.
  • Tuoni causes lots of death because those he directly kills go to paradise.
• Double Subverted:
  • Tuoni lied and everyone's souls are now in Hell.
  • The time spent being Satan's torture bitch snapped Tuoni's mind, and now he's a psychopath.
• Parodied: Tuoni possessed Joel Schumacher into making Batman & Robin so people commited mass suicide.
• Zig Zagged: Tuoni can't decide if he is on the side of the good guys or if he wants to take over the world.
• Averted: No good death/dark deities become evil.
• Enforced:
  • "We don't care so much about mythological accuracy as making quick cash, so to keep with the popular opinion we made him evil! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!"
  • "People don't want to die. So death must be evil."
  • "Hades is another name for Hell, right? The guy's GOT to be evil in the myths, then!"
• Lampshaded: "I suppose mythology is wrong then."
• Invoked:
  • The local God of Evil claims he is a death god.
  • Alternatively: Tuoni purposefully cultivates a bad reputation to keep the suicide rate down.
• Exploited: ???
• Defied: The local head of the Fantasy Pantheon makes sure death is under the supervision of a decent person.
• Discussed: "Wouldn't it be nice if Hades was a good guy for a change?"
• Conversed: "Not Anubis the evil furry again!"
• Deconstructed:
  • Tuoni, being a real entity in this universe, feels offended and refuses to aid mankind when a real God of Evil or Eldritch Abomination attacks.
  • Tuoni being an evil god means that the afterlife is going to be a Crapsack World that no-one can escape. Cosmic Horror Story And I Must Scream anyone?
• Reconstructed:
  • Turns out he was a jerk anyway so it really didn't matter.
  • He understands that his job would lead to a lot of hate being directed by him. However, he also understands the necessities of his position being a necessary evil, so he just takes the abuse like a Stoic Woobie.
• Played For Laughs: In a new age religious movement Severus Snape becomes the local god of death; while it turns out he is good, Ron the Death Eater ensues and he becomes the Satan analogue.