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Can_Not Since: Mar, 2015
Mar 14th 2023 at 5:08:15 PM •••

> What are your demons' common powers

Almost every tvshow/demon I've seen with a demon demonstrates the demon being able to move supernaturally fast, in fact so fast there is no possible way for any normal human to possibly counter them. In some of these tvshows, the demon is then trivially defeated by normal powerless humans. I think that's two tropes worth mentioning, although they might apply to the broader concept of supernatural things.

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Mar 23rd 2021 at 5:32:43 AM •••

Linking to a past Trope Repair Shop thread that dealt with this page: Rename, started by Zenoseiya on Nov 30th 2010 at 8:52:21 PM

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3azizzo Since: Mar, 2019
Apr 11th 2020 at 11:36:53 AM •••

for my personal opinion Devil term for bad people and various supernatural being usually used for demons and satans (and rarely to used for others)

Deuce is an Opposite of Deus

Demon is a specific type of evil spirits

Fiend is opposite of friends

Westar The Cartoon Person Since: Jan, 2018
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Oct 15th 2018 at 1:56:48 PM •••

Could we rename this trope "Our Demons Are Eviler?" I mean, even with exceptions in mind, demons in fiction are near-universally associated with sin and evil, the same way monsters are associated with being scary and ugly. Sometimes, 'demon' is even defined as being an evil spirit simply.

azul120 Since: Jan, 2001
Westar Since: Jan, 2018
Oct 15th 2018 at 1:51:01 PM •••

Possibly. It depends on which version of Death you're talking about, and what one defines as a "demon." If we're talking about the usual depiction of the Grim Reaper (scythe-wielding animate skeleton in a hooded black cloak), then, well, he certainly doesn't look like what one would expect a demon to look like. But past appearances, if we're talking about Grim as the "Horseman of Death," described in the Book of Revelations, then that would probably make him the opposite of a demon as the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse serve God if my memory recalls correctly. If we're talking about the Reaper being the "Angel of Death," namely Azrael, then if he's still one of Heaven's angels, then see my point on the Horsemen, but if he was banished like good ol' Lucifer, then that could make him somewhat of a demon just by virtue (or would "vice" be better-fitting?) of being a fallen angel. After all, the most well-known demon of all is the Devil himself, and he was originally an angel. But he hasn't been in a while, and even if this version of Grim is the fallen variety of the 'Angel of Death,' he evidently must still be an angel in some way in order to be referred to as such like he is, whereas Satan has clearly stopped being an angel a long time ago. But back to appearances, if one is to take into account his stereotypical attire described earlier, then that would mean that he doesn't look like an angel. The main argument for Beelzebub himself being a demon is that he has fallen from Heaven and that he usually doesn't look like an angel anymore (think Big Red Devil). So, if we were to combine the Reaper's aforementioned appearance with him being a fallen angel, then I guess that could technically make him able to be considered a demon...? But if he was a walking skeleton, then that would make him a zombie of the Dem Bones variety. But really, he's just a personification of death at the end of the day. I'm not sure if 'personification' could be considered a species, but if it were, then the Grim Reaper would be one. And perhaps Old Scratch too, if one considers him to be the actual personification of evil itself, rather than simply the evilest being in existence. But fallen angels aren't the only types of demons. Some are actually born in Hell as demons, being called literal "Hellspawns." And if we were to go back into the origins of Death himself, then if he's not a fallen angel of death, then the only other possible origin for him in a setting with demons in it, would be his portrayed origins in John Milton's Paradise Lost, where he is the inbred child of Satan and his daughter Sin. But...I'd honestly rather have the Grim Reaper have a more...dignified origin than that. So scratch that. Bottom line...Maybe? There's tons of different portrayals of the Grim Reaper and other death personifications, and demons are a very widely-varied bunch, having some different depictions even within the same work. So it's all just a big "Possibly.", I guess.

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