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It has to do with the demon themselves being Not Always Evil
Or maybe the demon was a Token Heroic Orc
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It's more to do with the situation as a whole, similar to Raised by Wolves or Raised by Orcs. Basically the monsters are nicer/better to the character than the humans ever were.
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Definitely an element, but not what I'm after.
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Raised by the Supernatural + Not Evil, Just Misunderstood and/or Blue-and-Orange Morality? Maybe with some aspects of Changeling Tale?
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"Better Raised By Nonhumans", is that it?
I think elements of it is covered by multiple tropes; Raised by the Supernatural for starters.
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Raised by the Supernatural and Changeling Fantasy are probably closest, but it doesn't seem we have a specific trope for the situation I'm after (person's life is so crap that falling in with the "bad guys" is a step up).
I'll likely take this to TLP once I get a draft together.
^ It's indeed that, right? "Better raised by nonhumans"?
"person's life is so crap that falling in with the "bad guys" is a step up" sounds kinda too specific though.
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Kinda want to call it Subverted From Bad to Worse- while it initially seems like a worse situation, it turns out to be a better one in the long run.
^^ It's not necessarily raised by non-humans. I did say it's typically a child but doesn't have to be so.
"Better Living With Nonhumans" then?
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Yeah. I was thinking something like 'Better Off with the "Bad Guys"' as a possible TLP draft name if we didn't already have it.
^ that name is too vague
Before you're making it, I want to know: is the "bad group" here actually good, or they're evil but they treat the guy better than the good group? The latter could be Evil Pays Better
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Is there a trope in which a character, typically but not limited to a child, falls in with a bad crowd, be it delinquents, gangsters, or the literal hordes of hell... And it's easily the best thing that could have happened to them?
An example would be Mairimashita! Iruma-kun, where a boy is sold to a demon by his parents, only said demon mainly wanted a grandson to dote on, he makes close friends in school and, despite the occasional threat to life and limb, his overall quality of life has gone up.
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