I never trusted characters in stories -- and reality, as a result -- that claim to be totally righteous and demand you never listen to or "get corrupted by" some other force.
Was just reading a story recently where someone says this creature someone talked to looked pretty and sounded like she cared, but that just made her more dangerous a demon convincing people away.
If it's so easy to convince people away from "the faith", sometimes makes me question "the faith".
Like, when I talk about fascists, I kinda know their language. I avoid talking when I have no reason to assume good faith. I can at least listen first.
Like with "demons".
If the demons are very intelligent, they might have a reason to be the way they are.
If they can't help being evil, I'd consider them someone with a natural disorder; they can't help being the way they are. Maybe we can't be on friendly terms, but I can at least try to draw some boundaries, and only when those boundaries are continually crossed would I totally distance myself from such a being.
I have some experience with finding demons aren't all they seem, really -- or at least en entity that identifies as a demon. Also many that used to, and then found their true forms outside of their self-hate.
@Ulfra_Wolfe Why "*if* the demons are very intelligent"?
We assume a balance between light and dark, until we get proven wrong, yet again, so intelligent evil is as mandatory as intelligent good, n'est-ce pas?
Making short-term karmically problematic decisions to achieve a long-term reality could be viewed as serenely intelligent from either a creation or chaos perspective.
@sophieactual Good point!