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Call me crazy. People seem to be tired of demons being misunderstood gay heroes. We are seeing this in Disney's The Owl House and Vivziepop's Hazbin Hotel. The success of K-pop, demon hunters, and the new Demon Slayer movie shows that audiences are getting tired of demons being portrayed as good guys.
Maybe because there's a lot more you can do with something as simple as "this character defeats a demon" than "actually this demon is like super deep and like so philosophical cause it shows how not all demons are like mean bro they're so misunderstood and deserve to be treated equally as angels" or whatever.
No one except people who read too hard into things care about such things. Here's the thing, though. You
can make a demon sympathetic without reaching to the "misunderstood MEAN guy who didn't MEAN to do this/that thing FEEL BAD FOR ME!!" territory. IIRC, didn't KDH achieve that with one of the main villains?
You can absolutely go, "Yeah, that sucks." when a demon gives a genuine excuse to the audience on why they should be perceived under a sympathetic light while still acknowledging the demon's an unrelenting prick. But that's the thing, WE, the audience shouldn't have to acknowledge that before the demon
itself does. If on a different case, we shouldn't be told TO be sympathetic.
I am not going to feel sympathy for the quirky Lucifer with muh depression and anxiety. They're meant to be evil - unforgiving. But that's where Hazbin Hotel and HB fails at. That need to make us feel bad for literal sins that's meant to be showcases of the worst of the human spirit. To make us feel bad for literal demons that got to Hell under their own behavior and merits.
I honestly cannot trust any show that tries to make demons these "dindu nuffin" wrong archetypes. Maybe from a random unaffiliated demon or a sinner actually willing to acknowledge their sins and desire to become better? Sure, fine. But a Deadly Sin and Lucifer themselves? Get
right off the podium.
