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In any work featuring both angels and demons, most of the time the angel will be female (or at least more feminine or androgynous) and the demon will be male (or at least more masculine). |
In any work featuring both angels and demons, most of the time the angel will be female (or at least more feminine or androgynous) and the demon will be male (or at least more masculine). |
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** Well, technically there's [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=201188 one] in the regular, non-alternate universe who was male. [[Early Installment Weirdness|Which, it should be noted, was one of the first angel cards printed]]. [[Retcon|Although it wasn't an angel at the time.]] |
** Well, technically there's [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=201188 one] in the regular, non-alternate universe who was male. [[Early Installment Weirdness|Which, it should be noted, was one of the first angel cards printed]]. [[Retcon|Although it wasn't an angel at the time.]] |
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** The backstory of the plane of Innistrad prominently features the female archangel Avacyn versus the male demon Griselbrand. |
** The backstory of the plane of Innistrad prominently features the female archangel Avacyn versus the male demon Griselbrand. |
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* Subverted in ''[[Infernum]]'' where angels can be genderless or of either gender, while all demons except [[Horny Devils|Malcubi]] are genderless. Also, there is no artwork of female angels in any of the rulebooks, and many female demons (some of which are [[Fan Disservice]] |
* Subverted in ''[[Infernum]]'' where angels can be genderless or of either gender, while all demons except [[Horny Devils|Malcubi]] are genderless. Also, there is no artwork of female angels in any of the rulebooks, and many female demons (some of which are [[Fan Disservice]]—such as one 'she-demon' that is basically a four-breasted wolf-woman with tentacles instead of legs). |
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** Inverted by Riethii and Purity, a fallen angel and a [[Horny Devils|succubus]] who [[Unholy Matrimony|fell in what passes for love in Hell]] before {{spoiler|Purity [[You Have Failed Me|killed Riethii for screwing up]].}} |
** Inverted by Riethii and Purity, a fallen angel and a [[Horny Devils|succubus]] who [[Unholy Matrimony|fell in what passes for love in Hell]] before {{spoiler|Purity [[You Have Failed Me|killed Riethii for screwing up]].}} |
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* Averted in ''[[Demon: The Fallen]]'', where both sides were both genders. Granted, the demons ''started'' as angels. This is a Abrahamic world... to an extent. |
* Averted in ''[[Demon: The Fallen]]'', where both sides were both genders. Granted, the demons ''started'' as angels. This is a Abrahamic world... to an extent. |
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