Noble Demon: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Hellblazer]]'''s succubus Chantinelle (Ellie) is less noble than extraordinarily unlucky. Having tried to seduce an angel and succeeded, she fell in love with him and bore his child, leading to his demise at the hands of other angels and her exile from Hell. John Constantine notes that she's not a bad sort considering what she actually is, to which she replies, "I don't think so, John...I think I'm just polite."

* Subverted in Marvel's [[Doctor Doom]], who acts like he has a sense of honor, but will do anything to achieve his goals, up to and including sacrificing a woman who loved him to a demon.

** A very pissed-off [[Fantastic Four|Sue Richards]] once gave Doom a [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] in which she [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|called him out on his so-called nobility]], basically saying that despite all the trappings, Doom is still just a spoiled brat who's wasted his entire life making a hyperbole out of his juvenile grudge against her husband.

* [[Neil Gaiman]] often writes to this trope. Denizens from Hell can often be bargained with (after all, being a demon is all about lying, backstabbing, betrayal, and personal gain) or reasoned with, and frequently have a code of honor by which they will abide, to the extent of helping out a protagonist. Lucifer in the earlier [[The Sandman|Sandman]] arcs is particularly representative of this trope. Representatives of Heaven, on the other hand, ''absolutely cannot'' be reasoned with. They are to do what they are to do, no matter the consequences, because He has commanded it be done, and most of the time, they are arrogant, self-righteous, condescending ''bastards''.