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<blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 412649" data-attributes="member: 812">Heh. Exactly. You're onto something very important -- why all this stuff doesn't actually make any sense.Ah, but in order for there to be deception, there has to be trust. In order for there to be intrigue, there has to be honesty. In order for there to be manipulation, there has to be loyalty. None of those qualities exist in the Abyss, so there are no politics. There can't be -- demons aren't capable of trusting each other, so deception, manipulation etc are out. Therefore, only personal power can be the judge, and as you pointed out, immortal beings ought to have had all their Big Fights long ago. There ought to be only one Demon Lord. Only one demon, really.Would YOU trust a demon to watch your back? Nobody would -- not even another demon. We're getting dangerously close to the notion that Evil is an unworkable concept, here. Demons can't trust each other, ever, so they can't manipulate each other, so it all comes down to one demon's ability to force another demon to do it's bidding which comes down to physical power. And so, the whole issue ought to have been settled millenia ago. There's one Demon Lord who has a host of constructs and other minions without independent thought who won't ever get uppity ideas. He's destroyed everyone who might ever be a potential rival or threat to his power.Like the private says in Aliens: &quot;It's the only way to be sure.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="barsoomcore, post: 412649, member: 812"] Heh. Exactly. You're onto something very important -- why all this stuff doesn't actually make any sense. Ah, but in order for there to be deception, there has to be trust. In order for there to be intrigue, there has to be honesty. In order for there to be manipulation, there has to be loyalty. None of those qualities exist in the Abyss, so there are no politics. There can't be -- demons aren't capable of trusting each other, so deception, manipulation etc are out. Therefore, only personal power can be the judge, and as you pointed out, immortal beings ought to have had all their Big Fights long ago. There ought to be only one Demon Lord. Only one demon, really. Would YOU trust a demon to watch your back? Nobody would -- not even another demon. We're getting dangerously close to the notion that Evil is an unworkable concept, here. Demons can't trust each other, ever, so they can't manipulate each other, so it all comes down to one demon's ability to force another demon to do it's bidding which comes down to physical power. And so, the whole issue ought to have been settled millenia ago. There's one Demon Lord who has a host of constructs and other minions without independent thought who won't ever get uppity ideas. He's destroyed everyone who might ever be a potential rival or threat to his power. Like the private says in Aliens: "It's the only way to be sure." [/QUOTE]

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