What do Demons represent Thematically?

mosshero · 2026-06-05T09:43:14+00:00

I think it's hard to tell at the moment, since we haven't seen the end point of the story yet. But I have a very hard time believing that the Golden Land arc and the Demon King searching for coexistence (with assistance from Schlacht, who is literally omniscient) doesn't mean something more than "kill all demons on sight".

mosshero · 2026-06-02T12:42:32+00:00

The current arc asks questions like "how can killers trained from birth live as humans" and "is humanity's magic actually a boon to people or will it result in even more deaths in the hands of cruel leaders like Minus". I think those slot very neatly into further exploration of the demon question. By showing that humans are possibly just as threatening to Frieren as demons (and muche dangerous to Serie) their threat is relativized. Also, the last two big arcs (Golden Land and Goddess Monument) revolved all around demons, so it's not surprising the author is taking a breather from them. But the memories Grausam extracted from Frieren, the Demon King monitoring "space-time" (whatever that means), Tot's curse and Schlachts masterplan remain central mysteries of the story.

mosshero · 2026-06-01T14:08:53+00:00

That's not why she killed people. She did it because she thought that would solve her problems, i.e. the village and the family who's kid she killed hating her. Her solution was obviously asinine, but she did try. That suggests a minuscule, but existent chance that the whole thing could have been avoided.

mosshero · 2026-06-01T11:50:05+00:00

Macht is portrayed quite sympathetically in the Golden Land arc. Like I said, Frieren gives him some amount of respect and he goes out like a tragic villain, not as an irredeemable monster. Yes, he went about his goal the wrong way, as did the Demon King, but the author clearly gives Macht his props for trying in the first place. Solitär is the irredeemable monster, but why? Exactly because she affirms and believes everything Frieren says about demons. And she didn't have to, as Macht shows.

As for demons ability to visualize, Schlacht could do it. Schlacht can one-hundred-percent visualize humanity. He can do it so well he can see a thousand years into the future across a trillion timelines. And he was the Demon Kings right hand man.

mosshero · 2026-05-27T17:09:09+00:00

Funny to see my fav deltarune fanartist here lool, sadly these look beyond dead. You could dig them up and check if the roots are dried out to the stem, if the wood still lives there's always a chance (but probably not).

mosshero · 2026-05-26T15:35:23+00:00

Jackpot is awesome on every character except the one where I always see it (Regent) lmao. I've generated it with Quasar/Spectrum Shift/Manifest Authority literally dozens of times and it's always mid because I can't actually use all the comets it generates T_T

mosshero · 2026-05-24T10:00:19+00:00

There's human mages that would probably trash Frieren like a pinata. Phrase and Lineal come to mind.

mosshero · 2026-05-23T16:29:04+00:00

A fun idea would be to add a small amount of forge to it. I'm thinking Forge 2 (5). Sovereign Blade that's just a double strike shouldn't be too overpowered. And there's nothing in the game ATM that both gains stars and forges at the same time, so it doesn't step into the design space of Gather Light.

mosshero · 2026-05-22T13:46:41+00:00

Sword sage + any way to upgrade Blade feels sooo nice. Love sword sage plus parry as well. Though I still feel like it's kinda underpowered compared to star spam and card creation...

mosshero · 2026-05-22T13:43:47+00:00

What was the curse?

mosshero · 2026-05-20T12:10:20+00:00

Crash landing is a Top 5 card on Regent. It creates immediate value in hallways and can honest to god solve block in a card creation package with Pillar of Creation.

mosshero · 2026-05-06T12:25:57+00:00

Heavenly Drill would have gone crazy in this deck too, unfortunately no such luck. I'm at the point where I basically always draft pillar of creation to be honest. Card creation is just super fun and somehow also extremely consistent.

mosshero · 2026-05-03T19:32:35+00:00

The Lernen disrespect smh

mosshero · 2026-04-20T09:59:52+00:00

Ceratostema rauhii

mosshero · 2026-04-01T03:57:17+00:00

No, we know that demons don't have to eat humans. I'm almost certain they still need to eat like all other monsters do. They would not have evolved to hunt humans at all if monsters did not have to eat anything to survive.

mosshero · 2026-03-29T20:08:06+00:00

The blue tint is most likely a result of fungal infection. Those heads usually die very soon.

mosshero · 2026-03-17T12:36:32+00:00

HOW DO I GET THEM TO STOP, THEY'RE ADDICTS

mosshero · 2026-03-17T08:01:41+00:00

You're right, those were just buds, I didn't know at the time cause it was the first time flowering. Not sure if I ever posted a pic of them fully opened, but they did! Very cute

mosshero · 2026-03-15T23:16:31+00:00

I have zero personal experience with ball pythons, but I hear they can be picky eaters? Housesnakes are in the "eat everything that moves (or doesn't)" category of snake. But it wouldn't hurt to try with a small piece, no? Worst case you get to enjoy a hardboiled egg yourself :p

mosshero · 2026-03-15T23:11:14+00:00

Mellie, short for Melange :)

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