Grrl Power #1174 – Grape and greet
The demon there is a Scourger. It’s a race, a rank, and a calling. It’s like a sergeant, in that they whip the troops into shape, just with literal whips. During action, they stand in the back and whip the troops forward. Also with literal whips. Most things they do involve whips, actually. Point at something across the room? Whip. Turn off the light? Whip. Carve an ice sculpture? Ah! Trick question. It’s usually too hot where they live for ice sculptures. But they would still definitely use a whip.
Don’t ask why Dabbler is in disguise still. I just felt like drawing her in a floofy sweater and glasses.
Enervated is one of those words that, to me, sounds like the opposite of what it means. It means “without vigor, force, or strength; languid” but it sounds like it should mean “charged up.” Effete is another word that doesn’t have the meaning it sounds like it should. It means exhausted, or worn out. To me it sounds like saying feminine, but in a specifically derogatory way, like “An effete prince.” really means the dude is tired, but to me it conjures an image of someone light on their toes, waving a lacy handkerchief around. A dandy, if you will, which is just an old timey way of saying “metrosexual.”
Taking over any country would involve a boggling amount of administration. Not if you just slid into their extant political process, I mean if you topple it and install your own regime. From most things I read, corruption and bribery is SOP in a lot of poorer countries. Of course, “corruption” is a broad brush, and people could make a very strong argument that any country which rules that, for example, “corporations are people,” or allows hundreds of millions of anonymous dollars to get funneled into unaccountable political action committees is also wildly and hopelessly corrupt. Either way, Deus has his work cut out for him.
His governmental style is technically an arguably benevolent dictatorship. As his reach expands, he takes less direct control, but set expectations of subordinates, who fully understand his desire to balance rapid change with long term good. Normally that involves a lot of upheaval right at the start, like jailing a lot of corrupt officials. Sometimes it involves violence against the intractable, like some sheriff who doesn’t want to give up what has essentially become his own personal fiefdom. The biggest issue with doing this of course, is the unrest that follows, whether it’s from people who benefitted from the old system, people scared of any kind of change, to people who would rather knowing live under a corrupt regime, so long as it’s their regime. I’ve read a book or two where the setup was aliens came to Earth, defeats all our militaries and started running Earth under a unified government, and do a way better job at it than we ever did. It doesn’t really tax the imagination to picture such a thing, and while there are definitely people who would resist such a thing no matter how beneficial it might be, I know there are definitely a few of us who would breathe a sigh of relief.
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I love that demon.
The absolutely uncompromising radical honesty is refreshing.
He is proudly demon-strating his true nature.
Who said they were male?
I assumed his gender. Please don’t cancel me.
That is definitely a female demon.
I thought the face looked male. Chest very very flat. I can see why you think it. It’s a demon tho, so may be none.
The face is androgynous.
The hip to waist to shoulder ratio is – by human standards – markedly more feminine than masculine. Gracile limbs also indicate – again, by human standards – a more feminine attribute constellation.
All of which means little, as our Scourger friend may not have any relationship with anything even remotely like human sexual morphism.
Mentioned arousal by the female disguise kinda implies they’re not usually female.
On the other hand, the shape of the hips looks female.
Thought it was more about it being a hyu-mon female disguise
Our author and writer has a very strong tendency to draw huge bazongas, even if the woman in question isn’t super. It’s reasonable (but possibly very mistaken, because demon) to assume gender of anything without them is male.
Dave likes to draw huge bazongas, but he’s clearly aware of different female body shapes. Consider our intrepid heroine Sydney for one. Also the demon is wearing breastplate.
There are a number of boxes to unpack here. Honesty?, it’s a creature with one reason for existing, to drive the troops forward. There’s probably not a lot of motivation or need for deception. Male, female?, it may not even have gender as humans understand it. It’s bipedal but it’s not human. It was created for a specific task and the ability to reproduce may be irrelevant. It is interesting that the glamour includes the aroma of tasty human flesh. Do demons find the natural aroma of humans appetizing? Why bother unless it is to cover the small of brimstone. Granted it is talking to Dabbler but even the term “arousal” may not refer to the usual ideas. All the same, it’s a pretty effective glamour if it gets an 8 foot tall armored warrior through the door.
I assume the glamor works more or less the same way the Uryuom projections work. As explained in the current EGS, people who see through the projection interact with the real Uryuom. People who perceive the projection interact with the projection. This includes inanimate objects.
So, do chairs perceive things? From the perspective of these projections, absolutely. That doesn’t mean they have consciousness, as that’s very different from perception.
inanimate objects have ‘memory’, so they must have a type of perception, it’s just unlike what people have.
Mountain: hey, little tree, you were much smaller the other day
Tree: that was 30 years ago
Mountain: like I said, the other day
Don’t make me crack out the quantum mechanics theoretical physics stuff. Lol
isn’t that the box you can’t be sure of both its location and its trajectory at the same time?
That is the Heisenberg Uncertainty principle I believe.
So there’s this twin cat in a box traveling at nearly the speed of light, and the headlights are controlled by a single molecule of a radioactive isotope…
Imma have to hard disagree with you on the “sounds like it does the opposite” for enervate and languid.
Energetic, energizing, enervate.
Laungung, lamenting, languid.
You literally just made Dave’s point for him by associating ‘enervate’ with words that are its opposite.
The v is a BIG difference, phonetically. It’s not produced anywhere near a J/G.
The difference is that Enervated is a word with latin origin, in which a starting E usually means “without, lacking”. Enervated then means “without nerves”, as in parts of the nervous system, which I suppose in olden times were considered a source of strength. Energetic comes, instead, from the Greek, and in Greek a starting E does not have that particular meaning. Thus, taking two words from different languages with different rules for building words, you end up with a language with two words with similar pattern that mean vastly different things.
Allow me to fantasize: Please run for president (and win)!
Erm… Effete means just what you say it sounds like it should mean :
effete • \ih-FEET\ • adjective.
1 : no longer fertile
2 a : having lost character, vitality, or strength b : marked by weakness or decadence c : soft or delicate from or as if from a pampered existence
3 : having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner.
That’s from Merriam Webster (via Google). In British English the “effeminate” meaning is the main one, I’ve never heard it used to mean “exhausted.”
@Chris I think he’s getting “exhausted” from “having lost character, vitality or strength” but the word certainly implies much more than just being worn out and in the mood for a nap these days. The root word is the Latin “effetus” meaning “no longer fruitful” or “infertile” – when applied to a man there’s a strong suggestion of impotence and/or sterility.
Mind you, if you go back far enough (pre-1920s) the only accepted meaning was “tired, exhausted, weak” and it was only later that the negative connotations of decadence, degeneracy, “softness” or being pampered and weak started coming into. It’s also frequently applied to intellectuals in a similar way to how the term “longhair” has shifted meanings over the years. By the 1940s the newer, more derogatory usage was appearing regularly in print, and at this point it’s become the primary meaning in English. So, maybe he’s just looking at a very dated dictionary?
American Heritage Online
1. Characterized by extreme refinement or self-indulgence, often to the point of unworldiness or decadence:
2. Having or reflecting an attitude of social superiority; pretentious or snobbish.
3. Depleted of vitality, force, or effectiveness; exhausted.
Are two of those books “Terran Privateer” and “Course of Empire”? Both great books, with sequels too, though I prefer the latter title. The invaders in that series (the Jao) mean well (sorta), but are definitely fallible. A big part of that is that the aliens are actually alien, which makes things more interesting. The Jao have this concept called ollnat, which translates as things-that-are-not. It’s an idea that encompasses lying, exaggeration, fiction, and prediction, amongst other things. The Jao are terrible at it, and generally consider it frivolous. Considering how much we, as a species love making things up, theres a lot of friction.
note that, in french, “énervé” means “irritated”, so it would be closer to what you feel it should mean
Deus is, in a simplified way of putting it, using the Imperialism method of conquest (closest to the manner of the Romans during their expansions).
1 – Go into a desired area and prove military/economic might and discipline. (Either to take over or entice said area to join.)
2 – Conquer/annex/(otherwise “absorb”) a large piece of territory and proceed to consolidate.
3 – Install your own administrators as oversight while allowing cooperative existing administration to remain.
4 – Install overarching laws and law enforcement but allow a culture to otherwise “do its own thing”. (Similar to how the United States has a federal government but allows individual states to have their culture and laws so long as they do not violate the federal laws or underlying rules of this country… supposedly.)
5 – Establish standards for conscription/military service, coinage/economics, and so on.
6 – Work to improve vital aspects such as infrastructure, education, and earning power. (“Winning hearts and minds by improving quality of life.”)
7 – Once new area is firmly consolidated (so as not to leave an enemy at one’s back), move back to step one and repeat with a new area.
Unlike others, however, he does possess the… varied resources… needed to maintain military superiority and defend against most reasonably anticipated external threats (unlike the Romans later on with groups like the Huns and Goths).
“Deus is, in a simplified way of putting it, using the Imperialism method of conquest (closest to the manner of the Romans during their expansions).”
There’s also that he is, right now, only going into areas where the populace is basically begging him to come into to help them. It helps for the optics when you’re taking over a country which has an incredibly corrupt government that abuses and neglects its civilian population, leaving them languishing in abject poverty or suffering ‘mass disappearances’ – first Galytn, then Mozambique. He is also more wanting people to JOIN him rather than conquer them. It makes for a better win-win scenario.
Of course, what matters to some people is that he’s not taking over from governments who want him to take over. As such, he is *actually* conquering them.
What he isn’t doing is having to deal with the messiest part of occupation. The resistance to his occupation doesn’t have grass roots support. They only have a few places they can hide where the locals won’t discover them and turn them in. They don’t have much in the way of supply chains. Deus probably goes in knowing where all of those places will be already. If he literally had people asking for him to conquer their country, then he probably had maps provided by the locals with details like that before he ever set a single boot in the country.
“Of course, what matters to some people is that he’s not taking over from governments who want him to take over. As such, he is *actually* conquering them.”
The ‘some people’ are likely the people in the corrupt governments. :) The populace itself, on the other hand, was sending representatives begging him to come into Mozambique.
And yep to everything else you said. :)
I suspect a mix of legitimate public interest, strategic marketing efforts, and astroturfing. The tactical coercion we’ve already seen on screen.
I have gotta wonder when all the refugees from all the surrounding poverty areas are going to start sneaking into Deus ‘ wanna-be happy place begging for food & shelther.
While I doubt they would have any need to sneak in to any territory Deus controls, they might need to sneak to get out of the country they currently reside in.
Easier still to just wait until Deus rolls up and liberates them.
In your corruption library, don’t forget countries whose leaders buy large blocks of defense contractor stocks before approving billions in foreign military aid. It’s much easer to be a humanitarian from you stretch Rolls.
Also where judges are bought lock, stock and barrel by billionaires.
I regret that I can not give you an upvote.
The judges doesn’t bother me as much as the DAs.
Or if you’re Marjorie Taylor Greene, doing that and then trying to *block* said aid, because you know you’ll be doing it alone and not succeed anyways, but you still want to profit off it like a hypocritical bitch.
Well, her ‘wonderful’ secret is that she is a COMPLETE idiot who is owned by a con man. She literally cannot figure out how to do anything without complete directions from her owner.
Every time I see her in the news, I quote a movie-
‘It’s amazing that brain can generate enough power to keep those legs moving.’ -Gene Hackman 1978
Sad thing? She is EXACTLY what she wants to be. Her idea of a ‘proper’ American. *shudder* The KGB under Stalin had more of a clue!
You’re giving far too much credit to this imaginary “owner” of yours.
How can he be imaginary when we ALL see him every time we look around?
We all know he wants to own EVERYONE, (because, well, he wants to have slaves and to HELL with the law!!!) but he has to settle for people like her right now because no one who actually reads and understands history as it IS will want anything to do with his high and pettiness. if he were even REMOTELY competent at being a leader, I might change my mind, but the only things he is competent at is lying and gaslighting.
Funny that, huh?
I think that is one of the hottest looks you have come up with for Dabbler – my vote for some sexy secretary Dabs pin up art. <3
“Are you kidding, of course she’s a demon, and the goverment knows it. They said right in the ORIGINAL conference that she had a ‘contract’ with the governent! So who’s going to come on top, the twisty legions of hell, or the massed lawyers is the US goverment?”
“Did you forget the teleporting gun and alien tech embargo from the powers demonstration? not to mention the press conference with Captian Cora- She’s an alien, dumbass.”
…the twisty legions of hell, or the massed lawyers…ummm, is there really enough of a difference to tell?
There is a difference. By the fact its a demon you know they lean more towards their vices which you can use to predict their actions.
Dabbler? Sex demon and thus her focus is pretty straight toward in what she wants. Legion demon with a whip that sends people to fight… Also rather straight forward.
Lawyer who looks like you and smiles… You have no idea if they are trying to help, trying to get more money, or trying to ensure you can’t operate without them as they dictate the terms of your contract with them. The corrupt lawyers also force you to play their games meaning your already at a disadvantage.
So lawyers are the more tricky of the bunch since they are less straight forward in their demands.
So, what is the over/under for Dabbler banging the crap out of the ‘real’ demon? Leaving him, shall we say, somewhat drained and undemon like?
Yeah some systems have corruption baked into the cake, and no system of government can’t be abused by those with malignant agendas. There’s a reason we say, “Democraxy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.”
Really. There’s no more staunch advocate of a constitutional republic than a democrat out of power.
SmugD keeps digging into his own personal pile of mammal manure, and yet… he keeps smelling like a gopher fart
Certainly pointing to Authorial Self-Inserted Marty Stu (except it’s not, which makes him even more annoying and his end the more satisfying, except it will never happen)
SmugD dismissing Dabbles because she’s a succubus, is both racist, specist, sexist and derogatory… everything have come to expect from him
He’s not dismissing her for being a succubus. He’s saying the optics would be bad for a politician being alone with a succubus, in the eyes of many of that politician’s constituents.
Which would be completely obvious to anyone with two brain cells to make a synapse, and who was not driven by some sort of weird warped mindspace.
You realize that describes one of the current political parties in this country to a “T”.
Which ironically is the one doing shit like that the most too (MAGA)
I mean, there’s the part where this was specifically a request from the senator to Deus, and decidedly not to Archon or Dabbler. So… kind of not on him? He’s also just stating the optics, which is not so much dictated by personal opinion as by the public opinion, which can be very racist, specist, sexist and derogatory… unfortunately.
Is recognizing that other people are racist, speciesist, sexist, and derogatory the same as behaving those ways yourself?
If you’re seeing it where it doesn’t exist, yeah.
Proving one way or the other can come down to a he said/she said situation, though.
Colonialism rarely goes well for the colonized.
Historically speaking, you’re right.
Deus is trying to prove that it doesn’t have to be that way.
I always thought of enervation as post orgasmic bliss effects.
Made a joke once at a army banquet about a dish I wanted to try. Pasta Ala enervaticione. Enervation Spaghetti.
When asked I said, warm wet limpid pasta covered in cream sauce.
The two academics at the table got it and laughed hard as hell.
Like academics everywhere they stole my joke and retold it all night. Claimed credit too.
“Don’t ask why Dabbler is in disguise still. I just felt like drawing her in a floofy sweater and glasses.” That’s close enough the sexy librarian look. I used to have a psychiatrist who wore that style.
Let’s see if Deus’ Alari assistant, talks to Deus in her native language, and the senator’s assistant reacts to it, as she still understands her own native language.
Excited for Lorlara to be back either way, but this is an excellent point. Previously Lorlara and Deus have spoken Alar to each other – Sciorpia would definitely be able to understand it, and since she’s already been in the room she’d have already gotten over any shock at recognizing Lorlara’s race. Siorpia would be able to understand any ‘private’ conversation Deus and Lorlara might try to hold – although there’s a good chance Dabbler would as well, which they should be able to recognize and avoid.
But Sciorpia could still help negotiate directly (in private) with the Alar, with or without her new boss’s knowledge. Getting even more curious whether the Senator knows what he’s got.
He has a Mexican national, who entered the United States illegally, and now has illegally produced documentation to show she is allowed to work in the United States, maybe with a Delaware address. This illegal alien is a little more illegal than most.
Maxi, Maxi, Maxi! Never take what SmugD offers… unless that is what he is counting on, in which you should carefully examine the other offers and then arrange for a morning after pill because you will be screwed no matter what
Max getting pregnant….
I need brain bleach. nothing about that idea looks fun, or has a pun.
It might give all new meaning to the phrase “golden globes”.
What have you got against Maxi having a child?
More than anything, I’d like to see this content animated, because that would be the easiest way of broadcasting it to thr widest audience possible.
Imagine the scene when Dabbler used Maximas boobs as a funhouse mirror animated.
That demon is tall, threatening, powerful, and dangerous. 5 mins with Max he’ll be cowering in fear begging for his life! I agree, once people knew that demons were real and aliens, it wasn’t a hard stretch to figure out what type Dabbler was. I just think it’s unfair to those lovely ladies how they are treated no better than a common street walker… Never mind she can do Quantum equations in her head, or kick her “master’s” ass in a fight, lets focus on how much of a “sl*t” she is… Hell, SHE’s the reason they are HAVING this meeting! The only other person that could make the dungeon happen MIGHT be Deus, but I think he’s milking the defense budget enough. I doubt there’s any other alien willing to help them out.
Deus noted ‘optics; succubi look sexy, not dangerous, totally by design.
Some of the most dangerous women are also the most beautiful, ask any “sugardaddy” that’s been stupid! Sure, Dabs looks sexy, but she could easily turn guards against their leader with a kiss or look! It’s because she does “look” threatening is all.
Doesn’t look*
Sorry, new keyboard, it’s mechanical and takes deeper strokes.
Got used to a lighter touch.
Corruption is more than officials lining their pockets with bribes and kickbacks. It’s also people with political power making sure they’re the only ones with political power, then using politics to make sure they get all the benefits of the economy. Any attempt to spread the wealth will be resisted, since economic power results in political power. Innovation is resisted since innovation brings change, which threatens the political and economic power of those in charge. Deus’ problem is that if he expands the group of who is in charge, the newcomers will join the established elites in preventing further dilution of power and wealth. (According to “Why Nations Fail” by Acemoglu & Daron)
Yes, it’s probably better for alien invaders to simply show off their orbital superiority, tell the humans what they want from them and let them do the rest.
Effete means both
effete (ĭ-fēt′, adjective)
1. Characterized by extreme refinement or self-indulgence, often to the point of unworldiness or decadence:
2. Having or reflecting an attitude of social superiority; pretentious or snobbish.
3. Depleted of vitality, force, or effectiveness; exhausted.
Dues- I am reminded of Grey’s Rules for Rulers. who are Dues’s Keys To Power and why do they tolerate so little treasure going to them? education, industrialization, etc. etc. none of this is cheap and the payoff time is actually rather long. we know the high priestess will serve him regardless, or at least she says so. (that may be the source for all the ninjas… Dues must be sending the really bad ones.)
As I recall, at one point in Marvel comics somebody invented an “enervator” that empowered people. Usually Marvel was better about vocabulary, and they got some grief over it.
https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Doc_Connors%27_Enervator
> I’ve read a book or two where the setup was aliens came to Earth, defeats all our militaries and started running Earth under a unified government, and do a way better job at it than we ever did. I’m on the fence buying it, but I got started with Aeon 14 and I still have a long way to go with it…
I spotted this on Amazon! Between Worlds by J.L. Williams
Re: “It’s just how business is done over there.”
I worked over in Nigeria for a while. While reading up on the country to prepare, I ran across a description of the rampant political corruption. It included a passage along the lines of, “the anti-corruption parties find it necessary to cheat in order to remain viable.”
My first (of many) personal experiences with “how business is done” occurred within twenty minutes of arrival, when the airport baggage handlers made it clear that they were holding my suitcases hostage and wouldn’t give them to me until I slipped them enough cash (unspecified amount) to make them happy. They didn’t even try to disguise it as a “fee” or “tip”.
I remember when I was in high school, one of my teachers said that the best form of government to live under is a benevolent dictatorship. But the hard part is keeping them that way when the next guy takes over. I wouldn’t put it past Deus to get around that problem by purchasing life extension technology (i.g. personal immortality). But that would be beyond the scope of this series.
‘I’m having people arrested for illegal things. This is entirely different to what I do, where I ply people with wealth and steal artifacts because I have the power to escape the consequences’.
I’m really not believing the ‘benevolent’ part of his ‘benevolent dictatorship’
Caring about your slaves’ health so they remain useful is at least… moderately benevolent. Or at least, dictators commonly do worse than that.
Slaves are also not well paid and working for you voluntarily, unlike with Deus where they ask (beg) him to come in, whereupon he advances the country by a few centuries, creates an infrastructure for education, utilities,clean power, sanitation, trade, and job growth for better lives for the children, and increases the average wage by 500+%. Also stops the people who are torturing then, killing them, disappearing them, and stealing from them.
There is a reason that American civics/government classes, and American media absolutely conflate political corruption and political crime. Because we have one of the most corrupt political systems in the world, but we ‘don’t have a problem’ because all of the corruption is legalized.
Gotta say, M:tG’s pool of Instants and Sorceries (and a couple enchantments) added a TON to my vocabulary as a kid. Enervate (and “enervated” by extension) is certainly on the list of words I learned from getting it in a pack of cards.
“aliens came to Earth, defeats all our militaries and started running Earth under a unified government”
Which is effectively the plot of the A.C. Clark book Childhood’s End, without the military bit. The twist is the aliens are benevolent, but fit the description of demons; having red skin, horns, wings, tails and cloven hooves. (it turns out to be a racial memory).
There is a second twist about a hundred years after the invasion, but read read it for yourself.
The way they look is actually a spoiler… they don’t show themselves until after all the humans born before their invasion are dead.
Two of my favorite lines from Matron Mother Malevolence (A demon added in the Legion expansion of WoW) are: “I don’t take pain, I deliver it!” and “I’m starting to think that I need to put you over my knee. A six armed spanking is in order”
I guess an honorary mention would be “I’d sooner kill you than look at you but let’s start with look.” or “Next time, eyes ALL the way up here” considering she TOWERS over you when you are standing or riding a mount and there’s two orbs of distraction and 6 arms to admire… you’re gonna be looking at them regardless.
Frankly I think any kind of unified planetary government is preferable to what we have going on right now. Right now it’s just mostly a lot of waste since we have no clear direction. I dunno if I’d go as far as the Yautja taking over but I’d welcome almost anybody showing us the path, even if we end up losing some of our cultural identity along the way. Survival is paramount.
“any sort…”?
The biggest issue with doing this of course, is the unrest that follows, whether it’s from people who benefitted from the old system, people scared of any kind of change, to people who would rather knowing live under a corrupt regime, so long as it’s their regime.
Why hello there ENTIRE MIDDLE EAST.
You’re not very smart, are you.
More like “Hello, Current American Republican Party!”
Um… Is there a difference these days?
Both are a godawful mess of muddled politics and religion mixed with racism, sexism and often inaccurate history.
That can be said of ANY political party member these days, no matter what party they belong to. I’ve got a question for you, which party did Abraham Lincoln belong to, and which one did he fight to free the slaves from. 90% of people asked, get it wrong.
Hush now. Your silly facts have no bearing here. The Past is what The (Ruling) Party says it is.
Is that simply a statement of fact, or an expression of preference?
Really? That would be a really interesting poll or study to see. But I’m guessing you’re just making that up, considering people today still talk about “The Party of Lincoln”, whether it be Republicans trying to hide their sins behind it, or Democrats accusing Republicans for failing to live up to that heritage.
Parties are just people. They’re not timeless, unchanging entities with fixed philosophies. Whatever cohort moves in and stakes a claim to the name directs the party. And the parties will transform themselves into whatever they think will get them the votes.
Yeah, now look at the Southern Strategy the republicans went for after the Democrats got the Civil Rights Act passed.
The Republican party has changed a lot in the last 60 odd years
American government seems structured to maintain the status quo, no matter the party. Even when one party claims that’s it’s going to change things, nothing major really gets done, other than making life a little more miserable for the average person, and funneling even more money to the wealthy. No wonder people are exhausted by it.
The best way to think about it is that energized means you’ve got lots of energy while enervated means you have none.
Or, technically, have no nerves. Enervated really means your nerves aren’t working.
I feel like I should be proud as an Earthling for the demon stating the buildings security was surprisingly sophisticated. Although admittedly, it feels possible that this building may have the connections necessary to incorporate some non-Earth based security measures. Almost certainly has some of the lesser known (mystical based) Earth originated security.
The Council has been coordinating with the US government since at least before Lincoln, makes sense that major Federal buildings would have top-tier wards.
Hmm the Pentagon is a 5 sided building, US Govt has wards… What is the Pentagon keeping contained?
I cant believe someone who claims to be so smart that he can prognosticate the future as well as if he was a psychic Super, would ADD to the demon forces he has, much less hire them to begin with. They WILL betray him and try to enslave the Earth. The only question is WHEN.
Their very presence on HIS forces is going to make people resist him or interfere any way they can. You cannot make the case that “Oh hi, I’m the good guy, and I’m going to make your life awww-sooome!” when you have literal DEMONS on your side and expect people to buy it.
They would be more prone to going with the flow if they were under the thumb of just human super-beings and Alien Scum ™. those two together are still over kill, but you don’t get heavenly brownie points for throwing your life away in a last stand against them, or doing random sabotage at every opportunity, or outright “shunnung” anyone connected to his rule all the way down to the postman and dog catcher.
Deus is Elon Musk with super intellect, and his hubris will bite him in the azz!
So, is Dabbler going to betray us as well? Or does your speciesism end at the demons that you don’t actually know anything about?
We haven’t seen DX’s negotiations with Dabbler’s boyfriend, so we have no idea how well protected he is, contractually, or how well warded his properties are.
To date, we have never seen him make a tacitical error. (Not counting his interaction with Max, and we have no idea what his goal is with that.)
And you know the demons will inevitably betray Deus how? Or are you just importing your own presumptions about demons, contrary to the information provided to us in the comic about demons in the Grrlverse?
oops! shunnung – shunning