Why demons?
Why not vampires or zombies or other form or paranormal baddie?
Got two words for that one: Pure Evil.
See, a vampire might accidentally drain a human, which is a bad thing, but they're essentially predators, so killing humans is kind of what they do. Nothing personal, right? And zombies need brains to survive. The fact that those brains are stuck on human shoulders is just our bad luck.
But what is a demon, exactly? Wikipedia says, "In Ancient Near Eastern religions as well as in the Abrahamic traditions, including ancient and medieval Christian demonology, a demon is considered an "unclean spirit" which may cause demonic possession, calling for an exorcism."
These are NOT the good guys, and they really don't have any excuse for their behavior. They exist solely to make trouble, and they're pretty good at it. Anyone who has seen The Exorcist knows what I'm talking about.
Now some paranormal authors have deliberately diluted the absolute evil possessed by the traditional demon, making them closer to naughty-bad-boy characters. Aliagarept, the demon Rachel Morgan works with in The Hollows series, is way more complicated and interesting than any one-note bad guy I can think of. He does what it takes to get what he wants - although not always successfully, which is a good thing for Rachel.
So if you're casting around for a character who needs to be bad, but without the baggage of a vampire, the fur of a shifter, and the, well, yuck factor of a zombie, consider creating a demon. They're intelligent and cruel and absolutely selfish. Hmm, sounds like some of the men I dated...
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She’s a quiet, unassuming bookstore owner by day, but by
night...
Kristen
has a deadly secret—when she smells a vampire, she
turns into
Jai, a beauti-licious babe who makes vamps
permanently dead. To a vamp, Jai is like
ambrosia. They can’t
resist
her. She uses this attraction, plus her super strength and
her trusty
blade, Mr. Sticky, to end their undead lives. The thrill
of wearing
miniskirts without worrying about cellulite stifles
any qualms
Kristen might have about killing the undead. Being
Jai is the
most fun she has ever had—until they come up
against
the one vampire Jai can’t kill. If he and Jai have a history,
as he
claims, Jai can’t remember it...or him.
But when
her work catches the attention of some old
enemies—who
won’t hesitate to destroy Kristen if it also
means the
end of Jai—this vampire may be their only hope.
Can
Kristen and Jai learn to tell the difference between good
and evil
in time to defeat Jai’s ancient nemesis? Or will being
Jai’s hostess cost Kristen
more than just her beauty sleep?
