Di-Hydrogen-Monoxide wrote...
In my experience people are more likely to do incredibly stupid things due to pride but it seems most of the really evil or twisted acts occur because of people's desires and greed.
Pride is far less influtential over a large group of people than desire but is also more readily resisted by an individual. For every person who does something stupid or malicious out of wounded pride there is another who can act rationally, but if offered their heart's desire, the very thing they strive for every day, few people could resist that.
So why then is Pride the strongest form of demon that we know of? It's never made sense to me especially because of the few Pride abominations we meet in the games, they are often seem to be driven by Pride as much as Desire, for example the Baroness; she kills young women and uses blood magic to prolong her youthfulness and life, she is driven by her pride in her appearance as much as her desire to be beautiful and live forever.
As a side note do you think there are stronger demons above Pride and Desire?
I would argue that the hierarchy of demons appear to be named in order of escalating complexity and evolution.
Rage is a very basic and primal emotion, and often, achieves little in terms of negatives (to clarify this point: rage is often not something that lasts or is given much intelligent thought. Somebody filled with rage may hurt another person, or even kill them, or just smash some objects, scream, etc.) Pride on the other hand, is a much more complex emotion, and capable of causing much greater evil.
Negative actions attributable to pride are more often than not, complex plans, that can result in mass suffering for many. Of particular note, pride in the physical characteristics of one's body (e.g. race, gender, etc.) Arguably, the holocaust was attributable to pride.
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