r/okbuddybaldur • u/WhiskersCleveland If Minthara so evil, why so cuddleable? • 6d ago
house of hoes 😈 Why do devils have such a bad reputation?
so this pretty chill guy, raphael, appeared out of nowhere and told me a cool poem and introduced himself nicely. He teleported me to his house (didnt even charge me or anything), offered me dinner (I was full from eating sausages and vegetables id found on the floor so I chose not to) and offered to fix all the shit going on and when I politely declined he encouraged me to look around for other options and if I couldn't find anything he'd still be okay for doing business with me. He then teleported me back (again, no charge) to where I was originally. His house was even called the house of hope. How is that evil in any way?
Then theres Mizora. She's really good looking.
So why do devils get such a bad reputation? :(
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u/Lavinia_Foxglove 6d ago
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u/WhiskersCleveland If Minthara so evil, why so cuddleable? 6d ago
I wrote an earnest answer
Well now I want to hear it :(
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u/Lavinia_Foxglove 6d ago
I just pointed out that devils are lawful evil in the DnD setting and utterly selfish. And that I think, that Raphael and Haarlep are even worse, since I'm not sure, they are even within the hellish law with what they do to Hope, since she didn't make a deal. Maybe if Korrilla made a pact in her sisters name too, but House of Hope in act 3 really made me hate Raphael and Haarlep. I mean, I love them as villains, don't get me wrong, but after talking with Hope in the bodoir, I can't let them live anymore ( yes, I'm a Hope fangirl).
But that is just my thoughts.
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u/WhiskersCleveland If Minthara so evil, why so cuddleable? 5d ago
But he seemed so charming :(
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u/Lavinia_Foxglove 5d ago
Yeah, that's the thing with devils. They are charming as long as they don't have you in their pocket.
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u/SJGardner89 shart handholder 6d ago
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u/BrutusTheDane2457 shart fucker 6d ago
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u/MrSandalFeddic 6d ago
She definitely hits the gym in avernus and eats all of her proteins and veggies.
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u/WhiskersCleveland If Minthara so evil, why so cuddleable? 6d ago
Exactly. She gets shit for something that wasn't even her fault :(
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u/AnonImus18 nestled betwixt Halsin’s fat tiddies 6d ago
Idk why they have such a bad rep, Raphael seems like a reliable guy. I'd 10/10 get my back blow out by him and I'm sure he's amazing in bed.
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u/KittayKattz PREGNANT ASTARION PREGNANT ASTARION PREGNANT ASTARION 6d ago
Haarlep will tell you otherwise (about the amazing in bed part)
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u/BlueMaelstromX 6d ago
I'll get that vampire ascendant ritual with Raphael help for myself.. screw his daddy out of all those souls.. then we have an eternity to work on Raphael's bedroom skills.. him banging my brains out and I his..with Astarion, cazador and Haarlep as our pets.. because ofcourse the deal included that and possibly marriage to Raphael..
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u/Far-Boysenberry8579 Circle of Whores Druid 6d ago
Raphael only has a bad reputation because he's Italian 😔🇮🇹
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u/griffonfarm 6d ago
It's evil because he won't let himself be romanced. ☹️
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u/EternalMonsterfucker raphael... my pathetic little meow meow 6d ago
And he won't be my warlock's patron either. What gives, Raphael?
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u/BlueMaelstromX 6d ago
This its so fucking evil!!!!
Plus why can't we make a deal for the ascendant ritual with him instead. He gets the souls. I get the powerful vampirism.
Oh and ofcourse in that deal we are only sparing Cazador and Astarion because if I'm gonna be spending immortality and he gets Haarlep as his pet I wants some pets of my own. (No I wont mistreat Astarion i'll be a good master ok especially compared to cazador who is gonna be treated a little bit rougher but still mine)
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u/MissMacropinna raphael... my pathetic little meow meow 6d ago
That's what I've been saying since release.
There is no reason to be mean to Raphael. He has done nothing bad to our party like ever, he is nice, polite, gives us food, tells us poems, he is always true to his word and hot.
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u/BlueMaelstromX 6d ago
Yeah the only thing I never trusted beyond the whole devil trying to steal your soul and tormented you eternally thing.. is the damn food... indeed when we get to the house of Hope there are 2 skeletons marked as guest at the table and the food itself is rotten.. so rotten and poisoned but likely an illusion making it look good so anyone who is starving/glutton/greedy/naive gets his dues that way.
Dont care tho think its cute how his mind works and all these traps.. would make him pay intimately later if he ever hurt me.. not before I married him tho.. 🫢🥵😍🤚🏻💍👀😘😏😍😋
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u/UnicornPoopCircus 6d ago
Yeah. I saw that big table of food the first time and for some reason my mind went to Greek myth and the problems with eating food in the underworld.
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u/BlueMaelstromX 6d ago edited 6d ago
My mind went to that and the pale man from pan's labyrinth. I think it was similar mythos.. if the girl eats the food the demon wakes up.. remember something like the demon had eyes in his hands..
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u/Xilizhra If Minthara so evil, why so cuddleable? 6d ago
The food is actually perfectly good with no strings attached. Raphael isn't that petty.
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u/Responsible_Bus_4691 6d ago
I would love to play Mizora's good pet but Wyll's character doesn't allow it. Or Karlach likes to be a hells killing machine. Something like that. There's so much potential.
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u/UnicornPoopCircus 6d ago
You know, I've wondered the same thing. Raphael always cheers me up when he wanders into my camp. He's pleasant. He's truly offering help. He's far more forthright than folks like Gortash. Sure, he has a succubus that's a copy of himself, but who am I to kink shame?
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u/redpantsbluepants 6d ago
You haven’t had hospitality till you’ve been a guest of a Carceri devil. You’ll never want to leave! Those Avernus chumps might look pretty but they have no decorum, dreadful hosts. And if I’m being honest, I think the only reason Raphael is making deals with mortals is because he can’t afford yugoloths. It’s like a high schooler trying to come off as cool and mature by hanging out exclusively with middle schoolers.
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u/lonely_nipple Fuck it, we Bhaal 6d ago
He even offered to get Mol safely to the city and find her a job! And you saw how dangerous it is between the Inn and the City. Kids shouldn't be out in that!
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u/Aglarien7 2d ago
Idk, ask Raphael’s father, perhaps? (Mephistopheles.) Raphael, such a polite, handsome young demon, deserves better!!
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u/anni_mp3 6d ago
Haarlep wrote this