if youre still posting character opinions can we get asmodeus opinions 🎤

Alright I’ve had a lot of time to ponder wtf I was gonna answer this ask with. I really like Asmodeus’ character, especially when he’s allowed to ACTUALLY show other parts of himself other than ‘hypersexual queer-coded flirt.’ That is, unfortunately, a very limited number of times. I like him more gross and fucked up than a lot of people seem to.

Onto his characterization in the fandom……oh god where do I start…… this dude has the WORST characterization of any other fucking character. Worse than LUCIFER bad. There’s so many ways people misconstrue and twist his character it’s fucking insane.

To start with the one I see the most: the sterile gay friend approach…..can y’all knock this bullshit off guys I’m being dead serious lol. It’s bad enough that the only queer-coded male character is the LUST guy (Lucifer is not queer-coded, baiting and coding are different stop typing your reply) but y’all just had to make it worse by writing him as a sterile gay best friend to Mc in so many fucking fics. ASMODEUS IS BISEXUAL. THIS IS A BISEXUAL CHARACTER!!! ASMODEUS IS BISEXUAL AND HE IS INTERESTED BOTH SEXUALLY AND ROMANTICALLY IN MC!!! Stop this borderline-homophobic and biphobic bullshit I’m tired of it!! Asmo would not help Mc get ready to date another man lmao he would cling to their leg screaming and crying all the way there if he knew they were going on a date with anyone other than him.

Tying into that, there’s the weird…idk…ignoring(??) or babyification of Asmodeus’ bad traits. Like how he’s always seen as the victim or something. This dude is an manipulative little shit lol?? He hypnotizes people into getting frisky with him he isn’t a good person lmao. He even LAMENTS MULTIPLE TIMES about how he can’t hypnotize Mc into loving him like he sucks! He sucks super bad! And that makes him interesting! He has a massive ego and wants everything to be about himself and when it isn’t, he forces it to be so! He’s a demon guys lol.

Now, onto the complete OPPOSITE…the OVERsexualization of his character. Guys. Just because he is the avatar of lust….doesn’t mean he’s polyamorous or interested in open relationships. In fact, thinking that polyamory is even TIED to lust…is just weird? Not to mention, at ANY sign of Mc not being genuine interested in him, or that they have eyes for someone else, he gets like…deathly jealous lmao he is NOT gonna survive in a polycule. All of the guys in om seem pretty ill-fit to be in a poly relationship but ESPECIALLY Asmodeus lol.

In the end, I can’t tell people what to write lol. These are just things I find particularly annoying when looking at how people write and view him. Hopefully, it will at least get some people into thinking about how the writing of tropes and stereotypes into their work, especially regarding queer-coded characters, can harm real people.