The Hearts Society was formed (way back in this comic’s prototype and backstory, “The Odd Squad”) so that nobody would ever be able to say “the authorities are useless” with regards to magical mayhem. However, these particular demons are an extraordinary exception to this, and I’ll elaborate why in Chapter 18. Of course, I should also note, that we only have the gangsters’ word that the demons even really exist… And of course, even after Valley Curse there’d be options for Jack to raise a kid…but sometimes you just have that selfish little urge to have a bit of your DNA out there. Even Jack knows that’s stupid.
The Dragon Doctors
Battling evil and curing what ails you!
Partly hope that not all demons are evil and not all angels are good… Cause I really kinda hate that idea of any race out there having no choice in their morality… Or just the details of the moral question being ignored for the sake of story. Then again it’s even hard to really get most demons or angels in a story that I’d enjoy on the long run the longer I end up thinking over the subject. Though of course when they’re used to mean basically the same thing it comes across easier for me to take.
Sure don’t get me wrong sometimes the basic “classical Angels & Demons” can work in a story. But I don’t think of the Dragon Doctors as the type that could work with just the classical viewpoint on them. I mean this story already has many different viewpoints on death entities and we saw quite a few of those in chapter 9. (personal fave is the Dust King. LOVE HIM.)
Can’t wait to hear more details on these demons and just proving how evil they are without it just being a forgone conclusion because “demon”. Maybe even getting more details on what makes a “demon” a demon in this world along with “are there any angels?” types of questions. though I bet that might be a touchy subject overall.
Also as a side note I’m calling it now that the Hearts Society has been compromised by these Demons to some degree… Totally going to put my money on it being that’s how they keep off the Hearts radar.
Good demons rarely use mind-control. But generally I agree with Xel: whole species with forced morality is weird.