starofchaos: louis cyphre (louis; do you get it yet)
Louis Cypher ([personal profile] starofchaos) wrote2012-02-24 03:07 pm

[MEME] Tropes (canon)

Warning. Spoilers abound here.

A Form You Are Comfortable With: Louis' species appears different depending on what race is looking at him.
Badass
Badass in a Nice Suit: That is a very nice suit. Also may be considered a Four Star Badass, as all beings in Makai consider him their archcommander.
Batman Gambit: Dear god is he fond of this.
Beware the Nice Ones: He may be polite, friendly, helpful... but man, is he the poster child for this. He'll megidolaon your ass if you get in his way.
Bilingual Bonus: He's fond of occasionally finishing his sentences in french.
Bishounen: Just look at some of his forms.
Catch Phrase: "Spark", in Kuzunoha Raidou vs King Abaddon. Yes, with the speechmarks.
Character Alignment: Louis' own tends to stick to "chaos" but it applies differently in each game...
Character Development
Chessmaster: Oh dear god (pun intended) is he good at this.
Creepy Child: The little boy form of Louis wears a suit, stalks the demifiend, stares at people and speaks only to his nanny, who speaks for him. He also puts a demonic insect thing (Magatama) in the demifiend's eye while he's still human.
Cryptic Conversation: Oh man, is he fond of these.
Demonic Possession: He is possessed by Beelzebub in the Devil Children games.
Friendly Address Privileges: "Call me Louis. Everyone does."
Gender Bender: In Strange Journey, he manifests as a woman. May be a case of Wholesome Crossdresser... Louisa is either in her early teens or very flat.
Gentleman Snarker: ...oh boy.
Graceful Loser: Even when that loss might kill him. When he dies on certain routes, rather than being angry, he asks Aleph to save his people.
Interspecies Romance/Luke, I Am Your Father: In Devil Children, he has fathered a child with a human.
Louis Cyphre: ...do I really need to explain this?
Manipulative Bastard: He's Lucifer. Do they get more manipulative?
Mismatched Eyes/Red Eyes, Take Warning: As Louis, one eye is red, one is blue. As Lucifer (demon form) his eyes are both red. As his angel form, Helel, who knows? He never opens them.
Mr Exposition: He explains a loooot of things that happen to the protagonist, either in person or via his nanny.
Not Afraid to Die: He believes that he will die if he faces off against Satan alone. Despite this, he is determined to fight him with or without Aleph's help, to save the Abyss and humankind. Crosses over with Suicide Mission.
One-Winged Angel: Not quite, but... wccording to the guys behind the series, his true form has twelve wings. Meanwhile, the forms you see him in have six.
Optional Party Member: He joins Aleph in battle on the Chaos Route of Shin Megami Tensei II.
Odd Friendship: Most chaos routes result in Lucifer becoming at least relatively friendly with the protagonists. Raidou Kuzunoha XIV, for instance.
Rage Against the Heavens: ...ya think?
Rebel Leader: Guess.
Satan Is Good: Not quite accurate wording, but Lucifer switches between Chaotic Evil to Chaotic Good following the events of the first Shin Megami Tensei.
Secret Identity: Why does he bother with these disguises?
Social Darwinist: Only in the more fucked-up worlds. See: SMT1 and Strange Journey. Oddly, he seems to disapprove of that route in SMT3 and in the Neutral ending shows approval for the demifiend returning the world to normal.
The Charmer: He's almost always polite and charming.
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Oh, is he fond of these. Just look at his speech to Mastema in Strange Journey.
The UnTwist: In the first few games, Lucifer was actually played as a surprise no matter how obvious. By Strange Journey, they don't even bother; Louisa is so obviously him that in one conversation she is referred to as Lucifer and nobody bats an eye.
Took a Level in Kindness: In the thirty years between SMT1's ending and SMT2's beginning, Louis switched from being as bad as YHVH to being protective of humanity.
Turned Against Their Masters: YHVH ordered him to end the world. That backfired against him. A lot.
Xanatos Gambit: There was pretty much no way for him not to be benefited by the events of Shin Megami Tensei 3.
Villains Out Shopping: He hangs around in the bars of Tokyo Millenium. A lot. Also churches... temples... the Red Sprite... A bar for demon summoners... Is he ever home?

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