Even if Joss had stuck to his guns and NOT introduced complex demons with shades of gray, he'd still have to face the fact that a soul does not always make a person good.
Yes - to keep the balance in the world at leastt some demons should be good; othervise, poor humanity doesn't stand a chance...
Maybe, as others have mentioned, it makes a decent starting point for the characters, given that they are very young and have simplified world views. But it would seem completely false and the characters would appear terribly naive if they'd continued to uphold those simple beliefs. (And, in fact, they come off as rather ignorant when they DO express those beliefs on occasion later in the series [usually related to Spike].
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Yes - to keep the balance in the world at leastt some demons should be good; othervise, poor humanity doesn't stand a chance...
Maybe, as others have mentioned, it makes a decent starting point for the characters, given that they are very young and have simplified world views. But it would seem completely false and the characters would appear terribly naive if they'd continued to uphold those simple beliefs. (And, in fact, they come off as rather ignorant when they DO express those beliefs on occasion later in the series [usually related to Spike].
*nods*