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Anonymous writes...

Greg I appreciate your response to my last question. Hopefully you will find this one as thought provoking. Demona has always been my favorite character because of the complexity of her persona, and hey, you just can't help but pi ty her. However, as the show progressed from season 1 to 2, I noticed her plot lines seemed to become more formulamatic. In essence, she has a plan to either A) destroy humanity, or B) destroy the clan. Said plan is foiled by Goliath and company, and Demona is left to go away and sulk. Admittedly, you always found a new spin to put on her behavior, however, the general thrust remained the same. Had Gargoyles continued would you have gone on with her in this manner, or would we have seen some charac ter development beyond her "All humans must die" mode. I'm not asking if she was going to jump on the bandwagon of reformed villains.
She evokes the perfect blend of pathos and disgust as she is. I just want to know what general direction her chara cter development would have taken.

Greg responds...

Well, I don't really agree with your assessment of our second season episodes. Neither "Sanctuary" or even "The Reckoning" really fit your criteria all that well. I think the introduction of Angela has already had an effect on Demona's behaviour. If we ever get more episodes, Demona's character will continue to evolve, but not quickly. Demona has 1000 years of reinforced behaviour to overcome. (A) Destroying humanity and (B) altering the clan to suit her vision of what it should be like are still major goals, and I don't see that changing anymore than I see Xanatos' desire for immortality going away. Is it formulaic to see a determined villain thwarted? I suppose. But "City of Stone" doesn't strike me as a formulaic story, and although one might argue that Demona's role in "Hunter's Moon" was similar to her role in "CoS", I don't think too many people are troubled by the general similarities, when the details and attitudes are so different.