Board Thread:Clean up Concerns/@comment-32931283-20171016161006/@comment-366087-20171017073954

It all depends upon a franchise's *narrative*. Not all "demons" are created equal franchise-to-franchise. For example, in *Supernatural*, some demons used to be humans before Damned Souls. In a case like this, if a demonic character debuts AS a demon, then arguably they should be considered as "reborn" as a demon, their actions while alive not really counting toward their traits.

This gets tricky depending on the amount of backstory we become privy to. Casual mentions alone is not enough to tag them with their former human traits. There needs to be significant backstory, like with Pinhead.

HOWEVER, if a particular Demon was ALWAYS a demon, then no, they are not Mentally Ill. Unless the narrative reveals to us of a demon world in which not all "demons" are actually Evil-as-Humans-Understand-it. Like a civil war of Demons where some demons want to cause problems among Earth while some wish to remain separated.