Asmodeus lewd persona vs Asmodeus real self
WARNING: SPOILERS FOR UNHOLYC, ASMODEUS CARDS, SEXUAL STUFF
If you think Asmodeus lewdness is the interity of his true self than you just fell for his persona just like the other Kings, i said before Beelzebub is self aware of his persona, Levi is in denial of his persona flaws and his real self and i think Asmodeus persona is an direct response to relationship trauma and coping of past emotional loss.
Asmodeus is one of the oldest Kings and have ages of expirience with it, this also comes with ages of relationships and conections that shaped him and two come as the major ones that made him act with these persona, Solomon and and human female witch that was his wife.
We know by his selfie card that his relationship with Solomon was very physical one and with not many emotions, but we also learn that even if Solomon was aware of that at the time Asmodeus taught it was "love" that what they shared on the bedsheets was akin to an deep emotional romance it was clear it truely was just an physical and that Asmodeus confused sexual compatibility with romantic compatibility since that was all he knew at the time and so he had reavaluate his romantic relationship criteras since he learned that it take more than sex to have an romantic bond. But with these we see his first relationship rejection already shaping him since after these i belive he had an more deep undestand of his self now seing his flings more as what they supposed to be, just physical. With these we have the first piece of his persona the flirt, always sexual and very open part that we used but then there is still his other relationship and that is...
His wife, we know by the other game Love Unholyc that she was an human female witch and they have mutliple children including one daughter that is very important, and we learn on WHB more about her an their relationship, we learn that she whold sleep with other people to "make Asmodeus feel less alone when been promiscuis" and while it may be read as they having an open relationship i see more as evidencie to Asmodeus still comming around with diferencieting physical and emotional love i see as Asmodeus now presented with the real felling of "Love" has to come around to place what his positon of King of Lust means and what his flings mean. I pretty sure both him and his wife knew that Asmodeus whold sleep around with people as the King of Lust but i think he was felling confused, and even questionig his postion since he was finally presented with real "love" so his wife slepping around with other people showed to him even more the concept that people could have physical conections without been love comfoting him.
He also learned paternal love, as thanks to his wife he had many children who he deeply loved had felt and deep conection. One that did not need an physical bond to be tied, just care and love. And he loved it
But then it came the trajedy and he lost his wife and even his eldest daughter who died by been killed by her own children....yes that happend on Unholyc and i want you guys to let that sink in...Asmodeus got rejected by his first patner who later went missing, lost his second patner who taught him of real love and lost his eldest daughter who got killed by his own grandchildren.....
We do not know why he could not save his own daughter at the time, but put yourself in his shoes, you lost every crumb of emotional conection you build, you lost the peak of your emotinal ties....so to not get mad....to not lose your mind as one of the most powerfull kings and hurt others you go to what is comfort to you, to what is know... you go to the sexual.
Now we have this Asmodeus persona we see at first, and to tie his Narcissism to it, something i want to point is that Asmodeus presents signs of been an Healthy Narcissist with some traits of non clinical Narcissism (yes there is spectrum of Narcissism) . An Healthy Narcissist tend to have self-confidence, is assertive, independent, does not belite others, and tend to be on an position of power and his non clinical Narcissism trait whold be him not been self aware. As you can see his Narcissism is mostly non abusive since he does not present traits of lack of empaty, it mostly very personal and self centered and he uses it as mask to deel with his trauma.
Asmodeus tie his view of physical sex with his Narcissism to create an mask of an deeply lewd person only chassing self satisfaction and not thinking of anything more, to hide his deep emotional trauma and not have to come to face to face with the emotional toal it cames with it. It cames no shock to me why he is pared with Lucifer, while appearing as an joke at first it, it showes how both have familial trauma.
Now where are the details of his real self? Look no futher than his breeding kink....yes i not joking, his kink while apearing as just sexual at first it really an sign of his deep need of familial bonds something he wants to experiecie again.
Other detail lof his true self is him been proud of been the King of Lust.
Here it shows how mad he gets on the prospect of Angels treatining Hell temptation rates, these are directed tied to him as the King of Lust. It shows he takes pride in his position! Lust is an serious work to him! How dare pure minded (compared to devils) try to take all the bitches!!
Other sign of his true self...
These are pictures of his decendets aka children (some things to note is some they are not direct conected to him), he keeps they on his table showing how much he cares for they. It ties back to his need for emotional parental love.
And the last sign of his true self
This one shows Asmodeus deep need for emotional bond, it deep in craved on his mind to the point he wants to become one with MC so no time together can slip away, he does not want to loss MC, he does not want to feel the pain of losing somebody again.... he rather die with they.
Asmodeus mindset is so fun to diesect! I had so many Unholyc notes for him before he came to the game, i hope PB give more attention to the game or give more lore on WHB. The last 2 images is by @onceuponatime696666











