Utanför några få specifika fall (som borgmästaren) är alla demoner i den här dimensionen i modern tid mänskliga / demonhybrider. Detta upprepas både på Buffy och Ängel , och det är ganska lätt att hitta citat som stöder detta. På Buffy och Angel wiki :
The Old Ones were the first and most powerful of demons, lived on Earth during the Primordial Age where they were brought from their home dimensions by the Seed of Wonder. However, as time passed, new creatures began to appear on Earth, and the Old Ones either retreated to other dimensions or interbred with humans, thus weakening their powers through the generations. Demons native to Earth were not full demons, but had a percentage of human heritage. Full demons were native to other dimensions.
Som ett specifikt citat från episoden Harvest , säger Giles
This world is older than any of you know. Contrary to popular mythology, it did not begin as a paradise. For untold eons demons walked the Earth. They made it their home, their... their Hell. But in time they lost their purchase on this reality. The way was made for mortal animals, for, for man. All that remains of the old ones are vestiges, certain magicks, certain creatures.... The books tell the last demon to leave this reality fed off a human, mixed their blood. He was a human form possessed, infected by the demon's soul. He bit another, and another, and so they walk the Earth, feeding... Killing some, mixing their blood with others to make more of their kind. Waiting for the animals to die out, and the old ones to return.
Jag kunde fortsätta stapla citat här, men det sammanfattar hur föreställningen mellan rena demoner och hybriddemoner läggs ut i Buffyverse.
Så den fråga som behöver besvaras, eftersom det verkar inkonsekvent med den kanoniska definitionen av demoner som hybrider, är "varför ser inte domaren mänskligheten i Angelus?" Jag tycker att när man tittar på vad domaren faktiskt gjorde och några citat från episoderna, säger "bränna mänskligheten" ur någon var lite för generell. Faktum är att Angel, innan han vände, beskrev domarens dom:
It's a legend. Way before my time. Of a demon brought forth to rid the earth of the plague of humanity. To separate the righteous from the wicked... And burn the righteous down. They called him the Judge.
Du kommer att märka att han talar om att skilja de ogudaktiga från den rättfärdiga, inte skilja mänskligheten från demoner. Giles noterar också senare
His touch can literally burn the humanity out of you. A true creature of evil can survive the process. No human ever has.
Och vi kan titta på demoner som domaren förbrände eller ville förbränna:
- Spike och Dru, för att ha kärlek till varandra
- Dalton för att ha kärlek till kunskap
The Judge's main power was to "burn the humanity" out of a person. The "humanity" in question wasn't the presence of a soul in the victim, but the emotional capacity of the Judge's target. While Spike and Drusilla were vulnerable because they shared affection for each other, Angelus wasn't, as he was truly wicked, incapable of love, "clean" before the Judge's eyes.