Let's talk about Death, or The Grim Reaper, for a second. A lot of stuff wants to portray him as a villain, but the truth is that death is natural and therefore Death, as a person, would simply be a force of nature, only doing a job that had to be done. I like to portray Death, the character, as a very gentle soul, one that wishes not to scare you but rather to guide you to your final destination, your new home. It doesn't make sense to me how, a soul that is just doing it's job, would be malicious. Death is already scary, we don't need a personification of it to be scared of it, we need a personification of it so that it can comfort us, hold our hand until we are ready to pass on. Death, in real life, isn't evil, it's natural, it happens to all of us. Death, as a character, should be able to understand human emotions and be able to empathize with people. The Grim Reaper, I think, she always be seen more as a friend than an enemy.