Thread:Mesektet/@comment-27729149-20160128170019/@comment-3581997-20160418075707

Sociopaths can not have Pet the Dog moments, if they do, they are not sociopaths. The only time I have seen that work is when they are deliberatly showing "mercy" to show their oppontent's how pathetic they are, a form of wounding pride, otherwise it is mislabled, those two can not overlap. Petting the dog is momentary consideration of another despite it ultimately meaning nothing to events at large, but a sociopath by defination can not show another consideration.

Skull is horrible. Of that there is no contention, but the fact that he holds himself to a standard and has a cause he deems greater than himself is a virtue. Not a redeeming one in the face of the rest of the things he does, but one that neither a sociopath nor a complete monster would have. If anything Skull is an excellent example of how a villain can still be evil, to a great extent and still not completely monserous. There are not shades of gray with complete monsters, they are solid black, of course you may see a dark grey and assume it is black with no other point of comparision but once you see the pitch stuff it is clear. Dark is not pitch.