Thread:Mediawatcher/@comment-3581997-20150905032118/@comment-3581997-20150911072835

Then Alucard is not a sociopath. sociopaths can not feel bad about their actions, not on an emotional level anyway, I have had to remove sociopath templates from characters who may otherwise seem like sociopaths but who at one point or another feel bad about something.

As for your first question; They can be redeemed due to things like plot involvement, a sociopath can be a false antagonist, as in they were and always will be a sociopaths but their role changes from antagonist to protagonist based on the heroes' outlook and role; Such as Kenpachi Zaraki, he never starts feeling bad for his actions or has a crisis of conscience does he? Yet he is redeemed from antagonist to protagonists based on him helping Ichigo and his friends, in that case it has to do with a combination of none of the bad guys really being bad guys and Kenpachi having a shift in motivations due to pride.

And to answer the second question, yes sociopaths can have "loved" ones. In real life sociopaths tend to only care about loved ones such as family, however it is less to do with caring about them as people and more with seeing them as treasured possessions, things that belong to them and an attack on such people are attacks on the sociopath him/herself. Think of it like a wolf that doesn't really care about it's pack-mates but will still bite your head off for attacking them simply out of pack mentality. The fact that some sociopaths will instinctively protect family out of pack mentality and some won't is one of the reasons why not all Sociopaths are automatically considered Complete Monsters. Or to go back to Kenpachi again; If someone killed Yachiru would he mourn her? No, probably not. Would he sympathize with her? Still probably not. Would he let it go? Ohhhh Goodness no, he would turn them into pudding just for having the nerve to do that to HIS lieutenant.