Thread:LucidPigeons/@comment-27818776-20150429114914/@comment-27560932-20150429135139

I'll directly rephrase this bit from my talk with Zcooper, because that's essentially my best summation on my thoughts on him so far:

It's far too ambiguous of a redeeming quality, I think. It should either lead to one side or the other, and what we have doesn't convince me either. Removing the general ambiguity of it, Hopper's thoughts towards the promise (which is, in layman's terms, "I will not kill my own brother") largely seems to be apathetic, like he's simply tied down by a law, or whatnot. What really takes it out of it from me is that this "promise" still doesn't stop him from verbally abusing the ever-loving crap out of his brother and treating him little better than trash. Still, I will admit I feel Syndrome a lot much more of a stronger keep.