Thread:Overseer80/@comment-1672596-20131208215055/@comment-15895329-20131209010822

No, he does not feel remorse and there is no indication that he hates himself for his crimes. End of story. Fear of punishment and remorse are NOT the same and your insistence that they are is truly, deeply tiresome and exhausting. If a criminal fears punishment, that does not denote remorse. It fears being hurt or getting caught. That's Frollo. Remorse, at least going by how both this Wiki and TV Tropes defines it is "I'm sorry I did this thing" or "I wish I hadn't did this" or "I know what I did was wrong", or something to that effect. Nothing he says or does denotes that, at least not in his hunt for Esmeralda and actions relating to that. And again, it's his lust that he doesn't take responsibility for that is the cause of his fear, not the actual evil things he's done. And even if you regard lust as evil (as he does) that doesn't show remorse either because he blames everyone BUT HIMSELF for it. The "God have mercy on me" part is "I don't want to be punished" not "I know I'm evil and I'm sorry". So perhaps it just comes down to a difference in definitions, but nevertheless, we need to use this site's definition, not your arbitrary one. Same goes with any category on this site.

And TV Tropes does not consider Scar a Complete Monster, at least not anymore. So that means nothing to me either.

Man this has been an exhausting discussion. I really do hate debates like this.