Thread:Jester of chaos/@comment-25342388-20190813160845/@comment-25342388-20191204025805

His agency isn't arguable though. It is never stated in-universe that he is an embodiment of evil. Being an alternate personality doesn't automatically mean you can't choose to be evil unless stated within the show, which it isn't. Plus if you go off the argument used to keep Yami Marik (him gaining a separate soul), Mal definitely has agency. Dawn said that Mike had different auras in him, referring to his personalies. The show repeatedly hammers it home that they are entirely independent beings from Mike.