User blog comment:StevenTheKing/PE Proposal: Mal (Total Drama)/@comment-4708882-20190713020853/@comment-25342388-20190713034427

Seeing as he saved Zoey out of pragmatism I foubt he lacks agency. MoE villains aren't pragmatic. We see several times that Aku can't fight his nature, while that is never showm with Mal.

Also wasn't Yami Marik the embodiment of Marik's pain and hatred given form? What gives him a free pass?