Thread:LucidPigeons/@comment-24859393-20160609220233/@comment-26205772-20160610153144

Again... I do feel that if Ryan gets cut for any reason, it'd be for lack of true heinousness rather than agency. One could justify this with both age and resources, but, as you said, this is the sort of franchise where each monster of the week is a nasty contender (I can remember the swim coach being particularly nasty in this regard, at least to me). Perhaps you make a fair point that he likely could have grown into a decent CM-type character, but I suppose we have to measure what we have.

My vote's neutral; I can see keeping him due to Ryan's relatively weak place in the overall hierarchy of the show, and I can see cutting him for failing to truly stand out. Dubious moral agency doesn't really concern me unless it's made quite clear in-universe lacking a soul robs you of moral choice.