Thread:BeholderofStuff/@comment-1705775-20180204175710/@comment-1705775-20180205194836

AustinDR wrote: No. I do not agree with author's intent in regards to this. They may have had in mind that to begin with, but ultimately in some cases, if the final result is different from what they originally intended, what matters at that point is how the character is presented.

hmm.. probably true, many authors make characters who are clearly not psychopaths and label them psychopaths (such as multiple personality suffers, PTSD etc..) - the problem is fictional psychopaths rarely, if ever, actually act like real psychopaths so we need to figure out the line on what is and is not psychopathy in regards to fiction.. no fictional portrayal of any mental illness will be 100 percent correct, especially with villains.