Thread:Jester of chaos/@comment-27729149-20150602022947/@comment-27729149-20150827045512

EvilLamp wrote: whenever someone tries the old "bad childhood excuses evil actions" trope just remember there are billions of people who are HORRIBLY abused and they never dream of becoming sociopathic villains.. so really a bad childhood does not make a villain that tragic unless they acknowledge that they are messed up because of it (and not just using it as an excuse to treat people like crap).. for example, if someone has a horrible childhood and then abuses others, yet hates themselves over it.. they are tragic.. if someone has a horrible childhood and abuses others, yet shows no remorse over it and keeps abusing even after saying "it's not my fault, I had a crappy past" they are NOT tragic. I think it also depends on how crappy it was, there have been many children who were raped by their parents and have been tortured and brutally beaten by them, I think that's when it should count.