Thread:LucidPigeons/@comment-24859393-20160607203817/@comment-2175012-20160611020734

Oh, I thought BeholderOfStuff was going to respond to this, because he was the one who raised the question first, but this'll do. Besides him feeding on the pain and suffering of his victims, no, there's no indication that he's Made of Evil; that, and he has a henchman who redeemed himself by killing the Dust Witch. From what I had read on the discussion, it seems that Mr. Dark was removed for being a ZCE rather than any morality concerns.

Anyway, as for Jim; when he was searching for the two boys at the library, he mocks Jim by saying that his mother had been put on the carousel which was reversed and moved forward, which caused her to go insane. Before I go further, here's how the carousel works; if the carousel were to go in reversal, one's age is reversed; if the carousel was moving forward in time, their ages would be increased depending on how long the person stays on the ride. Okay, back to Jim. When he first met the boys, he tempted Jim by offering him free tickets to the carousel, which seems affable enough, but he attempts to murder the two when they had saw him interrogate Fury. That, and there was one part of the film, in which he compared Jim to a book, stating joy at the thought of ripping his pages out, if you catch my drift.

Okay, now for the scenes that I had mentioned; one scene in particular has him refer to Jim as "King of the Carnival," and then "My son," and "His partner forever," which could be interpreted as genuine. Alternatively, Mr. Dark had manipulated Jim several times into making him accept the position, again appealing to his desires to become older, which I feel is how he truly feels about him. Whether or not he feels any genuine emotion out of Jim being taken away at the last moment, I can't say; him having about a million volts of lightning course through his body doesn't help. Overall, I would suggest that either you or Beholder watch the film as well, because I'm not the final all end all type of guy. Basically, I'm neutral to Film!Dark.

As for whether or not I'll propose him, I'm not going to do it immediately, because I also feel that there are some mitigating factors that can't be ignored.