User blog comment:Ngh93/What REALLY makes a villain a Complete Monster?/@comment-27818776-20150326235216/@comment-1705775-20150328022216

remorse =/= being scared of Damnation or death.. sociopaths and psychotics fear getting harmed and will do anything to try and avoid such things, they have no problem blaming everyone else for any negative feelings they may hold (self-loathing is common in psychos, however they project that hatred on others and lash out, rather than accepting they are wrong).

Frollo never had remorse, just self-loathing and he never confronted said loathing, he used it as an excuse to paint the world as evil and his fear of Damnation is born of a selfishness - a truly remorseful person may well fear death / Damnation but would ultimately accept it if they felt great guilt over past misdeeds (or that said death / Damnation would cleanse themselves somehow).

Heck, even Alan Yates' last moments were running around saying "we really fucked up", that wasn't him expressing remorse.. he just knew he finally victimized someone who was bigger and meaner than himself.

fear and remorse are different things.. fear often leads to paranoia.. remorse leads to.. well.. redemption.

also Vader was not strictly CM in-universe as Luke did geniunely show love for him and even refused to leave his side.. Emperor was not remotely missed however when he went flying down that chute.. even the Empire was probably glad to be rid of the old prune at that point.