>>55263165i understand how he feels, honestly. as an adult i'm somewhat happier, but as a child i hated the world and everything in it because existing was so painful. obviously i think FDISK-ing the world is too extreme, but sometimes i wonder if it'd be best to say fuck it and wipe the slate clean. i'd never act on this and anyone who would needs severe levels of therapy, but i understand Cyrus. he's my fav villain for a reason.
>>55263571i think it's less that he's a sociopath and more "the ends justify the means". he probably has some kind of remorse for hurting the lake trio, since he treats his pokemon kindly(he has a crobat, he's kind to his pokemon), but i think his logic is that the lake trio's pain is a necessity for creating a new world, and their pain will be gone eventually anyway. it isn't that he doesn't care about hurting them, it's that he knows that hurting them is necessary.
celestic town is a different story ofc but i think he was just pissed at Cynthia's grandmother lol, like if she had cooperated with him he'd probably have never considered nuking the town.
Cyrus strikes me as the type to only cause pain when absolutely necessary, but maybe i'm wrong.
