Quote Originally Posted by Typewriter View Post
So, John is a victim of bullying all his life. As a result of this he becomes a villain. Once he became a villain some of the people who used to bully him started to become better people. John is struggling to accept that his lifetime of conditioning to believe that everyone is a bully is false but he is trying to do so. And you sympathize with the people who drove him to this point but not him.
Yes, I generally sympathize with good people and not bad ones. What's the point in holding a grudge against someone who has already changed for the better? Besides, the vast majority of people John tortured had nothing to do with bullying John. If he just went after people who tortured him it would be more understandable. I can sympathize with him not liking Arlo or Zeke or other people who attacked him and Sera. Most of the high tiers just went about their own business and ignored the low tiers though. Some characters like Blyke have been fairly sympathetic from the start, only fighting people on their level, or even protecting lower tiers when they see bullying, but John still went after them. He even attacked Sera when she tried to talk him down.