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<blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 4483884" data-attributes="member: 151">Oh.&nbsp; Oh, my.&nbsp; That's crazy enough to make sense.As for the killing, I think it's a mark that folks seem to be missing V's motivation, here:&nbsp; he's not really all that driven to save the world as he is angry that his power is inadequate to the task.&nbsp; I mean, he's quite clear that after the fall of Azure City, he's as <a href="http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0504.html" target="_blank">upset at his failure to muster enough power</a> as he is at the actual failure.&nbsp; It may be guilt, but Durkon's observation <a href="http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0508.html" target="_blank">right here</a> is more to the heart of the matter.&nbsp; He doesn't like being beaten or feeling inadequate, and his continual failure is a real problem.&nbsp; He sounds less and less like he's guilty about leaving Haley behind than in proving he can beat the cloister spell that's thwarting him...enough so that <a href="http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0554.html" target="_blank">he doesn't mind leaving other people to die</a> to continue his research.Vaarsuvius is on the road to evil, if he isn't sliding there already.&nbsp; If he were solidly good, he wouldn't live Lien to die while he could do something about it, he would allow himself some 'trance' time and probably wouldn't be so single-minded, as Durkon says, about 'winning'.&nbsp; The argument that Elan had a villian apprehended and so it was OK to kill him seems a little expedient;&nbsp; if V had had a little less patience <a href="http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0583.html" target="_blank">this time</a>, then Thurkla would have been the victim.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WizarDru, post: 4483884, member: 151"] Oh. Oh, my. That's crazy enough to make sense. As for the killing, I think it's a mark that folks seem to be missing V's motivation, here: he's not really all that driven to save the world as he is angry that his power is inadequate to the task. I mean, he's quite clear that after the fall of Azure City, he's as [URL="http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0504.html"]upset at his failure to muster enough power[/URL] as he is at the actual failure. It may be guilt, but Durkon's observation [URL="http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0508.html"]right here[/URL] is more to the heart of the matter. He doesn't like being beaten or feeling inadequate, and his continual failure is a real problem. He sounds less and less like he's guilty about leaving Haley behind than in proving he can beat the cloister spell that's thwarting him...enough so that [URL="http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0554.html"]he doesn't mind leaving other people to die[/URL] to continue his research. Vaarsuvius is on the road to evil, if he isn't sliding there already. If he were solidly good, he wouldn't live Lien to die while he could do something about it, he would allow himself some 'trance' time and probably wouldn't be so single-minded, as Durkon says, about 'winning'. The argument that Elan had a villian apprehended and so it was OK to kill him seems a little expedient; if V had had a little less patience [URL="http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0583.html"]this time[/URL], then Thurkla would have been the victim. [/QUOTE]

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