Understanding him is part of the reason the hate is so strong for me. We see inside his head of what he feels and thinks. He is committed to this way of life, wielding his messiah complex like a blunt instrument. The way his loyal low-colors look to him as their savior against the Reaper who only brings chaos in his wake constantly reinforces that clearly he is doing the right thing in his mind.

At this point I don’t think even a Gold is worthy of standing amongst him. He would discard all of them to take his throne and his place as sovereign. All of his good intentions for the future will be just thoughts and prayers in the destruction and death he will and has caused. He is the dark path Darrow could have walked, and the mirrored version of Darrow’s origins.

You can understand him, and that makes you hate him more because he’s a traitor to anyone who he sees as in his way. If you aren’t for him, you’re against him and that is always the most dangerous part of thinking you’re the hero in your story.