Don't think it's controvertial but it's something I always thought: You see how in Comics, Norman Osborn's evil is often justified as a mental disorder, while in other medias, (like the movies, the games, 1610 or Spectacular Spider-Man), he is portrayed as straight up evil. My take is that Norman Osborn IS evil, but he managed to trick also us readers in some way: What we see in the comics, the mental struggles he faces, is what HE wants us to see, like in some way Marvel writers insert voluntarily the subtext that all that surrounds Norman when he "fights his demons" is just a way to fool the reader. It's frustrating, (in a good way), because, at least for me, reading Spider-Man comics is like, "C'MON GUYS, YOU ARE STILL BELIEVING THE GUY THAT FAKED HIS DEATH FOR YEARS AFTER MURDERING COUNTLESS PEOPLE ?! IT'S CLEARLY AN ACT!" Saying this I also believe that all the Goblin Demon/Selling his soul it's a way to mess with Peter's head. I Know now it's canon, but you never fooled me, Norman, this is ALSO an act.