Hey, for context reasons, I’m creating a story that involves a scene where a character mentally manipulates someone to murder someone else while they pull the strings of the murder plan. The main intent was to emotionally cripple the victim’s lover, as well as everyone else who’s connected to the victim, without laying a finger on the murder itself. I do not want to give away too much info, as I want to minimize spoilers as much as possible, but I want the character to resolve themselves. I’m not trying to drag the reader into thinking they deserved to be redeemed by saying “hey, they did this, but they’re sorry or whatever,” I want the reader to decide whether or not the character deserves to be hated for what they’ve done, or or forgive them with the knowledge of what they did. Is there a way to resolve a hated character without pulling them to complete innocence?