Holy shit. That must have been a mindfuck. I loved the way that the writer was able to explore the event and so honestly.

I've always found it weird that in movies and even in cartoons, many people are presented with this bumbling, inept portrayal of evil, of people who wish to harm others, but somehow just don't quite cut it, while the "good" characters and heroes are always smarter than the bad guys, but never really that smart, even if they are supposed to be geniuses. Furthermore, the baddies are rarely ever charismatic, unless it's in a cartoonishly evil way.

I don't know that I've ever encountered a truly evil person in my life, though I have run into people doing really, really ugly things, generally triggered by some kind of emotional event, but from what I've read about serial killers, they generally seem to be very charismatic and very intelligent people who are quite capable in a number of ways.

I know that sociopaths are often characterized as incapable of feeling emotion and yet, charisma functions largely on empathy. I read recently that the more empathetic someone is, the more able they are likely to be able to excel at manipulating people. I'm not drawing any conclusions, just putting things within a frame. Anyway, it's interesting to think about.