Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25266931-20161222225701/@comment-24113789-20161222230328

IRL, I don't believe there is any such thing as irredeemable. But in literature, things can be different. Salem is irredeemable. Cinder might not be, though.

To me, evil is simply malice; deliberately doing wrong without concern, as opposed to accidentally or unknowingly, or simply because that's what it takes to make it. Blake's involvement in the White Fang? Not evil, because she was misled. Adam, on the other hand, misled himself. Emerald and Mercury are borderline, but they still seem to be trying to survive. They're not good people, but I wouldn't consider them to be especially malicious.