User blog comment:KingFubuki92/RWBY Villains: Are they "Good" or "Bad"?/@comment-26018514-20171123063828/@comment-34633327-20171123064939

Well there are the tropes Nominal Hero and Token Evil Teammate. I have him higher than Emerald though because of her devotion to Cinder. Emerald is extremely devoted to her, and would probably only ditch if either Cinder ditches too, or if something causes her to lose said devotion. For Emerald, Cinder is the person who saved her from her former life, who she owes everything too, and I don't think she'd betray Cinder easily. Mercury on the other hand has no devotion whatsoever, and mainly worked for them out of boredom. It's possible to work for a side without working believing in their cause.