Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20160807005311/@comment-26018514-20160825005953

While I don't hope for an outright redemption arc for Emerald... I do kind of hope for a "lesser of two evils"/"enemy of my enemy" is my friend arc where she ends up helping the MC's and not going the Kabuto Yakushi route by becoming a bigger douche than Cinder.

I agree though about Mercury,(much as I like Amalgam) he appears entirely irredeemable in character, while Emerald shows an inclination.

Emerald seems to be of the "kill or be killed" mentality, while Mercury appears to be "Kill what I want, to prove that I can".

Unless we learn that is a façade he maintains and he really has the same mentality of Emerald and just uses the later around his authority figures because Marcus forced it upon him and Cinder merely needs him to be a killer, the latter is a mindset that is(as others posted) Psychopathic and indicates a Sociopath.

Being Sociopathic means that he just doesn't care enough to have a catalyst for a redemption arc that works, while being psychopathic would indicate that what he wants could include a redemption arc... but it wouldn't be an honest one as it just gets him closer to his ultimate goals.