Talk:Adam Taurus/@comment-62.231.136.5-20180201120305/@comment-185.69.144.15-20180205222609

Adam's a racist at its very worst.

Racism is just a horrible flavor of idealism.

I believe his initial reluctance at working with Cinder, and his later eagernees, are in line with his character. Adam was forced into an alliance with Cinder, but later decided that the perks were rather good. What Cinder offered him is the means beyond anything he had before to attack Humanity with. He went from doing small strikes at little targets, assasinations, possibly brawling with Human gangs over underworld turf, and blowing up trains, to crippling the institutions that form the core of society on Remnant.

It is a huge realization of his vengeance, and I'm sure that Cinder's help allowed him to dream big. It allowed him to go beyond petty attacks and a fierce but rather vague grudge against Humanity, into a clearly defined vision of systematically dismembering Remnant and imposing Faunus as the masters. I'm sure the Adam from before Cinder forced him into the partnership didn't had plans of ursurping Sienna, attacking Beacon, or any plans to bringing Remnant's Kingdoms to their knees: he just had no way of doing so.

Adam's goal has always been to dish a cruel vengeance on Humanity for what he feels it has done to him (details RT pretty please?). It doesn't matter what he has to do or who he has to ally with, Faunus, Human, or Grimm to realize it. Through this I'm sure he genuinely believes he's helping the Faunus, because he himself is a Faunus, and identifies with them. But he cannot see the Faunus as anything more than a group he belongs to, one he believes should share his all consuming hatred of Humans and complete devotion to destroying them. He has 'dehumanized' Humanity into basically Grimm, and dehumanized his own kind into a general idea that he fights for to justify his hatred.

Adam was forced into a partnership with Cinder, but later realized, that at least at face value, their goals coincided. His vengeful nature has always been there, but Cinder gave him a way to expand his goals. The Adam that works with Salem is content with the alliance, knowing that he'll be able to exact revenge on Humanity with them. Even if he hates the idea of collaborating with Humans, this power is certainly very appealing to him.