Talk:Jacques Schnee/@comment-1446360-20200215061811/@comment-24018437-20200215121626

The difference between Jacques and, say, Lionheart is that Lionheart didn’t desire to help Salem in the first place. He was threatened into doing Salem’s bidding and even expressed regret at it. While it doesn’t excuse his betrayel, the fact remains he was never OK with any of this and had to be threatened in submission by Salem herself.

All it took for Jacques to get on board was the promise of more wealth and influence. He wasn’t blackmailed or threatened. No one held a knife against his throat or threatened to expose his secrets. Jacques joined because he’s greedy. He doesn’t regret any of his actions, he only regrets that he was caught and it all backfired.

Jacques is most certainly a pawn, just like Adam, Roman and Lionheart were. But a victim? I don’t think so. Even before he willing agreed to do illegal activities he already had blood on his hands.

So yes, I am taking pleasure in his downfall because it was both deserved and self-inflicted. Jacques willingly played with fire and he got burned.