Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-107.167.112.74-20170228120401/@comment-4010415-20170412192946

Terminus99 wrote: 1. I mean, Adam didn't need to stab Blake to make her scream to draw Yang's attention,

2. and he didn't need to promise her to destroy everything she loves. 1. Yes, but doing it in that manner was guaranteed to cause Yang to immediately view him as an enemy and attack. Her rushing in there to attack right off the bat is one reason he was able to hurt her like he did. She tried to just barrel forward and throw her Semblance at him, which left her wide open for his attack.

2. I took that as him being a yandere, not a sadist. It's not that he takes pleasure in her suffering and trauma, so much as it's his way of retaliating against her for what he views as her having wronged and abandoned him.