#he doesn't understand grief or distress or horror (he'll wield the threat of those things obviously but it's like

[yoyomarules]

#like he REMEMBERS SHIT. about eliot. he's kept tabs on him. he wants eliot to remember past shared experiences. he's fascinating#like i do not think he's capable of genuinely legitimately loving a human person but. he's not apathetic despite everything else#he unarguably does to some genuine extent Care about eliot. not his wellbeing in a big picture sense but like. ITS COMPLICATED#AND THATS WHY ITS INTERESTING and thats also why its hard. to map it out and call it bad and leave etc [via @darkfinch​]

the thing about moreau is that like...he's cruel. he has a sense of humour. he sits on desks and swings his legs. he sees people as either assets or liabilities, but things he owns either way. he makes deliberate note of eliot's preferences and remembers them years later. he has absolute faith in eliot's loyalty to him. he's ready to kill him at a moment's notice. he thinks the thing with the puppy is funny and cute. he trusts eliot's judgement, as much as he trusts anything, so eliot gets a longer leash than anyone else. he knows him. he likes him. he gives him the benefit of the doubt. he watches him listen to hardison drown with rapt, amused attention.

like, he's a horrific person, but he's not just one-note, and that's what makes it tricky (when you're eliot and you've been with him for 8 years and you're trying to weigh out your options). like he's not apathetic? he's not uncaring. he just cares in the worst way possible