moonsofavalon replied to your post: Neil. Neil is calculated. He’s almost calm. But...
neil definitely doesn’t care about billy or max, i read him as basically a textbook psychopath, he doesn’t seem to have any emotions other than rage (and i’m doing a rewatch too omg!!!!)
I can’t say as to textbook, but I do def get a feeling of control-freak from him. But like- he plays games with it? Gives you just enough leeway to hang yourself with, by not telling you the rules, like some sort of gotcha drill sergeant. I can see some of that coming from possibly a military background, but turned on his son as a means of trying to replicate What’s Right In The World. Structured life, structured family, everything’s happy and proper. Only when that meets with reality, it quickly goes sideways, and he cannot Handle That.
He might well know what he’s doing is wrong, but he sees it as his Duty and the Only Way. I’m Trying To Help You, Boy.