But the most moving part about Doffy is that he isn't beyond repair. One could even say that he has partially repaired himself already. For example, just take a look at his affection towards his adopted children. And before anyone says Doffy only adopt children to use them, the plot actually proved otherwise, because none of his children were useful. They literally won 0 fights, but Doffy never blame them for failing. No verbal threats, no physical harm, no consequence.
Not to mention Doffy never brings them to do truly dangerous work in the first place. Doffy never let his elder and younger family members come near when he's working as a Warlord. Even before Doffy killed Rosinante, Doffy still ordered the children (Buffalo and Baby-5) to go away.
As for Law, the complications escalate. Because the story is narrated from Law and Luffy's POV, the audience often forgets that Doffy literally fulfilled Rosinante's last wish. Rosinante wanted Law to be free, and Doffy listened.
Doffy said he forgave Rosi's betrayal after the fratricide and he meant it. For thirteen years he never laid a finger on Law. He let Law roam free, just like Rosi would have wanted. When Law trashed his assets on Sabaody he simply ignored the damage, just like he always ignored Baby-5's assassination attempts at him.
In contrast, Croc tried to murder useless Baroque members, Judge experimented on his own children's genes, Kaido chained his, Linlin ate hers.
And even when Law made it very clear that he wanted Doflamingo dead, Doffy still hesitated. He would shoot Law with a gun. Then he would save Law's life from killers like Kelly and Bobby Funk. He would smile at Law's pain. Then he would twist into a grimace, triggered by the pitiful memory of younger Law's miserable little face.
In short, he was deeply, painfully, self-consciously self-contradictory.
Such contradiction is what makes Doffy unique. He has many layers. He wears too many masks, plays way too many characters at the same time: son of Homing, brother of Rosi, adopted child of Trebol, leader of pirates, de facto father of Dellinger, Baby-5 & Sugar etc, King of Dressrosa, slaveowning merchant serving both illegal and legal entities, villain in Law and Luffy's adventure, victim of the people's righteous rage, a cog in the Mary Geoise imperial machine just like other Warlords and marines, as well as a crack in the imperial order just like his father. All these masks have contradictory plot demands. And he failed at performance to no one's surprise.
So, despite Doffy constantly being misinterpreted as a typical Celestial Dragon, in light of recent Elbaf chapters, it is ironically clear that Doffy is already irrevocably re-educated by Homing and could never amount to true Mary Geoise monstrosity like Gunko, Sommers and Shamrock.
Doffy isn't racist enough, isn't cruel to children enough, isn't authoritarian enough. He's still evil, but he wasn't even good at it, and could never thoroughly enjoy it like other true celestials do. He's stuck between being a human and being a monster, a middle man through and through.
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