Talk:Johan Liebert/@comment-78.167.130.52-20160223161509/@comment-24783878-20170817065127

Of course he is. His evilness manifested when he thought his mommy confused him with his sister and did not want him. That was defined as being the root of his trauma, rather than what his sister told him about the Mansion (as she thought). His sister, on the other hand, despite being the one who was actually sent to the Red Rose Mansion and was abused and experimented on, obviously fared much better.

His sister had more of a reason to potentially think that "her mommy did not want her", since it was never suggested that she thought her mother might have been confused. In other words Nina was stronger and much more resilient emotionally than Johan, despite potential appearances to the contrary.

Perhaps Johan's ignorance about whether his mother made a mistake or not, and the resulting confusion in his mind, contributed more to the manifestation of his evil and nihilism than if he was certain that his mother did not want him. But that confusion was of his own doing, not anyone else's. It is debatable whether the world or our own choices and psychology make us evil (I don't think it is a case of "or" but "and").

However if it was just the world's fault then there would be no personal responsibility, no different characters when brought up in similar conditions, and actually not even any free will at all in the matter. We would all be, 100%, the products of our environment and personal interactions.

But countless examples of people who were crushed by the world but turned out benevolent and people who were pampered, loved and spoiled but turned out rapists and murderes, demonstrate that this is clearly not the case.