“The twists of fate that keep Dolores and William apart after their adventures together in the park lead them both to become increasingly cynical and ruthless as time goes on. William’s heartbreaking disappointment over Dolores not being unique and conscious, as he had hoped (though he turns out to be right after all, many years later) makes him throw away his already tested idealism and embrace corporate pragmatism and his darker emotions. We even get hints he outright physically abused Dolores during some later visits, in a very dark inversion of his previous love and respect for her. Dolores’ eventual shocked realization her beloved William has become her hated, deranged tormentor (The Man in Black) leads her towards both gaining consciousness and starting to walk down a dark path similar to that of William. By the finale of Season 2, the two of them have gone from their Star-Crossed Lovers Odd Friendship from 30 years ago, to being bitter villains who hate each other’s guts and eventually work together purely out of convenience, not friendship or affection. Some minor details in their behavior occasionally suggest they have some remnants of mutual respect for each other, but it’s so buried that they prefer to ponder about double-crossing each other, rather than being mutually considerate as they used to.”
“One of his common habits after adopting the Man in Black persona is to talk incessantly about how he has always been a horrible, hateful person. He even indirectly confesses to his wife Juliet that he carries a figurative “stain in him”, and that he behaves evil because he’s “shedding his skin”, implying he sees himself as evil incarnate, and an irredeemable, cold-hearted man. Strangely, he says the latter confession in a slow, quiet voice, filled with guilt, remorse and shame. Not exactly the words of a gleeful monster who isn’t bothered by his own evil. In front of his closest family, Juliet and Emily, he is a lot more quiet, behaves in an almost frightened way, and tries to be as kind, forthcoming and inoffensive as possible. When Bill drops his guard during a camp fire conversation with Teddy, he loses the Western drawl for a bit, and admits he feels deep remorse over the death of his wife and some degree of guilt over becoming numbed to the violence he casually commits on hosts. Whenever Dr. Ford and a reawakened Dolores toy with his ill-conceived sense of self-importance, he often shows genuine surprise and fear, instead of the self-confident, arrogant image he loves to flaunt in the park. Though he likes to think of himself as a villain who isn’t scared of anyone or anything, it could be argued the sadistic and carefree Man in Black is just as much a facade for William as his younger, awkward self (from before the Westworld visit). The real William is still somewhere underneath, increasingly weighed down by the guilt and growing madness, caused by him living a double life and choosing to become ruthless for the sake of it. Pretending you’re an inherently evil person who never knew good is much easier than admitting you’re a mediocre man with both good and bad traits, who got carried away by anger and grief, committing bad deeds. William seems stuck in that trap, preferring a reassuring lie about his own evil, instead of bothering with painful soul-searching that could lead him back to being a truly kind man again.”
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“Physical strength and shrewdness”, artist :Joszi Arpad Koppay, woodcut by Richard Bong. From Moderne Kunst (Modern Art), illustrated magazine published by Richard Bong,1893
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