Thread:Original TMNT Cartoon Fan/@comment-995426-20190417231225/@comment-995426-20190418123946

Yes, but that still doesn't satisfy the criteria of a sociopath. He has to be identified as one in-story, or his sociopathic disposition revealed or deconstructed.

Keep in mind that this Krang isn't the only antagonist who ruthlessly wipes out entire planets' populations in pursuit of a goal. Michelangelo (Mirage)&mdash;the original Mikey&mdash;becomes a willing participant in genocide in TMNT Volume 4 after undergoing heavy psychological trauma, and is even aware he is killing civilians and farmers in their fields. (He badly needs a splintervention, but the story stopped publication without a resolution, and only Peter Laird knows what'll happen next.)

Motives and personal values matter. Ordinary people can be capable of doing absolutely horrific things if they're convinced it's the lesser of two evils, or to protect home and family. And sometimes, as in Mikey's case, unresolved post-traumatic stress disorder is taking its toll. Archie's Krang may or may not be a sociopath, but it helps to know what drives him.

Some sociopathy reveals have been relatively simple and straightforward. Zodi plain lacks any moral inhibitions whatsoever. Baxter Stockman (Mirage) does every depraved thing he does simply because it's fun. Jonathan Bishop finds "so-called ethics" completely useless and feels no compassion for anyone. Bebop (IDW) and Rocksteady (IDW) for a while toy with the idea of going legit and living honest lives, but only because they think it makes people look cool; when faced with a serious moral decision, it turns out they are complete monsters and they fully embrace and delight in that. Donatello (digital duplicate) (IDW) became a sociopath after systematically deleting all his emotions so he'd stop feeling so much psychological pain, but then no longer had any conscience whatsoever.

But other major antagonists, like Krang (IDW) and Oroku Saki (IDW), are not sociopaths at all, but instead are very complex characters with an entire luggage carousel of personal baggage. It doesn't matter how many billions IDW Krang has killed or that he tried to wipe out all life on Earth&mdash;he's driven by past traumas and a belief that he's justified in his actions. In fact, in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Utrom Empire miniseries, Zayton Honeycutt (IDW) is forced to work with both Krang and Baxter Stockman (IDW), and though it's clear Stockman is being coerced into cooperating just as much as Honeycutt is, and Honeycutt tries to forge an alliance with him, Honeycutt soon realizes that Stockman is "the purer evil" between him and Krang, as Stockman is completely unmoored by any concerns beyond self-interest, and at least Krang values certain things and people and virtues he considers greater than himself.

Understand what I'm saying? Horrifically bad acts are not enough. A sociopath is more about the brain than about just evil acts themselves. If you or anyone else can find a source for Archie's Krang being deemed a sociopath, that would help.