“Larry has made a deal with the devil. I would not be surprised if the reason why Virgie is fighting tooth and claw is because Howie and Larry are in that courtroom trying to get co-guardianship.”
One perspective is a developmental one. People learn from significant, turning-point type, former successes and failures. The last time LB didn’t “capitulate” to HKS, he “lost” - ANS and his baby. The last time Virgie deferred to the ANS/HKS camp(who rightfully had all the cards) and didn’t risk damaging her grandson by taking them on legal or in the media which would have necessitated trashing her daughter’s lifestyle to have a relationship with Daniel and didn’t fight for involvement, a grandchild died.
The telling thing is that that comment posted by blueplum from HKS showing his ultimate sense of entitlement,
“. . . Tony Potts reporting that, talking to HK, he asked him if he was going to write a card, or a little note, something for DL to keep, to remind her of him in her life. Potts said, that HK said that he wasnt going to do that, that he didn’t expect that he would be out of her life. “
Developmentally, HKS has also learned, manipulate the presentation, the press, the media and hang on to the corpus in question - formerly ANS now DL, and you will prevail.
Sociopaths almost always win against other character types simply because non-sociopathic people cannot imagine, or are offended at truly comprehending, the single handed, perseverance and determination going on 24/7 in the sociopathic mind.
The reality offends “normal” sensibilities and people paste “kinder” interpretations on the sociopath’s behaviors because it is too unsettling to face the raw, usurious selfishness at all costs that underlies the HKS type personality.
Wow. Perfectly on point on all counts. Insightful, incisive and a pleasure to read. (Human behaviour is my passion)
When one looks at all behaviour thru the lense of psychopathy, it all makes sense- you can see the moves, the strategy, and it gets quite predictable. But you are so right- most people cannot fathom the manipulative lengths to which a socialised psychopath will go. Without conscience. Many of those behaviours are, indeed, applauded in our society, where winning is everything, and the end justifies the means.