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It is possible to commit monstrous acts, pass the Moral Event Horizon and not be a Complete Monster (no redeeming characteristics, no remorse whatsoever -- for instance, the \'\'serial child killer\'\' from M doesn\'t qualify), and that\'s pretty much the case with Shane. His attitude towards killing Lem wasn\'t nonchalant -- he nearly attempted suicide upon discovering Lem hadn\'t sold the Strike Team out. He quite clealy feels guilt and remorse. As for the murder-suicide, his motive was presented as a crazy, despair-driven last resort; he honestly seemed to believe he was saving his family from a fate worse than death by sending them to Heaven. Obviously it doesn\'t excuse it in any way, but it goes to show how divorced from sanity he\'d become by then. Shane is presented as an ambiguous, YMMV sort of character, which is why he doesn\'t fit the trope.
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It is possible to commit monstrous acts, pass the Moral Event Horizon and not be a Complete Monster (no redeeming characteristics, no remorse whatsoever -- for instance, the \\\'\\\'serial child killer\\\'\\\' from M doesn\\\'t qualify), and that\\\'s pretty much the case with Shane. His attitude towards killing Lem wasn\\\'t nonchalant -- he nearly attempted suicide upon discovering Lem hadn\\\'t sold the Strike Team out. He quite clealy feels guilt and remorse. As for the murder-suicide, it was shown as a crazy, despair-driven last resort; he honestly seemed to believe he was saving his family from a fate worse than death by sending them to Heaven. Obviously it doesn\\\'t excuse it in any way, but it goes to show how divorced from sanity he\\\'d become by then. Shane is presented as an ambiguous, YMMV sort of character, which is why he doesn\\\'t fit the trope.
