Jokes aside, honestly, like Vale himself actually is a nice person? Ultimately the very worst thing about him is that he has this perception of himself that he is such a bad person without any worth of redeeming, bla bla bla more yapping in that direction, so that is just an aspect already “done” for him and this leads to him not wanting to change his behaviours at all, no matter if people confront him about toxic behaviours or not, cause in that way he is SO self-aware, that usually he just starts shutting down whenever there’s a hint of criticism or introspection near, in a way he keeps control of a situation during these moments? Like if something goes south, either he quickly pulls the “ ya that’s me, you know how it is” card or if he starts to feel bad about himself, it can also directly spiral into a heavier depressive episode and feels unwell about his own behaviours, but does he want to improve it or his mindset? NO. NAH IDK IF I’M WEIRD ABOUT HIM ASWELL LMAO, BUT IT’S OKAY, I GET YOU.