Let them call you difficult. The ocean never apologized for it's depth.

Self-sacrifice

Simon Blackquill spent seven years in prison for a crime he didn't commit to save Athena Cykes, showing self-sacrifice. The unselfish surrender of well-being for the welfare of Athena Cykes. He feels great responsibility over little Athena, that's why he sacrificed himself in order to protect his mentor's most precious 'treasure'

People caught in this cycle often find it difficult to accept support or express their own emotional needs, which we see during the game when he resolutely refuses help from his sister and Bobby Fulbright.

But of course, his self- sacrifice brought him great trouble.

Aggression

Environmental Stressors & Trauma: Ongoing triggers like chronic stress, sleep deprivation, and past experiences with violence can significantly lower a person's threshold for frustration, turning minor annoyances into major outbursts.

Jinxie points out his eyebags during her testimony, she says: "I meant your bags. The one's under your eyes. You must have trouble sleeping." And gives him a charm which Blackquill replies with: "Ah. Thank you." This proves that he's struggling with sleep deprivation. We know Simon Blackquill was obsessing over the phantom and with his upcoming execution date it all points to him having too much pressure on his back and being under stress all the time. These factors probably caused most of his outbursts such as breaking his cuffs and attempting to slice the defence and witnesses.

psychological manipulation and intimidating interrogations.

Blackquill uses psychological warfare against defendants and judges to turn the court in his favor. He analyzes personality traits and uses manipulation, intimidation, or flattery to compel reluctant testimonies. This is a technique he has learnt from Metis Cykes and used for his benefit in court.

Lack of self-esteem

He keeps claiming he's "beyond redemption, a cold hearted murderer". He didn't even told anyone about his execution date and made Fulbright promise that he wouldn't tell anyone which shows us that he doubts anyone cares so he brings himself down with his own hands. He doesn't believe anyone would care if he were to die even though they show clear distress about the situation, take his sister, Aura Blackquill, as an example. The day before he was supposed to get executed she shows up and tells him they have to do something, Simon brushes it off and tells her to not get involved. In the end Aura has to take matters into her hands by taking people hostage and forcing the court to reopen his case. If it weren't for her Simon would simply have died because he didn't valued himself as someone who was worth saving.

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