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There was going to be more to this since practically all my OCs are queer [not even practically, I think they all are] but with juggling both college and artfight preparation this is the most I can get out

Raymond's motivations mostly stem from his upbringing and constantly having malicious ideas instilled into him by those closest to him, namely his father Corbyn Garcia [for the longest time his mother wasn't in the picture since she and Corbyn divorced early in Raymond's life]

Corbyn was a man driven completely by his ego, everything depended on his reputation. If people didn't take him seriously or ignored him, in his mind he had nothing. He wanted to make a name for himself as a scientist but his ideas / theories were laughed off so often, thought to be impossible. The ideas I'm talking about here are the ability to reverse death. Because people thought so little of him and his work he grew cold and pretty obsessed with reaching his goals to prove everyone wrong, this obsession led to him neglecting his own child and at points, though rare, being quite cruel [physically]

Whenever Raymond tried talking to his father it would result in few things; arguments, complete dismissal or a lecture about how "ignorant" and "useless" people are and how he wanted to surpass those who looked down upon him and his feats. He would joke often about how he could eradicate and replace humans with these mindless zombies he set out to create [not that he ever got so far with it, the most he could revive were rodents and such], this way he would be above all.

Being so young his father had lots of influence over him, he would reflect the traits his father carried. His ego, his cold attitude, obsession with work and finally distain towards humanity. The cruelty his father exhibited towards him was only fuel to the flame.

Skipping quite a bit here but later on in the story Raymond kills his father off. This sounds extreme and to be honest it is, he regret it deeply, it made him sick to be responsible for such actions but in a way it felt good, relieving. He dug himself in a hole and wasn't sure how to get himself out so he kind of stuck to it.

The treatment from his father, his experiences with the outside world and the isolation he went through after his father's death all added up to something.

Once he had the lab to himself he took over his father's work and twisted it into something of his own, getting much further than Corbyn ever could. In a way this led to him developing a huge superiority complex, he believed he could take control of his life and do what he wanted.

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To put it VERY simply his hunger for bloodshed and destruction stemmed from:

- Facing nothing but pure neglect and cruelty from such an impressionable age

- His only solid influence being someone with few redeeming qualities

- Years of being unable to take control of his life

- Constantly being surrounded by gore and death due to the nature of his father's work - Superiority complex

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Like I said, this is a very brief summary, he didn't immediately develop these ideas the moment Corbyn started mistreating him and turning cold, it was a very long development. It was in Raymond's late teens [around 18-19] that he started having all these violent ideas. To put it into perspective he's 36 years old now. It's been a very long endeavour.