That character distinctly has "split" personalities each with their own name and while there's some overlap in behavior they are still distinct enough to be their own people.
We see canonically the reason for this switch in behavior being the amount of trauma and stress in their environment
the reason why one is more "violent" is because of said environment breeding that type of behavior for their survival
yes it does in fact bleed into the "evil alter" trope and that is an incredibly harmful stereotype both things can be true.
no, the "softer version" is NOT the "true" version of the character. That's also kinda fucked up to think. Not even kinda REALLY fucked up to think.
the only thing connecting this story to Jecyll and Hyde is the fact this character is somewhat ambitious and was once a scientist.
In the original book, There Was No "Other" Personality. Jeckyll made a serum to change his physical appearance to that he'd be free to "give in to his base desires" without ruining his reputation. "Hyde" was an alias, a disguise, not an alter. That is a modern misinterpretation.
I'm going to Jeff the kill ever single person who implies otherwise on all of these points.
reading this character as "a jeckyll and Hyde thing" in my opinion entirely changes the story into something it's not, fundamentally warps it into something far blander than it is, and makes little to no sense.
reading this character as having DID, while it does perpetuate harmful stereotypes, is a much more interesting and engaging reading, and makes so much more sense for the narrative and the character.
