- Jul 13, 2021
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Because Cole is a rabid dog. He kills for shits and giggles. He is confirmed to have killed allies, he killed William for no reason, he killed the twins when he could save them instead with Tanos out of the base, he made life miserable for his adopted brothers and annoys everyone.I'm a bit surprised that people are being distracted by Cole when the real big bad of at least a good chunk of the entire overall plot has already been revealed. Does no one else see it?
Cole:
Is subordinate to Ella, was experimented on by Xanthe Jr, is jealous of the MC, and is just a placeholder for S.I.N leadership until Ella gets back who can't even handle that properly. In his very short tenure he hasn't even been able to keep control of it or prevent it from being hijacked by an enemy and a former lackey, let alone advance its goals and his status has been eclipsed by Shen and Charlie as well. He's a minor lieutenant, a sub-boss at best, who's in over his head and getting played like the mediocre chess piece he is. His one really egregious act, the "killing" of Liz and Amber, was an attempt at mercy and a projection of his own weakness and self-loathing at being unable to resist or overcome Xj. And I'd bet good money he'll fail in even that as he won't have successfully killed them at all.
Xanthe Jr:
Experimented on Ella, experimented on Cole, experimented on Liz and Amber, killed countless sets of twins in his experiments and would likely have done the same to Liz and Amber given the chance to complete his plans, has hijacked S.I.N. and prompted most of their worst crimes, and is the actual driving force behind them now when Langdon only thinks he is. He is the architect of most of the suffering we've seen, he fucked up Ella mentally and emotionally through his experimental tortures which is what set her on the path she's on now. Of all the human antagonists, he's number one in terms of how much harm he's done and how much he's responsible for all the bad shit that has plagued MC.
If I had a gun and two bullets with the two of them in front of me, I'd shoot Xj twice just to make sure. Cole is pathetic and virtually irrelevant in comparison, either he can be flipped or mostly ignored but either way he's a minor player that is getting way more attention than he's worth. There's no purpose in going so hard against a pissant when there are real problems to deal with first.
Tanos is reserved and enabled by others. He actually didn't experiment on Cole, that was Bramon. All his subjects were given to him by Langdon, which means that he didn't just abduct people to experiment on. He doesn't have morals, but he can hardly be blamed for the decisions of others when any scientist with his knowledge would suffice. Lastly it's suggested by Shen that it was Eisheth who killed the failed Twin experiments and kept hunting Twins after Tanos was done. Tanos needed her help so he probably played her game to keep her content.
Tanos is a prick and he caused a lot of suffering, but there is a method to his madness and it's possible to be reasoned with. Cole.. not so much, he only understands strength and tramples everything on his path.