This may cause a little hate to be thrown my way, but I do think Damien gets a little harsher treatment around here than he deserves. Yes, he did terrible things, and he can't be trusted, but I have no desire to see him be hit by a bus to use an example from a fairly recent post. I'd like him, and his family, to live good lives. Probably not as the MC's friend, at least not for a very long time if ever. What he did hasn't had any real lasting repurcussions for the MC (or don't seem to have so far, there is of course still time for other things to develop), and in fact, are largely responsible for our relationship flourishing with Jasmine. He's not a good guy. I don't want him to be at parties, or on the team. I'd like to see him out of the jam he's in, though, so that he can become a better version of himself.