Not related to what you said, but somehow related to a phrase "He is shockingly not evil"
This is not towards Grayson, but irl there are truly evil people who don't see themselves as evil, and that's not because of how they're raised or anything, they genuinely believe they're right, one example would be the Pope name Guitane from an anime about a 7th prince
True. Tbh defining "evil" can get complicated.
People generally judge evil in one of three ways:
1. Intention — someone is evil because they have malicious motives, even if they fail to carry them out.
2. Actions — someone is evil because of what they actually do, regardless of what they believe their motives are.
3. Intention and Action — both the person's motives and their conduct matter.
Seeing this, one would probably think that 3 would solve all, but it doesn't actually cleanly fix the other source of complexity of deciding why intentions should outweigh actions, or why actions should outweigh intentions. 1 and 2 gives us an easy black and white solution, and 3 gives a more difficult grey one.
For Guitane, if we use 3, he'd definitely be a darker grey since he was basically trapped in his own delusion.
If we get back to Grayson, using 3, I think he'd be a lighter gray. His intention is good. For his actions, this needs a little nuance because although we could say his actions were evil, we can also take into account the context that those actions could've actually helped Chase.
nah for real it actually pains me to see greyson hate after finishing his novel
Guys, I know we all feel bad for our baby boi Chase by how he was treated by his brother Grayson and that we all want his brother dead because of it. I definitely did before. But believe it or not, everything that Grayson did was done not out of malice or anger. He genuinely wanted to help Chase and he GENUINELY believed he was doing the right thing. He is actually literally not okay in the head, and that was caused by his genes and the way he raised. That's why he has a very twisted sense of logic. He is shockingly not evil.
Grayson has a spin-off of his own and you will again shockingly really like him. Like he's shockingly a huge loyal romantic to his mate. Liked bro, this guy genuinely believe in fated mates and he has spent all his life and spending countless money trying to find his fated mate. Basically, if you read his story, you'll fully understand why Grayson is like this and you'll end up loving him. Shocking.