Helen said:
Okay, the Deliverance thread has expanded to misogynism in the series as a whole and the accusation has been thrown that Servalan is insane.
This also ties in with the "Was Avon a crimo" question (to which I'd say the answer has to be "No"--a crimo is a "criminally insane" person, the polar case perhaps being Hannibal Lecter. Stealing a lot of money doesn't rank as admirable behavior, but it's eminently sane.
Insane? Power-hungry, without a doubt; possibly 'pro-noid' (thinks people like her more than they do)
There was a story in Fantasy and Science Fiction in the 1960s dealing with "narapoia" (delusion that people are conspiring to help you) and "shop-dropping' (the compulsion to give things to stores).
but are these things considered insanity by the majority of people?
History is written by the victors, so President Servalan's mental health was far better esteemed than Commissioner Sleer's
She's very much in touch with reality in most ways, although she does seem to observe Avon through very rose-coloured glasses.
Beer goggles, more like--I'd say that because she finds Avon attractive, she overestimates the degree of similarity between them. Not that any of us would do anything like that.
-(Y)