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Cyrus, the main villain from Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum really has imbued the minds of (most of) the ones who plays at least one of the games and even (most) people (like me) who only read on Bulbapedia and/or The Pokemon Wiki. His most notable characteristic was probably the fact he purposely deprived himself of emotions, especially empathy.
And that's the reason why some people portrays him as a psychopath.
And I really despise when people see him as such. Heck, even Shigekatsu Ihara (the creator of the Pokemon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga) got it like that!!
Of course I am not a psychologist, but it doesn't need a chief to know food taste like shit. He might have being insane, but I don't think psychopathy is the right diagnosis for him.
So here why I think he was not a psychopath:

Lets start by the most important point: The lack of empathy.
Here a quote from Cyrus:

"I see. You are indeed strong. And the basis of your power is your compassion toward Pokémon. How wasteful... Such emotions are but mere illusions. And, like all illusions, they fade over time until death banishes them forever. That is why I have abandoned all emotions as useless sentimentality. But that doesn't matter. I doubt you will ever understand my position. That said, I recognize that you are strong and courageous to come alone. This is your reward."

Psychopathy is the incapability of one to feel empathy towards others. Execpt that a real psychopath have this incapability from birth. He/she did not choose to be like: he/she is born with the incapacity to feels this. But Cyrus stated himself than he chooses that . He was still able to feel it, but purposely decide to ignore the pain of others because he thought it was the right thing to do. If someone did the feat to convinces him that this was not the answer, Cyrus would have care about the misery of others again.
Secondly, Cyrus stated many times thet humans emotions were a nuisance for the world, since, to him, emotions was the cause of all strife in the world (wich is partially true) and this was the reason why he wanted to destroy everything in it. If Cyrus wanted to destroy what was bad for the world, this means that the world did means something to Cyrus. In the case of a psychopath, however, it's the opposite: A psychopath don't gives a rat shit if the world is ok or not. At least that he/she can do what they want, its ok. Period.
All of this without mention that Cyrus obviously capable of knowning if someone is in pain, while a psychopath can't (Cyrus just would'nt have cared).

I might get some hatred bacause of this stamp, but I don't care. In my opinion, claiming Cyrus was a psychopath (unless you have a REALLY good reason to think so) just means you didn't get the deepeness of his character.

Pokemon (c) Gamefreak, especially Satoshi Tajiri and Ken Sugimori

Description
Cyrus, the main villain from Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum really has imbued the minds of (most of) the ones who plays at least one of the games and even (most) people (like me) who only read on Bulbapedia and/or The Pokemon Wiki. His most notable characteristic was probably the fact he purposely deprived himself of emotions, especially empathy.
And that's the reason why some people portrays him as a psychopath.
And I really despise when people see him as such. Heck, even Shigekatsu Ihara (the creator of the Pokemon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga) got it like that!!
Of course I am not a psychologist, but it doesn't need a chief to know food taste like shit. He might have being insane, but I don't think psychopathy is the right diagnosis for him.
So here why I think he was not a psychopath:

Lets start by the most important point: The lack of empathy.
Here a quote from Cyrus:

"I see. You are indeed strong. And the basis of your power is your compassion toward Pokémon. How wasteful... Such emotions are but mere illusions. And, like all illusions, they fade over time until death banishes them forever. That is why I have abandoned all emotions as useless sentimentality. But that doesn't matter. I doubt you will ever understand my position. That said, I recognize that you are strong and courageous to come alone. This is your reward."

Psychopathy is the incapability of one to feel empathy towards others. Execpt that a real psychopath have this incapability from birth. He/she did not choose to be like: he/she is born with the incapacity to feels this. But Cyrus stated himself than he chooses that . He was still able to feel it, but purposely decide to ignore the pain of others because he thought it was the right thing to do. If someone did the feat to convinces him that this was not the answer, Cyrus would have care about the misery of others again.
Secondly, Cyrus stated many times thet humans emotions were a nuisance for the world, since, to him, emotions was the cause of all strife in the world (wich is partially true) and this was the reason why he wanted to destroy everything in it. If Cyrus wanted to destroy what was bad for the world, this means that the world did means something to Cyrus. In the case of a psychopath, however, it's the opposite: A psychopath don't gives a rat shit if the world is ok or not. At least that he/she can do what they want, its ok. Period.
All of this without mention that Cyrus obviously capable of knowning if someone is in pain, while a psychopath can't (Cyrus just would'nt have cared).

I might get some hatred bacause of this stamp, but I don't care. In my opinion, claiming Cyrus was a psychopath (unless you have a REALLY good reason to think so) just means you didn't get the deepeness of his character.

Pokemon (c) Gamefreak, especially Satoshi Tajiri and Ken Sugimori