he is quite frankly downright creepy in his delight of the misery and torture of others.
Agreed ...
BUT!
On the other hand, one cant really blame him ...
He was tordured and kept in misery for last few centuries ... its quite possible that he no longer even remember anything else. :-/
I mean priness Sisi was known for leting her servants be beated for each single hair they brush out of her head ... not bcs she was cruel, it was the way at that time ... it was perfectly normal for her. :-/
//Edit:
They did some revisions to the knife scene to make it less egregious.
I don't find it less egregious tbh.
Me neither ...
Also im not really sure if that is even possible to make it right ...
Most of my characters have strong survival instikt ... to put it simple: You draw your weapon against me > you die. :-/
Dont think there is anythin they could do, except change that whole scene completely. :-/