Anonymous asked: Did Clancy actually want to help the other kids? Like, did he really set up project jamboree to keep the reds safe, or was it so he'd have an army? Or was he twisted enough he thought them being his army was in their best interests? I know he had some degree of affection for ruby and nico, or thought he did, with him trying to abuse and manipulate them to be what he wanted? Why did he make east river?
At various points in the trilogy, I do think Clancy believes he wants to help the kids and is helping them. He’s not always wrong in what he tells Ruby about their world, but he also rarely does anything that doesn’t immediately benefit himself in some way. My feeling is that Clancy wanted an army to hurt his father and be able to fight back against him, which might have helped the other kids in the long run, but I can’t say that with any certainty. Clancy’s driving principle in this series is to hurt the person who hurt and betrayed him, and I think he’s convinced himself that the only way to get something is to take it, whether that’s by force or manipulation.
