I have to ask what drew vasco into falling in love with machete?

His snivelling runt ways were just that irresistable.

On Morality and Upbringings

I believe you are more than your past, but your past *is* an undeniable part of you. Tyrkos had it easy for a Sith, and Yen was not given the adequate support she needed to grow into anything heroic.

Tyrkos Rosokor was raised by a Darth who zealously served the Empire, who ended up dying for his ideals. He inherited a lot of his father's sense of integrity and selflessness (and his mother and stepmother's tenderness even if he is bad at showing it), such as how he believes everyone should dedicate themselves to a larger ideal. But unlike his father, he was able to see through the propaganda. He does not glamorize the current Empire nor is he fervently nationalistic, yet he has his own idyllic vision for the Empire - even if reaching that outcome may be highly unrealistic. Tyrkos has a sense of purpose, wanting to leave the galaxy better than he found it, and he will do whatever it takes to do what he thinks is 'right'.

His greatest fear is that his stepmother and half-sister will be dragged into whatever he gets involved in and punished for his crimes. Still, he justifies themselves by believing that they will be strong and smart enough to avoid the fallout from his actions and hopes that they will forgive him if they ever gets hurt because of him.

As much as I despise Aung San Suu Kyi for her treatment of the Rohingya people, her dedication to her cause is a good inspiration for how Tyrkos can be. When Suu Kyi's husband died of cancer and was to have his funeral in Britain, the Burmese government urged her to attend his funeral to which she refused, believing that this is a ploy and that the government will not allow her to return if she were to leave. Missing the funeral of the love of your life just so you can continue to serve your country is a choice that Tyrkos will make if he were to choose between the ones he love and the galaxy, even if it will be a choice that he will eternally loathe himself for.

Yen, on the other hand, was raised by a father who was the boss of a crime syndicate. She was spoiled rich, but money doesn't fill emotional voids (her father loves her dearly but love language differs etc). Being exposed to the underhanded, dog-eat-dog culture of the Celanonian underworld also forced her to constantly put on an appearance that she has her shit together, even if everything was falling apart. She romanticizes her childhood, idolizes her father (in spite of some very bad things he did to others and to her, even if has his own justifications), and has attachment issues that affects her friendships and relationships. The trauma of finally being made an orphan and captured by the Hutts and then forced to become Sith when the Empire got their hands on her just worsens her pre-existing issues.

To put it in plainer terms, she is quite mentally ill and sometimes relapses. For those who are familiar with the concept of idealization and devaluation, or all-or-nothing thinking - that is one of the main issues she has to get over. No one is a complete monster or a saint, and that applies to herself too. If someone doesn't adore her, it doesn't mean they outright abhor her. If she fails a mission, it doesn't mean everything she does up until now is utterly worthless. She has a lot of personal growth to go through but once she does, I feel she will be unstoppable.

There is no one stronger than a person who has every reason (real or imagined) to die, but somehow manages to hang on despite of it all. Once she learns how to stop living in survival mode and expand her worldview, she will use her abilities to bring 'justice' to the world. Unlike Tyrkos, she doesn't believe that the system can be fixed or that the world can be systematically made better, but she knows for a fact that changes can be made here and now. Perhaps, she can make a community better by replacing a corrupt leader with a more benign one, even if in the future the cycle of corruption begins again. Yen may not think long term like her master, but she is about stopping the immediate 'evil'.

So, we end up with two foils: an idealist with a lofty, revolutionary goal, and a jaded avenger who plays judge-jury-executioner. And yes, they are the endgame OTP.