User blog:Nightslayer2/Adrian Chase Theory

After seeing Xandermcc's review, him mentioning Adrian Chase has made me want to understand something about Chase that has confused me from the fifth season. We all know that in this version, he is Prometheus, actually Simon Morrison, and the illegitimate son of corrupt pharmaceutical company owner Justin Claybourne. Even before Justin Claybourne died, Adrian has already presented reasons for being mentally unstable which made Claybourne want to disown him.

Here is my theory. Simon Morrison was born on April 21, 1986, to Justin Claybourne and Amanda Westfield (then named Morrison). Little else is known of his earlier life but he apparently grew up to be a psychopath. Like when Oliver and Samantha gave birth to William, William stayed with his mother and Oliver would always come to visit him. When Simon was young, he stayed with his mother and Claybourne would always come to visit him. Claybourne clearly didn't know Simon was psychotic until after John Diggle started to join Oliver in his crusade and after Oliver returned from Lian Yu. I bet Amanda knew her son was a disturbed individual and considered every action he did to be justified. When Oliver went to talk to Amanda, asking for help since Simon was killing innocent people, Amanda coldly told Oliver to leave and announced Simon was doing this because he was hurt and scared because of the Arrow did to his father. Simon and Amanda must have acted normal whenever Claybourne came to visit them. Years later, Simon, I'm not sure about this, follows in Claybourne's footsteps by working at his pharmaceutical company and getting a high ranked position due to being his son. Claybourne then begins to notice that Simon's abnormal behavior when Simon starts acting like those stereotypical psychopaths at work by making the lives of Claybourne's employees a living hell and not showing any guilt for it. These behaviors that Simon did would be: This is the common behaviors of a psychopath at work and this was why Claybourne wanted nothing to do with his son anymore. What if Simon knew that his father was planning to disown him? I mean Simon was enraged that Tobias Church nearly killed Oliver and could have developed a deeper hatred for Church for robbing of his chance to kill the Green Arrow. Simon then made plans to kill his father out of vengeance only for Oliver to kill Claybourne for infecting the people of Lamb Valley with tuberculosis so they can purchase a cure that Claybourne set at a high price in order to boost his company profits. Simon robbed Oliver the pleasure of killing his father and decided to get back at him for that.
 * Public humiliation of others (high propensity of having temper tantrums or ridiculing work performance)Justin_Claybourne.png
 * Malicious spreading of lies (intentionally deceitful)
 * Remorseless, or devoid of guilt
 * Frequently lies to push his/her point
 * Produces exaggerated bodily expressions (yawning, sneezing, etc.) as a means of gaining attention
 * Rapidly shifts between emotions – used to manipulate people or cause high anxiety
 * Intentionally isolates persons from organizational resources
 * Quick to blame others for mistakes or for incomplete work even though he/she is guiltyAdrian_in_A.R.G.U.S..png
 * Encourages co-workers to torment, alienate, harass and/or humiliate other peers
 * Takes credit for other people's accomplishments
 * Steals and/or sabotages other persons' works
 * Refuses to take responsibility for misjudgements and/or errors
 * Responds inappropriately to stimuli, such as with a high-pitched and forced laugh
 * Threatens any perceived enemy with discipline and/or job loss in order to taint employee file
 * Sets unrealistic and unachievable job expectations to set employees up for failure
 * Refuses or is reluctant to attend meetings with more than one person
 * Refuses to provide adequate training and/or instructions to singled out victim
 * Invades personal privacy of others
 * Has multiple sexual encounters with other employees
 * Develops new ideas without real follow through
 * Very self-centered and extremely egotistical (often conversation revolves around them – great deal of self-importance)
 * Often "borrows" money and/or other material objects without any intentions of giving it back
 * Will do whatever it takes to close the deal (no regard for ethics or legality)

As for Amanda Westfield, she clearly doesn't give a damn if her son is killing people who have nothing to do with her lover's death. I can totally see Amanda trying to get revenge on Oliver for killing Claybourne, so why hasn't she acted? When Team Arrow went looking for her, they realized Simon already had his mother moved. What if Simon told his mother the truth about his father and then killed his mother when she wanted him to get help? That would explain why she hasn't made a move against Team Arrow and I can totally see Amanda Westfield being grateful for Claybourne getting killed by Oliver after finding out that he wanted to disown their son. I also bet that Claybourne wanted nothing to do with Amanda and had plans to cut his mistress out of his life after disowning his son.

This is my theory, so I guess Simon was the real bad guy this whole time because of his psychopathy.