as "The Count of Monte Cristo" ends:
V: Did you like it?
Evey: Yeah, but it made me feel sorry for Mercedes.
V: Why?
Evey: Because he cared more about revenge than he did about her.
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Yes but...she was married to one of the men who put him in prison! He loved her but he had shit to sort out first, aaaaaand he didn't shoot back in the duel to protect her son, so clearly he was acting on love and not revenge there. Not to mention not defending himself at the trial so as to not upset her son's fiancee! Evey you don't know shit. I only feel sorry for Mercedes in the scenes where he pretends she doesn't mean a thing to him anymore. That is hard, but you know it all works out in the end.