Talk:Welcome to the Dollhouse/@comment-4947372-20150325020424/@comment-16754824-20150325021313

So this is my weird guess of reasoning.

Alison: He hated alison the most because he was the "forgotten" child, and alison was his replacement. She was like the better child. So Charles is naturally jealous, and hates that Alison took his spot. But I also think he wanted Alison to love him.

Aria: He doesn't really care that much about her. That's why he threatens her less. She was just a random friend of Alison's. Since she's a part of their tight knit posse, he has to include her, so he sometimes threatens her as well, but usually not as harshly because he doesn't care.

Spencer: mr Hastings must be Charles's father, which means Spencer is his half sister. Charles was even more jealous of Spencer because she was truly the golden child. She was smart and excelling. Alison represented the popular aspect that he wasn't. Spencer represented the academic aspect that he wasn't. He wanted to have those traits.

Emily: this one is a bit iffy, but maybe because he did somewhat love alison, and he wanted alison to love him back, but he knew that Emily loved alison a lot, and he was super jealous that Emily earned affection from alison. That would explain why he tortures Emily a lot

Hanna: not sure for her. Maybe because she was so kind at first, and Charles wanted to make her insecure because he knew he couldn't be that way.

In an overlook, I believe that Charles was just jealous of these girls. He aspired to be like them. He loves them all in a sick and twisted way, even though he hates them because he can't be them.