Pete may not actually be a VILLAIN per se, but more like a jaded, selfish, desperate, cynical, pointy-eared old grouch. And he might have been DRIVEN to it. Think about when he said "no matter what I do, the mortals get their happily ever afters" (as I heard). It's almost as if he might be saying "what about ME, huh?!
Where's MY happy ending?!". He could be jealous that HE doesn't get one, and I mean, thousands of years locked in a temple or being trapped in a mortal body for one lifetime could DO that to someone. What's more, he doesn't seem to want to WAIT for anything, hence his dread of being outside subjective time: with that, he NEVER has to wait for anything. He could have actually been a more okay sort once, and his bad experiences and possibly even hurt turned him into this. It's like he's fed up with having to "deal with it", and is looking for a way, any way, out.It still doesn't excuse what he's done to King, or his lies to Mr. Milton, and I still am angry at him as a character for that, but I think I might understand him a little better. He's an immortal nerd who's had rotten luck that may have turned him into a jerk, and Dragon isn't helping matters, he's in trouble with the big authorities, and he's facing the possibility of having to be FORCED to wait on objective time again, like he may have in the temple.
Wow. Even the CELESTIAL creatures have a world that sucks, to some degree.
