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1. No Man Chooses Evil Because It's Evil by Loulouflowerpower

   Fandoms: The Handmaid's Tale (TV), The Handmaid's Tale Series - Margaret Atwood  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   26 Jul 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Rape/Non-Con
   • Commander Joseph Lawrence/Original Female Character(s)
   • Past Eleanor Lawrence/Commander Joseph Lawrence
   • Past Original Famele Character/Original Male Character
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Commander Joseph Lawrence
   • Nick Blaine
   • Aunt Lydia Clements
   • June Osborne | Offred
   • Serena Joy Waterford
   • Commander Fred Waterford
   • Emily Malek
   • Rose Blaine
   • Mark Tuello
   • AU season 4 onwards
   • Past Abuse
   • Past Rape/Non-con
   • Survival
   • Smut
   • possibly triggering content
   • Age Difference
   • Older Man/Younger Woman
   • Kind of a slow burn
   • but also not really
   • Romance
   • Power Imbalance
   • Swearing
   • Consensual Non-Consent
   • Handmaids
   • Lawyers
   • Motherhood
   • Pregnancy
   • Past Miscarriage
   • it's a lot of dark/heavy stuff
   • that's the Handmaid Tale for you
   • Pictures
   • past Eleanor Lawrence/Coammander Joseph Lawrence
   • Joseph Lawrance has a heart
   • but he's still not a good good guy
   • he's trying
   • Complicated Relationships
   • British Character
   • Republic of Gilead (Handmaid's Tale)
   • The Handmaid's Tale (TV) Season 04
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Consent
   • Consensual Sex
   • Strong Female Characters

   Summary

   “No man chooses evil because it is evil,” she found herself quoting quietly, tiredly, “He only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks”.

   Lawrence looked at her sharply and his breathe seemed to catch, and she found herself peering back at him, watchful and wary, guarded but…strangely, curious, still. He’d committed atrocities against humanity, there was no denying that…and yet, for whatever bizarre, perhaps sick reason, she didn’t think he was evil. She wanted to, it would be easy and totally justified, and yet…

   “Why is it…” Lawrence said softly, gazing at her a little bemusedly, “…that I always end up with the perspective Handmaids? Is...is there a sign or something hanging off my front door?”

   “Perhaps it's your own special punishment, sir”.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

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   Chapters:

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