I think that ascribing his lying to a "compulsion" absolves Andy of too much blame. Andy's lies are deliberate and often planned. He tells different lies to different people/groups of people; they are often intricate and build on each other over long periods of time. In spite of how complicated it can become, he is able to remember what he's told each person so that if information is "leaked", he can figure out who did it. If two people that have heard different lies talk to each other and discover contradictions in what they were told, he can explain it away and then attack them for not trusting and "betraying" him.
Andy knows perfectly well that people have suffered and continue to suffer because of this and his other abusive actions, but he chooses to keep doing it. In my opinion, it's more about controlling everyone in his circle than about torturing people, but I do think it's a deliberate choice rather than a compulsion that he can't help.
Re: DIscussion of Facebook messages: Carlanime/Necromommycon and Andy
I think that ascribing his lying to a "compulsion" absolves Andy of too much blame. Andy's lies are deliberate and often planned. He tells different lies to different people/groups of people; they are often intricate and build on each other over long periods of time. In spite of how complicated it can become, he is able to remember what he's told each person so that if information is "leaked", he can figure out who did it. If two people that have heard different lies talk to each other and discover contradictions in what they were told, he can explain it away and then attack them for not trusting and "betraying" him.
Andy knows perfectly well that people have suffered and continue to suffer because of this and his other abusive actions, but he chooses to keep doing it. In my opinion, it's more about controlling everyone in his circle than about torturing people, but I do think it's a deliberate choice rather than a compulsion that he can't help.