How can one judge a human to be, from the start, an evil presence? How can one assume a whole individual's existence is evil without examining their past experiences? It is not odd that Doflamingo is so cruel. What's strange is that Rosinante can still keep such a warm-hearted thought process despite going through the same tragedy. Corazon is, in actuality, the oddity in this scenario. He even joins the marines, a branch associated with the same organization that caused his life to turn into a nightmare.
Rosianante spares empathy for Law and his demeanor because he knows the origin. Yet he doesn’t spare that same thought and care for his flesh and blood older brother. Doflamingo commits injustice. But it is evident in his actions that his persona is not entirely black. He cares for the things he treasures. And even Cora himself is one of those treasures he values. We even see through Doff's his nightmares that his past still haunts him.
This man isn’t some demon from hell, but a product of the system that is the world, just like Law once was. And if the heavenly demon is actually human, he can still be saved no matter how hard it may be. Yet, Corazon chooses to look away from the truth. So it’s only poetic that Cora’s betrayal would lead to his death at the hands of the person he refused to look at directly. An aversion of the eyes that probably started when Doflamingo pulled that trigger. It was not only his father, but Corazon’s as well that kneeled at the other end of that gun. When someone takes away something precious from you, it can easily blind the whole perception you have of that individual.
Rosinante initiated a cycle with his quest to stop Doflamingo, a process that he inadvertently passed down to Law. Cora could not stop Doflamingo because his bitterness towards him muddled his sense of justice, ultimately leading to his downfall. And just like Cora once had, Law witnessed Doflamingo take away something precious from him. And with this memory came a resolution that was synonymous with his saviors—but corrupted with that half-hearted justice all the same. If Law is justified for seeking revenge, then surely Doflamingo is justified for punishing the one that pushed him further into the hell he had already known. Nothing about laws quest is noble. Nothing about his goal is necessarily good for the world. He targets the heavenly demon because he killed someone he cared for. The context of that action doesn’t matter in Law's eyes. And this feeble-minded goal is the reason why Law ultimately fails in his quest.
Cora sacrificed his life. He wanted Law to live a life worth living in return. Yet Law has only been repaying that debt with useless baggage, an obsession that has controlled his entire life’s choices. And like Corazon once betrayed Doflamingo, Law betrays the straw hats by only using them as a means to an end. These betrayals ultimately fail both characters. Rosinante failed to stop his brother from taking over dressrosa, and Law fails at taking down Doflamingo.
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