I did read that part, it's even quoted in the article posted. However, you don't go from happy trotting elf in candy rainbow land to martyr by the flip of a sw

I did read that part, it's even quoted in the article posted. However, you don't go from happy trotting elf in candy rainbow land to martyr by the flip of a switch (at least not that I know of). So regardless I'd still want to understand what contributed to creating an environment that caused someone to retaliate like this.