I so deeply respect the show for maintaining the dark parts of Damon's character. They've made him into a hero-type (anti-hero, but still) you're clearly meant to root for, but they haven't 'fixed' him. Because, you know what? That's how the world works. You can be the good guy but not be a good guy. Everyone has good and bad in them, and sometimes the good does not outweigh the bad. Damon can be wonderful and kind and heroic, but he's still a petty, immature, mass-murdering psychopath. The two are absolutely not mutually exclusive, and it doesn't take away from either section of his personality to have the other acknowledged. There is no need to idealize Damon. It's folly to do so, and it limits his character to a type rather than an individual. Go away, other section of fandom. Keep at it, show. You know what's up. (I need that bro fist-bump icon right about now. I should work on that.)