User blog comment:LoganParvatiTD225/Was SMS Courtney's well deserved TDA karma?/@comment-1764858-20150718125037/@comment-24152851-20150719122942

@Thomas, well actually Courtney has shown satisfaction at her enemy suffering on a few occassions.

The difference between her and Sugar is, Courtney's moral status is always questionable and sifts from good to evil. Her crimes almost always have ulterior motives, wanting the money. Sugar might have had less opportunities than Courtney, but she's definitely more evil, and she seems to do bad things for the fun of it.

In TDWT and the start of TDAS, most people don't really treat Courtney as a villain, unlike Heather and Alejandro who nobody trusts. She may not be liked, but most don't generally see Courtney as being in the same league as the antagonists. I don't think people give Courtney a pass for all her crimes, but the reason why some are more lenient to her is, a lot of the times she doesn't really feel what she does is evil. With lesser evil intent she's slightly more sympathetic than the fullout antagonists.