Alec is the one responsible for his own actions.
I've been thinking about this recently
a lot of time people don't even hold the person responsible for their own actions
you hear things like "he was sick, and dealing with this in his own head all this time, an imbalance of the wrong hormones"
so it's not even their own fault
at what point does anyone have any agency or responsibility in a suicide?
I mean obviously you don't hold Zoe directly responsible for it and you don't harass her about it, but at what point are you allowed to call it a contributing factor and cast some side eye?
cause and effect is a thing
if my only car is stolen tomorrow and I get fired from my job the next day and commit suicide the following day, can't those be considered contributing factors?
even if you're not saying my boss is responsible for my death, aren't some people thinking that the loss of the job pushed me over the edge? is that not justified thinking?
and I'm not talking in terms of holding anyone legally responsible in any way