Pretending

Tyson’s acting ability has been discussed, as has how effective he is at disguising himself, but more important than either of those is how Tyson pretends to be something he’s not.

He pretends to be an uncaring killer when working for the web, but then he’s donating to charity and anything else that Tyson can do to make up for the bad things he does; though never for a single second believing that he can ever do enough to fix things. 

Tyson pretends to be a lot of things - not a threat, not as intelligent as he truly is, et cetera - but, his own self-worth about never being smart enough and his achievements not meaning anything aside, Tyson knows those aren’t true. He doesn’t try to believe them to be true. There is a huge exception, however.

Though he freely admits that he loves The Colonel and the Moriarty Mirrors, making Tyson admit that he’s (to a greater or lesser extent) homosexual is like pulling teeth. If there is one person Tyson is capable of lying to, it’s himself and - as mentioned here - Tyson is good at pretending that it’s not men he’s attracted to, just the person he’s head over heels for/in a relationship with.

That’s not true, but it’s never stopped Tyson before. The same applies to getting Tyson to admit that he is polyamorous. He’s not. He just… openly admits to loving multiple people at once: Kim, The Colonel, and The Moriarty Mirrors.

Tyson has always been best at giving half-truths than outright lies. He can admit to loving those people and all at once, but so long as no one questions if he is poly or if he is gay, then Tyson isn’t lying when he pretends inside his own head that he isn’t those things. That he’s ‘normal’.