the only way to understand what he was really thinking was to read the fanfic
WORD. I learned more about Deniz's (potential) motivations from Aldi & Lil's fics than I ever did from Show.
Which is not so much a dig on Show as it is blatant praise of Aldi & Lil's writing skillz and character insight. And, really, ALL the Eskimos who have devoted slightly ridiculous amounts of time to analyzing the motivations of soap characters. (Not that I've done that myself *coff*)