Of Clones, Look-alikes and Mutant replicas

Maybe it was part of Warren's elaborate, but insane master plan.  He makes a clone, kidnaps Gwen, replaces her with that clone.  That clone dies in #121.  He has another clone that he uses for the fingerprints on the autopsy report.  That clone is the one that is in the Clone Sagas, and original Gwen is still held prisoner.

I don't see it as a matter of comprehending his motivations, as much as his memory in an insane state could  be flawed and he remembers things as he WANTS to remember them, or that he was just outright lying to make himself to appear less irrational to Peter.  In many cases denial is a big part of insanity.   Even in criminal profiling, a person who is obsessed with another person can still do irrational things while still being highly functional and still appearing normal, long before they actually snap and become insane.   At the very least these plot devices can be used to address inconsistencies in a retcon.   

I never saw Jackal as a split personality, like Osborn, but more as someone whose mental state was deteriorating, like a stalker, and then finally snapped with Gwen's death, but to each his own...  

The difference I see between Osborn and Warren is Osborn had memory loss where Warren had none.  Osborn had two different personae.  One that knew about Peter and GG and the other that didn't.  Warren, as I see it, had one persona that had evolved into the Jackal but was still cognizant of Warren.  No compartmentalization of memory like Osborn had.  

I'd think the only reason Gwen would be in Jackal's storage would be almost as a collectable. He can look at her, he can talk to her, he can genetically build a replica that is predisposed to accept any crazy programming he may desire and even have kids and a life with it...but in the end, he knows the real Gwen can't be manipulated into liking him and would reject him as soon as she woke up.

The funny thing, is the interaction really isn't about hurting Peter or Spiderman, it's about going to increasingly extreme, insane lengths to try and take what was never yours to have.

You can almost picture him getting an extra spring in his step knowing she was in the next class, being sad if she cut class, grumpy when she passed her and Peter in the hallway. It most likely started with wide pics in the hallway that caught her on the fridges, or Prof. Warren Selfies timed to catch her in the background...

No, - he's all giddy when she's alive (check out spectacular #149) - the rest was a joke..

I don't think he would have it in him to make a move while she's alive out of fear of rejection...her death would totally send him off the deep end

I think he'd go nuts eventually, even if she lived ...from fixating on someone else... for all we know he does this every year with a different student, but Gwen's death trigged the whole "I must replace her" , followed by Serba's death... really pushed him off the deep end.