In Scene 7, Morris and Sims are in the Interrogation room and Sims is battling Morris’ badgering of the Nether and it’s content with a logic that makes sense, but is morally wrong. He brings up the fact that pornography drives technology and the Nether is a private place for fulfilling your fantasy or imagination.
Later in scene 10, he says that Iris should not become close with Woodnut because it would upset the balance of things.
From these two pieces of evidence, I concluded that Sims/Papa had feelings for the inspiration for Iris, however his imagination and fascination was perverted and when he tried to act on them, his feelings got in the way and he stopped. As crazy as it sounds, I believe Sims wants a world where people are allowed to have the entire experience through the power of virtual reality or the Nether without it being completely real. My question is Sims a protagonist or antagonist, or does Morris evoke that from him and cause him to be more despicable to the reader or viewer of the Nether.