After Cortés captured him, Moctezuma II became, in the speaker's account, a willing puppet who tried to satisfy Cortés while benefiting his people without substantially challenging Cortés's authority.

“he seems to have pulled the complete 180 switch and become...”

“essentially willingly Cortez's puppet he was always trying to do what Cortez wanted in a way that would still be beneficial for his people but would not rock the boat so much in terms of Cortez's authority in the end it wasn't Cortez who disposed of it was his own people because they realized that he had sold them out and and he had to go his being”