Reddit Asks the Question: 'Which Hated Fictional Character Was Actually Pretty Reasonable?'

By Jessie Wallace | reddit | September 9, 2025

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Let’s spare a thought for those poor movie and other fictional ‘villains’ who were never really worthy of that title. For those unfortunate souls who had the simple misfortune of acting reasonably within an unreasonable world. Of committing often only one cardinal sin: Not fully aligning with their universe’s chosen ‘hero’. Reddit paid tribute to these victims of narrative the other day when it asked the question: ‘Who is a fictional character that everyone seems to hate, but whose actions are actually pretty reasonable?’ You can check out the full thread here, but below are some highlights:

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