By Jessie Wallace | reddit | September 9, 2025
 
    
    
    
      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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