borne out of a very interesting question posed by @maraudertimes which ate my brain: what's the appeal of a morally grey love interest (as opposed to a golden retriever love interest)? with the disclaimers that I might actually be more here for the golden retrievers, that this is the generalisation of a spectrum, & that i'm a weird little gremlin probably not represetative of a real audience, here is my attempt to answer that:
Nice to Me and Me Alone. I get this appeal. this villain
