Its why we root for Nucky Thompson and Tony Montana and Francis Underwood, after all.
Can something very wrong today be deemed a necessary evil years later?
Is there a line?
version of Jack and the Beanstalk.
Im so grateful for the fantastic contributors involved, who approached the topic from some very creative angles.
And I cant wait to unleashBecause You Love to Hate Meupon the world.
(Cue maniacal laughter.)
You need people like me.
Tony Montana inScarface
Villains.
Stories are nothing without them.
Heroes cannot rise to greatness without them.
We love villains because they turn their aches into action, their bruises into battering rams.
They push through niceties and against societal restraints to propel the story forward.
Unlike our lovable protagonists, villainsfor better or worsestop at literally nothing to achieve their goals.
Theyve also had their share of oft-forgotten moments of truth and honor (Jaime Lannister, anyone?).
(Unlucky #13, reppin baddies since 1307.)
Life, Death, Hate, Love, Vengeance, and Heartbreakits all here.
Villains, the deliciously wicked.
And wed have it no other way.
