Board Thread:Clean up Concerns/@comment-366087-20170215064802/@comment-2059440-20170218183429

also going way back to characters like Gaston, they are false protagonists and common in fairy tales, they are jerks that people love regardless but are antagonistic to the story as a whole and are never meant to be seen as true heroes at all.. a villain can have millions of adoring fans that see them as heroes, they're still bad guys.

a false protagonist tends to love themselves, seeks attention and is generally unpleasant yet the people around them adore them - the true heroes of these fairy tales tend to be the opposite (humble and kind) yet unpopular with the "common folk" until the end.

it's like Prince Charming from Shrek, in-universe he's adored as a hero but we all know he's really just a jerk who got publicity.