I’ve been putting some more thought into why villains tend to be more interesting and memorable than heroes.
Joker. Thanos. Vader. Hans Landa. Hans Gruber. Hannibal Lecter. And so forth.
I think p...
I think we also tend to empathize with flawed characters, and so often the hero lacks "charming" flaws. The villain on the other hand is almost always flawed by definition. Take Batman and the Joker for example.