sympathetic villains – Loki is the Philosopher King

queenofattolia:

thefeelofavideogame:

tumblr’s inability to discern between an ‘understandable villain’ and a ‘sympathetic villain’ and inability to discern either of those from ‘the creator endorsing the actions of the villain’ is well and truly exhausting

#writer: i have placed this antagonist here within the story in order to highlight #how their approach to life is destructive and yet–on a much smaller scale–tempting for most people #let’s explore together the sins all flesh is heir to #tumblr: you just SUPPORT VILLAINY THAT’S WHAT YOU DO YOU MONSTER

Tumblr: depicting something is the same as endorsing it unless it’s literally twirling a black waxed mustache. And even then it’s iffy.