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“you can love villains/antihero characters but you still have to hold them accountable! If you don’t you’re just excusing their actions!”

hold them accountable how? to whom? they’re fictional. they do unreal things in imaginary places, and how much the fans love or hate them has zero effect on what the writers choose to do with them. Their actions can literally only have consequences within the fictional narratives in question. Fans liking a character has no degree of effect on that narrative. 

And to be frank, telling a good story that holds it’s tension will always come first, and sometimes that means that the plot has to move on rather than get mired heavy handed “accountability.” Because let’s face is, the bludgeoning morality plays that people demand these days have nothing to do with genuine repentance and growth in a character arc and everything to with a vicious hunger for punishment and brutal schadenfreude – and that very seldom makes for a balanced and meaningful story.

and really, virtue signalling and trying to shame your peers for openly enjoying pretty much anything…. those are not good looks.