Whenever I see a movie, read a book, or hear a story I always root for the bad guy. Not that I am evil, it is just that - as it is - someone ought to balance the unfairness bad guys are treated with. You know the plot: good guy appears, bad guy appears, bad guy is winning most of the time, but then in the end the good guy come out on top because… he is the good guy. The bad guys are always stronger, better prepared, original and clearly more passionate yet they must lose as the norm.

Alas, poor bad guys, they look like me playing chess: all goes well until something unexpected in the endgame brings my inevitable defeat. However, contrary to my opponents who can only count on their wits (or my lousiness), the good guys have several options in how to wear the plot armor and finally triumph. They may power creep, use the power of friendship, make a heroic return, or simply gang up on the villain – after all, have you ever seen a hero fight alone? It is almost as if we are not supposed to expect them to lose.

It seems futile to be a villain in fiction universes. Whereas in our own a truly Good vs Evil dichotomy is seldom heard of, stories are likely to have such dynamic as long as we tell them. So while all bland, generically morally superior good guys continue to win as a rule, I shall remain sad for the bad ones.