me: [says something innocuous]
friend: [stops responding]
me: i did it. by pure chance, i managed to unlock the Most Offensive Phrase in the world. with one sentence i offended them, their family, their entire way of life. ours was a good friendship but it’s over now because they’re never ever going to speak to me again. i am a Disaster and i Must Be Stopped.

me as a villain fan: This character is a fascinating and complex individual, whose complexity makes them sympathetic even while the evil things they have done can never be excused, and whose story provides an intriguing opportunity to explore the dark side of the human psyche.
also me as a villain fan: This is my smol fluffy murder child. They’re such a piece of shit, isn’t it magnificent? Aww, look, they’re still covered in somebody’s arterial spray.