12-20-2022, 09:12 PM
https://news.umich.edu/see-no-evil-peopl...-villains/
Whether it’s on television or in a movie, we love the villain.
No matter how egotistical, power hungry or greedy the person is, many of us are still attracted to their dark side—in part because we suspect some may have a redeeming quality. In fact, according to a new University of Michigan study, both adults and children more often reported that villains were inwardly good than that heroes were inwardly bad.
“In other words, people believe there is a mismatch between a villain’s outward behaviors and their inner, true self, and this is a bigger gap for villains than for heroes,” said Valerie Umscheid, U-M psychology doctoral student and the study’s lead author.
Inside, villains are a little less evil than they outwardly seem while heroes are fully good guys inside and out.
Seems I'm not the only person who does this, then! I don't know whether it's because villains with redeeming qualities are deeper and more interesting than ones who are 100% evil, or just because I like to try and see the good in everybody - but it's something I've always done.
(Still, it's very rare for me to end up cheering on the villains... that usually only happens when I believe the villain to be morally superior to the hero, or when either the villain or the hero is completely useless )
Whether it’s on television or in a movie, we love the villain.
No matter how egotistical, power hungry or greedy the person is, many of us are still attracted to their dark side—in part because we suspect some may have a redeeming quality. In fact, according to a new University of Michigan study, both adults and children more often reported that villains were inwardly good than that heroes were inwardly bad.
“In other words, people believe there is a mismatch between a villain’s outward behaviors and their inner, true self, and this is a bigger gap for villains than for heroes,” said Valerie Umscheid, U-M psychology doctoral student and the study’s lead author.
Inside, villains are a little less evil than they outwardly seem while heroes are fully good guys inside and out.
Seems I'm not the only person who does this, then! I don't know whether it's because villains with redeeming qualities are deeper and more interesting than ones who are 100% evil, or just because I like to try and see the good in everybody - but it's something I've always done.
(Still, it's very rare for me to end up cheering on the villains... that usually only happens when I believe the villain to be morally superior to the hero, or when either the villain or the hero is completely useless )
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