Basic Trope: A villainous or morally ambigious character is embraced by fans and have their flaws downplayed or ignored. * Straight: Prince Evulz is handsome, if a bit cold and curt, and has a tragic past that drives him forward. He's also one of the bad guys, but fans tend to rationalize that little detail. * Exaggerated: * Prince Evulz is a Complete Monster who finds Cold-Blooded Torture and manipulation fun. Despite this, fandom keeps rationalizing him. * Prince Evulz has every single quality that would make him completely unlikeable. Fandom treats him as perfect. * Downplayed: * Fans accept that Prince Evulz is the bad guy, but try to give him Freudian Excuses when he's actually doing it For the Evulz. * Alternatively, Prince Evulz is a dark Anti-Hero rather