Sympathy for the devil

why do we like some characters when we shouldn't?

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Given that I just recently finished a book (yay!) I am in more of a consumption mode than a creative mode. When I’m in a “fallow” period, I spend a lot of that time binge watching things I need to catch up on, or consuming analysis of thi…