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Yea, attractive villains r easier for the audience to empathize w if they have a tragic backstory (ppl tend to give attractive individuals the benefit of the doubt—happens in rl too in the US court systems). These smaller characters tho could still make the same impact on the story even if their looks were more neutral
I rlly dislike that they make nearly all the characters that are “evil,” “bad,” or annoying as “ugly”. It seems to be a common theme and doesn’t leave room for surprises, and can send the wrong msg—like “if ur ugly, ur inherently bad.” And the portrayal of what’s ugly is small eyes, big or hooked noses and having moles on ur face…? Idk if im reading to into it but i just wanted to share my thoughts.