“We can’t all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.” – Will Rogers
Maybe it’s fun to watch villains because we never have to worry for them. If they succeed in their evil… well, that’s just more they have to atone for or be punished for later, and it’s fine. If they fail and die horribly… well, isn’t that what’s supposed to happen to villains?With heroes, though, they might fail, and that would presumably be terrible. We’re supposed to want them to win, which puts more pressure on them to be admirable and interesting and cool, and which makes it harder to just sit back and enjoy whatever happens to them, good or bad.