What's a character that should be a villain, but the author doesn't treat them that way?

Some male leads with questionable history in some shoujo and reincarnation stories...   reply

gege likes sukuna a lil bit tew much. he'd sacrifice the whole jjk verse if he wanted to for his glorious salvation sukuna   reply

Snape Jk tried giving him a background where oh no he’s bullied by Harry’s dad and loved Harry’s mom and so sad but a. He bullied lily and called her mudblood so while James shouldn’t have bullied him he was lowkey just sticking up for lily and b. He bullies little kids in his 50s like what like the favouritism he has for slytherin is actua......   reply