If Eli really was a hero, and Victor was meant to stop him, did that make him a villain? He took a long sip of his drink, tipped his head back against the couch, and decided he could live with that.
(V.E. Schwab, Vicious)
What fascinated Victor most was the fact that something about Eli was decidedly wrong. He was like one of those pictures full of small errors, the kind you could only pick out by searching the image from every angle, and even then, a few always slipped by.
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Someone could call themselves a hero and still walk around killing dozens. Someone else could be labeled a villain for trying to stop them.