Thinking about the drama of encountering a past victim of one of your villain f/os, maybe they even come to confront the person who hurt them, and you get in the way. They don’t want to hurt you, you don’t seem so bad, they wonder if you’re being manipulated. You can’t help but have compassion for them- there’s no excuse for what they were put through and you know it. You can understand their rage, and their confusion as to why you keep standing in the way, but despite how much you may get where they’re coming from… you still can’t let them hurt the person you love. You just can’t.
#selfship#selfshipping#villain fictional other#love letters#I see lots of villain selfshippers who are indifferent to or participate in their villains misdeeds#and that’s awesome! go nuts! be diabolical#but like. it’s also cool to acknowledge the ones who love their f/o but hate what they do#or who are trying to help them quit or at least taper their behaviors#who have to work out compromises so that the relationship can exist#and who feel pain for the victims#also the inherent drama of it#“I know they hurt you. I know you’re justified. I still have to stand in your way