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** Somewhat averted though, as the author ''deliberately'' portrayed him sympathetically. It's more a case of Milton giving Satan an AlternativeCharacterInterpretation.
*** Or just making him ''incredibly'' charismatic and allowing him to present his own account of his fall. What better way to show the seductive power of evil than by making the greatest villain in Christianity actually seductive to the ''reader?'' However he was not intended as entirely sympathetic, even he points out his MotiveDecay, finally he just wants to upset God by causing the Fall of Man. This is explicitly stated by the Fallen Angels in the second book.

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** Another Franchise/CthulhuMythos creature that gets this treatment in some sects of the fandom - [[MagnificentBastard Nyarlathotep]]. Yes, [[EldritchAbomination that one]], [[BlueAndOrangeMorality the one that messes with humans]] [[ItAmusedMe because he's bored]]. It doesn't help that Lovecraft himself basically described him as being "[[TallDarkAndHandsome Slender, swarthy]], [[EvilIsSexy and sinister]]" in one story, or that he appears as a rather attractive-looking Pharaoh in ''Literature/TheDreamQuestOfUnknownKadath''.

* Visser Three in ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' is considered an insane, homicidal PsychoForHire [[EvenEvilHasStandards even by the standards]] of a race of conquering brain slugs. An early book revealed that he acquired the form of one of [[ImAHumanitarian his species's natural predators]] solely for the purpose of [[YouHaveFailedMe cannibalizing his underlings]]. He also had a [[GeneralFailure success rate]] to make Cobra Commander blush. However, a bizarre number of fanfics tend to treat him as being far kinder, smarter, more conflicted, and fairer than he ever was in the books, often with him suddenly developing an attraction for a beautiful woman. This is mainly due to him being somewhat more AffablyEvil in prequel books, and possibly no small amount of EvilIsSexy.

** [[BigBad Caine]] gets this as well, as does [[DarkChick Diana]]. Diana is probably the most understandable, as [[EvenEvilHasStandards even she has her limits]] and is less an outright villain than a morally neutral person in a difficult situation who does what's necessary to ensure her survival, but even she's rather [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]].

* Raistlin Majere of the Literature/{{Dragonlance}} novels may qualify as this, although he's been a protagonist in some of the novels. He's definitely evil and creepy, yet he has a massive collection of fangirls.

** Though it's not so much the fans blame the "Woodlanders" for being racist, many fans blame the writer for making both sides BlackAndWhiteMorality in the first place. Which why is why most FanFiction has good vermin or evil woodlanders. This seemed to even be Flanderized. As in the second book, a group of heroes find the corpse of a vermin and give him a honourable burial, while much later books the same scenario leads to younger generations of heroes saying, "He's evil, why should we care?"