I think the problem with fandom and villains is that people have trouble understanding that they can find a villain compelling and even sympathetic at times, but they don't need to redeem him. It's like people think that if they like a bad guy it makes them a bad guy or some weirdness, so they have to woobie them. Rather than just going, I find the character compelling, sometimes I even felt bad for them, but they are definitely a villain and got what was coming to them.