@georgesquares@snouts.online honestly? yes.

i mean, tbh, i'm not entirely opposed to those 'force of nature' villains. especially in YA lit. but they have to be a force of nature while still being *interesting*.

i feel like several times Rowling stepped up to the plate to try and make him sympathetic - and more interesting! - and whiffed it EVERY SINGLE TIME. just swing and a miss straight into "also evil 'cos he's evil".