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There are some villains that work in the darkness of night, using the shadows to their advantage. There are other villains, however, that work in the brightness of day and light, manipulating the glare of the sun to hide their actions.
A hero works from a sense of love and duty, a desire to protect others, a willingness to take on suffering if it keeps others safe. They use their aggression for noble purpose; they develop self control and an ability to do the harder thing when it is the right thing to do.
A villain has only desire for power, they think nothing of making others suffer, so long as they gain advantage. Their aggression is destructive because they lack empathy, because they made choices for emotional coldness - those infinite paper cuts to the soul. The villain wallows in their own sense of victimhood rather than using their pains as part of their emotional education toward an empathic self. As such, a world of power only benefits the development of villains, heroes would work hard everyday for others and consider it an honour to have the chance to do so.
So I ask you, dear reader, who is the villain of this story and who is the hero?