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From YKTTW Working Title: Love To Hate
Insanity Prelude: This won't end well.
Lale: Lucy Steele is a villain? A romantic rival, yes, and an antagonist standing in the way of what a protagonist wants, yes, but... villain? Well, I haven't seen the movie; maybe she's portrayed as more malicious in that than in the novel.