History Main / EvenEvilCanBeLoved

* In ''Series/{{Angel}}'', the titular character clearly cares deeply about Darla, who is evil for most of her time on the show. While Angelus didn't seem capable of loving her while he was evil, Angel continually tries to help and support Darla when she's human again and later when she's pregnant. He is distraught when she is bitten by Drusilla and when she stakes herself, despite her being evil during the latter event.

* In ''Series/{{Angel}}'', the titular character clearly cares deeply about Darla, who is evil for most of her time on the show. While Angelus didn't seem capable of loving her while he was evil, Angel continually tries to help and support Darla when she's human again and later when she's pregnant. He is distraught when she stakes herself despite her being evil again.

* In ''Series/{{Angel}}'', the titular character clearly cares deeply about Darla, who is evil for most of her time on the show. Neither Angelus or Darla seemed capable of loving each other while they were evil, but Angel continually tries to help and support Darla when she becomes human and later when she comes back pregnant. When she stakes herself, he is distraught despite her being evil again.

* In ''Series/Angel'', the titular character clearly cares deeply about Darla, who is evil for most of her time on the show. Neither Angelus or Darla seemed capable of loving each other while they were evil, but Angel continually tries to help and support Darla when she becomes human and later when she comes back pregnant. When she stakes herself, he is distraught despite her being evil again.

** The NobleTopEnforcer Fate Testarossa in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' genuinely loves her insane and abusive mother and believes she can still redeem her despite everyone, from her new best friend, to her familiar, to the SpacePolice, telling her otherwise. Even ten years later, she keeps a picture of her right next to one of her [[HappilyAdopted adopted family]].

** The NobleTopEnforcer Fate Testarossa in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' genuinely loves her insane and abusive mother and believes she can still redeem her despite everyone, from her new best friend, to her familiar, to the SpacePolice, telling her otherwise.

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* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha''

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* Dark Pegasus is one of the principal villains in the ''Webcomics/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' universe, having started a ZombieApocalypse to rule the world (which failed). Heroic Daniel Ti'Fiona was prepared to battle Dark Pegasus to the death, when his girlfriend Lorenda and her mother Kria intervened. Lorenda concedes that Dark Pegasus has an EvilPlan or two, but no more so than any other demon. Lorenda knows him as Uncle Aliph, a decent and honorable patriarch of the Soulstealer family.
* Yug in ''JustForFun/TVTropesTheWebcomic'' does his best to convince JustForFun/{{Report|Siht}} and the others that his brother Dab, the main antagonist of the Original Arc, is not beyond redemption and is still a good person inside. He is ultimately proven wrong, however.

* Percy--a blatantly good guy (if a sometimes misguided one)--tends to have this sort of relationship with Diesel 10 and his QuirkyMinibossSquad in later episodes of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'', while the other engines generally loathe them to the point of FantasticRacism. It only gets exploited in "Day Of The Diesels" though they show their gratitude when he helps out Sidney in "The Missing Christmas Tree Decorations".

* Morinth from ''{{VideoGame/Mass Effect 2}}'' is an Ardat-Yakshi, an [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe asari]] with a rare genetic defect that means they kill their mates when they meld minds with them. Rather than spend her life cloistered away with the rest of her kind, Corinth fled across the galaxy and became an unrepentant SerialKiller. She grew addicted to the rush of killing, and each melding made her stronger. She was so bad that her own mother, Samara, became a [[KnightTemplar justicar]] and dedicated her life to finding and killing her. Yet when Samara finally does kill Morinth, she mourns her death, grieving that she was forced to kill the "bravest and smartest" of her daughters.

* The NobleTopEnforcer Fate Testarossa in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' genuinely loves her insane and abusive mother and believes she can still redeem her despite everyone, from the new best friend, to her familiar, to the SpacePolice, telling her otherwise. In ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'', the only thing that prevents the MadScientist Jail Scaglietti from being completely evil is that all twelve of his [[RobotGirl Combat Cyborgs]]--even the ones who question and eventually reject his evil plans--view him as a loving father (and he returns their affection).

* The NobleTopEnforcer Fate Testarossa in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' genuinely loves her insane and abusive mother and believes she can still redeem her despite everyone, from the new best friend, through her familiar, to the SpacePolice, telling her otherwise. In ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'', the only thing that prevents the MadScientist Jail Scaglietti from being completely evil is that all twelve of his [[RobotGirl Combat Cyborgs]]--even the ones who question and eventually reject his evil plans--view him as a loving father (and he returns their affection).

* Dewey Novak, the BigBad of ''{{Anime/Eureka Seven}}'', is hands-down the most evil and unsympathetic character in the entire series, yet Holland, who's [[CainAndAbel both his brother and his nemesis]], still loves him because they were family. [[spoiler:When Dewey dies, Holland is one of the only non-villainous characters who mourns him and laments his madness.]]

* Downplayed with Padme in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' prequels, who is the only one still loving Anakin and believing in his goodness after his fall to TheDarkSide--too bad she doesn't stick around to influence the Rebels, and the only person she expresses her belief to (Obi'Wan) already holds Anakin for irredeemable. Luke from the original trilogy would count, but he hardly even knew his father, so his desire to redeem him in Episode VI stems more from him being an [[AllLovingHero all-round good guy]] and falls under a IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight.

* In the Literature/SherlockHolmes novel ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles'', the escaped SerialKiller Seldon is still loved by his older sister Elisa. Upon seeing Elisa's completely heartbroken reaction after Seldon is accidentally killed by the Hound, Watson comments [[LampshadeHanging "Evil indeed is the man who has not one woman to mourn him."]] Which, although Watson doesn't make the connection explicit, tells us something about the villain of the novel, whose death at the end is mourned by nobody; the one woman who might have been expected to mourn him seems positively glad he's gone.

* The NobleTopEnforcer Fate Testarossa in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' genuinely loves her insane and abusive mother and believes she can still redeem her despite everyone, from the new best friend, through her familiar, to the SpacePolice, telling her otherwise. In ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'', the only thing that prevents the MadScientist Jail Scaglietti from coming across as a CompleteMonster is that all twelve of his [[RobotGirl Combat Cyborgs]]--even the ones who question and eventually reject his evil plans--view him as a loving father (and he returns their affection).

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