They're going to start trying to paint the sith as downtrodden oppressed and good arent they.....
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That's the cycle most fandoms go through. The "bad guys" are way cooler and more beloved than the good guys, which leads into "fuck the good guys," which then leads into "ackshually the good guys were oppressive and bad," and then finally "the bad guys stood for freedom and expression all along!"
Its such a common thing that even TvTropes acknowledged it with the absolutely massive list for each, with Ron/Draco being the centerpiece examples of it in action.
Strange how one of the few shows that this has never happened to is the show the two of us 100% agree is an absolute masterpiece: Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Nobody thinks SEELE were good people.
Its because SEELE lacks anything of value to attach to. They are bland, boring looking old men who speak entirely in riddles or philosophy. Only one even has a name and their lines/personality are interchangeable between each other.
They aren't powerful, they send an army to murder a bunch of barely resisting scientists. They aren't tragic, they are just rich elites who want to be gods. They aren't attractive, they all look like literal caricatures of ugly men.
Which is why no one even remembers they exist half the time, while Gendo has undergone that process to full "did nothing wrong, ever" status to alot of people.
Well, aside from being a complete failure as a human being without his dommy-mommy around to actually let him function in society to a meagre degree.
With parents like that, it's amazing Shinji turned out as well as he did.
You just described what a lot of girls look for in a man, someone who is a complete failure and loser who turns to horrific evil over his lady that he is utterly devoted to.
Its why serial killers have fans. And why that turn around is so common in fandoms.