Why would i play as a character in a game or watch a movie/show where i want to strangle the character? Id rather see them fail.

I remember watching a compilation video of streamers playing The Last of Us 2 where they got to the section that you have to fight Ellie as Abby, and they just let Ellie kill them, said "oh nooo, how could this happen? I guess that's the end of the game" and turned it off to go play something else.

Trying to make me like someone I'm predisposed to hate will only make me more angry, and apparently everyone else, too. Yet more built-in psychology that is being attacked for malicious reasons.