Brian Jacques explains why he does not have sympathetic villains in his Redwall series:
"When I was a boy, morality was taught in school and in church but I think that is no longer true to the extent that it used to be. I try to create very clear moral signposts of what is right and what is wrong. The children who read my books are generally at an age where they need to have things spelled out in 'black and white,' without ambiguity. I often tell my readers that my baddies are bad and my goodies are good. I won't have sympathetic baddies and schizophrenic goodies in my books."
Should more writers do this?
Lol, that's interesting since he was VERY excited to work with me and claimed to be a big fan when it benefitted him. Now that he's trying to break into TV, suddenly he's filled with "regret". Good luck sucking all that Hollywood dick, buddy. Hope it's worth it.
Lord of the Rings has some of the most valuable female characters we've seen in media.
Strength, wisdom, loyalty, self sacrifice.
But your mad Eowyn and Arwen fell for Aragorn who embodies those same values.
Actually fuck off with this shit.