Your villain arc started as a hero's journey gone wrong.
You didn't choose to be the villain. The world MADE you one. You started with good intentions — protect the people you love, fix what's broken, make things right. But somewhere along the way, the methods got darker, the sacrifices got heavier, and you looked in the mirror and didn't recognize yourself anymore. You're the character the audience cries over because they UNDERSTAND you. Every terrible thing you did was for a reason. Every line you crossed was for someone you loved. And now you're too far in to go back. The tragedy isn't that you became the villain. The tragedy is that you still think you're doing the right thing. And honestly? Part of you might be.
Get your read — free on iPhoneyou became the thing you hated to protect the things you loved. and now you can't tell if the sacrifice was worth it or if you just told.