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You know how, in our culture, there is an overused scene where a parent is dissatisfied with their kid’s bad grades?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“But mommy, little Timmy got an ever worse grade!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I don’t care what your little Timmy has! An A is not good enough! Little Susan has an A-plus! Why can’t you be like little Susan? Talk to me when you have an A-plus!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I HATECHOO!!” screams the kid, with a little creak in his little voice. He runs away and, with a loud BANG, closes the door to his room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am honestly tired of these cliche relationships. Do humans act like that often? I don’t remember anything similar in my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I will never forget the opposite treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I had a suboptimal exam result, around 83%, I phoned my private tutor to tell him the bad news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Hey, I just call to tell you my exam result like you asked… I’ve got 83%.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Phew! Really? Wow, I am so glad for you! You worked hard and totally earned it. Well done!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I tried to mirror my tutor’s seemingly genuine joy. But at that moment I knew: all along, I was taken for garbage that was unlikely to achieve anything greater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why don’t we see THAT in our movies, TV series, or books? It can be a neat part of a villain arc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t worry. I myself am too apathetic, lazy, introverted, and infantile to be a worthwhile villain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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