>>103902893First, there's the Joker, who literally hopes it.
Second, most villains in all media think it will break the hero. It's not /co/, but there's a great bit in THUD! where Vimes is worried the cultist
dwarfs are about to kill his wife and kid, and in his head there's the rage of whether the bastards really thought this would stop him if they succeeded, that he would just lay down and die as opposed to following them wherever they go.
