Can the protagonist be the villain?

After what we know with AOT anime, it started to be questioned "Eren is a protagonist, but why is he also an antagonist", and "Eren is a main character but why is it included in the villain category?".

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This debate usually occurs because of the narrow understanding of characterization, which is only natural because since childhood we are always presented with stories where the good is the main character, and the evil one is the enemy that the main character must defeat.

Well, once they are faced with characters like Eren and the like, the debate will never end. Which one is correct?

The answer: it's possible. Why? Does that mean the protagonist will be the antagonist all at once? What do you mean?

First of all, the protagonist or antagonist is only a matter of role or point of view of the story, and it has nothing to do with good or evil, or in other words, has nothing to do with morals.

Indeed, in the stories we usually encounter, the protagonist tends to be on the good moral spectrum, while the antagonist tends to be on the evil moral spectrum.

Why is that? Because usually the stories we read are used to convey a good moral message to the reader "the truth will win", or "we have to be good people". This also makes it easier for the reader to digest the story. Because it is clear which one is good and which one is bad.

Since it has nothing to do with morality, can it be made evil or immoral? Very well.

Now I ask: is light, lelouch, or what most people know, joker [2019 film], is this person who is morally classified as good?

Because which is the protagonist and which is the antagonist, it's just a matter of role and point of view in this story, that's why we can make the evil one the main character, and the good one the enemy.

We can understand MC as a human/can relate because of the conflict from their point of view, but we also can't justify what they have done because yes, according to the prevailing morals, they have crossed the moral limit of their actions.

This is why we know the name "villain protagonist", which is usually used in works with a gloomy or cynical tone. And usually in this work the antagonist is not always a good side. Either they are on the same moral spectrum as mc, or worse.

Even in more "gray" works, which heroes and villains will be made even more blurred the moral spectrum, because which hero and which villain again depends on the point of view.

Usually this comes in a package with character development where initially we know the mc is on the good moral spectrum, before moving on to the worse moral spectrum.

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