Thread:Mesektet/@comment-27729149-20150109185918/@comment-3581997-20150109205858

Because she was seen as a hero and functioned as one in the narrative. Catwoman has also done this more than once. If said character functioned to help overcome obsticles in the main plot and was presented to the audiance as a protagonist they can still function in the hero role even if later it turns out they had alternate plans or were working some angle