User blog comment:AustinDR/PG Removal: Edd/Double D/@comment-25342388-20200115160146/@comment-36562873-20200116021509

They aren't even villain protagonists to begin with. While it's true that scamming is bad, that doesn't mean they're bad people themselves. A villain is an evil character with evil goals who has no qualms about hurting/killing people to achieve it. The Eds are just a bunch of kids who try to be cool by doing crazy things, and most of them aren't really malicious scams but legitimate businesses. They don't really want to hurt anyone, and only want to fit in. I don't consider them villains. Also, it was Eddy's Brother's fault for their scamming. They're just anti-heroes. Anti-heroes are different than villains, an anti-hero is a hero that does bad things, but is a good person at heart. Plus it could be argued that the Eds are heroic characters since they helped other CN heroes save the world in Crossover Crisis and Fusion Fall. Also, in children's media, some con artists were portrayed as good guys, such as the titular character of Top Cat, Dmitri and Vladimir from Anastasia, Tulio and Miguel from The Road To Eldorado​​​​​​, and others, so no, just because they're con artists doesn't mean they're villains, they're anti-heroes.