Thread:Mesektet/@comment-27729149-20151002041329/@comment-26083398-20151103052948

To answer your question, I guess it could be because many people confuse the words protagonist as meaning hero, even though they should be aware that even protagonist CAN be villains, same goes with the confusion of antagonists to villains, even antagonists CAN be heroes, take Macduff, John Silver , and Anger for instance, they are all the respective main antagonist to their storylines, however if one understands correctly, they are all technically heroes to some degree, despite their flaws.

Some of the mentioned characters actually do make heroic decisions, Riley makes the last minute decision to return to her parents thanks to the actions of Sadness, and thus after confessing her feelings to her parents, they were proud of her for making the right decision, despite nearly running away. Trevor Phillips, despite being a psychopath does commit a major heroic action in the canon GTA V storyline, he alongside Micheal and Franklin put an end to several groups (many of which were corrupt) that had manipulated them throughout the course of the game.