The Noble Anti-Villain knows that he’s the bad guy, and has made the decision to be evil, but he doesn’t do very well when it comes to pulling the trigger. He has an honor code that guides him, and he won’t compromise his code. This might mean he takes innocent human life into consideration before executing a plot instead of indiscriminately nuking all of Texas.
Maybe evil is just the day job, and he moonlights as a cowbell player in a Blue Oyster Cult cover band, which is his true passion. He’s still high on the evil scale because evil is a choice for him, but of all the types of anti-villains, this is often the one whose characterization changes the least. Other anti-villains have a reasonably good chance of turning to the good side.
A good number of Voldemort’s Death Eaters in the Harry Potter series fit this description, particularly Draco Malfoy and Regulus Black.
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