Is it possible to love a villain even more than the hero?

I don't have any feelings or involvement with fictional characters.

I definitely think you can love a villain as much or more as a hero. 1. it all has to do with the writers. If a good writer is creating these characters they'll be dynamic. They'll have backstory. They'll have depth. All of those things added together will create a character that you can love, hate, or just love to watch but any which way you see them, the villain will be compelling and the audience will love to watch or read their story. 2. On the topic of alan rickman as snape, I never felt that snape was a villain. The character had so many negative qualities (bitter, jealous, played favorites) but negative qualities aside, the root of the character was a good man who went down the wrong path and was able to turn himself back around. Did he do some "evil" things? Yes. but after the end of the series I could never see him as a villain.

I guess it has to do with the actor portraying the role. Alan Rickman's performance as Snape was what I had in mind when I first read the book. (He's also good as the main villain in the movie Die Hard). Heath Ledger's Joker was the one that surprised me. I thought that he couldn't do it because I only saw him in comedy or in a teeny-bopper movie. But I think in the history of Batman movies, his take as the Joker is the best.

I never watched Harry Potter or Batman.