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This is the question, I think.
My friend (a psychoanalyst in training) who watches reality television (esp Bachelor-style dating shows) says that the central arc, as a viewer, is that you start off hating everybody. These people are the worst, you think—selfish and petty and shallow. But once you've taken for granted that they're awful, something amazing happens, which is that you start growing attached to your favorites. Their redeemable attributes stand out against the backdrop assumption of terribleness. Suddenly, having passed through hating them, you find yourself able to love them.
Is that what you're trying to do with this thread?