Helped
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Her popularity is probably helped by the fact that she was preceded by Cora, and that royalty in the OUAT universe tends not to be great in the first place.
Source: Villain with Good Publicity -
Inspector Finch is a Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist because his experiences in the riots that preceded the fascist government persuaded him that tyranny was better than chaos - so he helped them hunt down minorities because that was what they demanded in exchange for a stable government.
Source: Villain by Default - The revival of Gallifrey in the 2013 50th Anniversary Episode is also one of these - it almost immediately preceded the Eleventh Doctor's regeneration episode, and helped end An Arc that had been pushed as long as it could have been and now only served to hold the character back.
Source: Retool / Live-Action Television
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