villains that keep redeeming and betraying - like rumpel stiltskin in once upon a time, which i got tricked into watching 5 series of in hopes of gay mulan. hes a bad guy, then he gets redeemed, then hes a bad guy again, but then hes a good guy again, but then he betrays everyone again and eventually its just like fuck OFF
similarly, villains that Just Keep Turning Up. i read all of ultimate spiderman when i was like 14 and the first 100 issues are torture; the kingpin turns up, gets beat, goes away, and then turns up again. and again. and again. the stakes didnt rise, it was very repetitive, and there was no appeal to kingpin as a character
im also kinda tired of the sexually predatory male villain who gets played as sympathetic or woobified by the fans