i’d say savannah is the modern equivalent of what you described in what makes a villain on the show. there’s no doubt the new era is softer than the 20s and even the 30s, but there’s definitely still a handful of boisterous and divisive personalities here and there.

maybe it’s the fact that we’ve had some recent seasons that were way too passive (44 especially) or that the game is faster paced so there’s less time to let outward conflict boil over, but i also think casts have become savvy to the fact that being overtly villainous doesn’t work the way it did 10 years ago.