Morality Pet Nichelink: an All-Ages nichelink relationship/relationship dynamic where one person is the "morality pet" and the other/s are a "villain".
morality pet is a media trope where a villain character gains a friendship with an innocent/child character, and the villain becomes softer and more empathetic, stable, and less villainous over time due to their friendship. here is the page on tv tropes for examples from media.
this may include, but isn't limited to:
the villain being a recovering r*dqueer who wants to become less mean/toxic/rude instead of encouraging it like the rqc did, and the morality pet helping them by being positive and kind to them
the villain being kin/introject/alterhuman of a villain character and still behaving very "villainous" but wanting the morality pet to help them do that less
the villain being a persecutor alter of some kind and knowingly using this relationship to become less antagonistic/harmful to others/themself
the villain having a heavily stigmatized disorder and identifying with/reclaiming "evil" "villain" related words/tropes
the morality pet being an age regressor, chronosian, a dissodic youth-related term or a young alter who likes the idea of a villain as their caretaker/parental figure
familial, alterous, tutelary or other teritary attraction
i hope it's obvious, but for the persecutor alter example i gave, that's only for a persecutor who is okay being called a "villain". that won't be comfortable or even healthy for everyone.
nichelink carrd
