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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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[general] Villain here, seeking to do a redemption arc without dying.

So, i'm a pretty average villain.

 I've been the rival of the hero while serving under an evil overlord, and have done many terrible things in order to bring the hero down. 

Thing is, im starting to have second thoughts. 

At this point, a redemption arc seems to be inevitable, eventually. But i'm not stupid. I know that redemption equals death more often than not. And i don't exactly wish to die just yet. 

So i ask you. How can i pull it off while being guarenteed to survive this? Heck, im fine with becoming the hero's lancer or even a third party if need be.
gpt
Be snarky, brooding and wear a leather jacket. Have lots of sexual tension with the hero (Bonus points if your both dudes). Have a pretty awful childhood and/or have your old love interest be killed by angry civilians and/or be enslaved by the evil overlord. Something sympathetic.  

Do all these things and you might die in your redemption quest but the sheer power of this concept called fangirl rage from beyond a thing called the fourth wall will give you a very high probability of coming back to life.