Mine is SsethTzeentach Youtube videos. Yes, he's an edgelord and yes some of his delivery is chanlord jargon that didn't age well and should be allowed to die, but he often explores games I never thought about before and often presents them in ways that are, in spite of the edgy gloss over everything, clever and funny to me.
I said it before and I'll say it again: it's possible to enjoy something while also accepting criticism of it. With that in mind, SsethTzeentach is my pick for my problematic favorite.
https://youtu.be/4Ow5lGFju1c
H.P. Lovecraft. I wrote a thesis on his work, and I love it, even though he was a sad, racist crank
For sure, Lovecraft is always the correct answer for this question. His prose is chilling.
I'd also like to add Joseph Conrad. Supremely racist dude but one hell of a writer.
English was like his third language. Incredible.
Didn't he recant the racism later in life?
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No other author has managed to creep me out the way he has. I read Rats in the Walls like twenty years ago and I still find my mind wandering back to it occasionally.