I like it when novels introduce characters that make me hate them, really hate them.
It makes me anticipate the catharsis of their downfall. I don't like it when they go unpunished. Everyone knows the third rate villain that harrasses one of the protagonist's bitches and then gets pwned in some way or another. These people are usually retarded and thus sympathetic, not worthy of my hatred, and boring. No, no, characters that get my blood boiling must be excellent.
They must be beautiful/handsome, intelligent, powerful, and popular - everyone is on their side, no one is on the protagonist's side, and they are overwhelmingly at an advantage. Ideally, they get all this with minimum effort, and they do nothing with their advantages but cater to their own desires, whoring about or living it up rather than struggling tooth and nail for the betterment of humanity. Ah, they can fight for the betterment of humanity, but if they aren't depicted as suffering for it, thenit's worthless.
Yes, such characters who are self-assured and fearless of their position in life; I want the protagonist to drag them down, I want the stars in the sky to be torn down into the filthy mud on the ground. Ah, it's really exciting. Unfortunately, most of the time they continue unobstructed by the narrative or even take the place in a moral high ground and condescend others self-righteously. It's really disgusting when this happens...
I think the closest I can get to a 'trope' in this sort of manner are the capture targets of an otome game when the protagonist reincarnates into the villainess, that sort of story. However, the feeling is completely different as the protagonist is always portrayed and super smart and they're always portrayed as borderline retarded, so the story becomes the protagonist becoming the target of hate rather than them, because the narrative favors the flawless protagonist who doesn't suffer or struggle for anything instead of the pitiful capture targets with intelligence deficits. Most revenge stories (villainess, shoelacers) fall into this trap, where the protagonist only suffers initially and then is blessed by the world with effortless smooth sailing the rest of the journey.
No. The protagonist needs to be portrayed as in a state of disadvantage, and the target of revenge/the hateful person in a state of advantage for it to be worthwhile. If the narrative overwhelmingly supports the protagonist, every "advantage" the hateful person has is rendered transparent and superficial, as it's clear what will be happening to them the rest of the story. It's predictable and boring. The protagonist suffers no setbacks, the antagonist will always suffer a setback. A story should be an unpredictable tug of war or course of events, knowing the conclusion of something takes all the excitement and interest out of it.
I remember [No to Being the Suffering Heroine!] doing this excellently to an extent as a subversion of the shoelacer genre.