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Originally Posted by Lemurion
While stories do benefit from dramatic conflict, they don't require "heroes" and "villains." Instead, they require a "protagonist" and an "antagonist." The antagonist isn't necessarily a villain, they're just someone with goals opposed to those of the protagonist.[...]
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Yes protagonist and antagonist are more generic definitions, but they typically have the same implications. Which one is being antagonistic may be merely a matter of perspective, and so trying to designate one the protagonist and one the antagonist can be misleading and brings us back to the OP: a story in which there are no villains.