I still have dreams where I dont have my degree for some reason and I have to do some arbitrary task I keep failing at to get it. I graduated 4 years ago.

He has so much working in his favor that it feels cathartic to have the whole town indirectly come together to put him down for good.

This is a surprisingly hard question for me to answer. The first thing that comes to mind is Jojo Part 4 Kira. Jojo villains tend to have incredible luck and it makes it more satisfying to finally see their shit kicked in.