Ode to Villans (First draft)

[addy]

For the record, you've got a great foundation here for an excellent poem. Right off the bat it's witty and interesting, with a solid idea.

I love all tales where villains win;
Villains who, at story’s end,
Are on the right side of a gun- (Liked this line)
Regardless of the ills they’ve done (I would've liked "wrongs" over "ills" )

I love to watch the peasants weep (Sounds a tad bit like reveling in heroes losing rather than villains winning, which is semantics, I know, but at this point in the poem where you're starting to explain things it probably matters. Maybe instead of starting the next line with "or" you can start with "as" to connect it)
Or criminals outplay police
Or goblins pouring through a gate ("goblin" struck me as an odd choice, but it's a nice touch to the tone you're going for)
Or flames consume the king’s estate. (This line seems a little disconnected as well)

And all the hero’s gallant dreams
Die beneath a guillotine;
No matter book or film or play
The end is always best that way- (This line feels a little bland/obvious)

Where not an ash of hope survives (Using ash as a singular sounds a bit odd)
No sequels, encores, seconds tries
The audience, as hush as stone-
Hands-in-pockets, shuffles home (Good idea to end it at. It's quite inspired to expand this to a meta of the audience)

As much as I enjoyed the progression in terms of the kinds of stories described, I especially loved where you were going with it: the idea being that it's actually not about literally cheering evil over good, but about taking away the narrative moral safety net that makes for comfortable stories. The simple and fairy tale-like narration of the poem (describing heroes, goblins, kings) followed with the narrative lens suddenly zooming to the audience was therefore a very nice touch. You can enhance this aspect as you further build the poem (assuming that was your intention, and I'm not just misreading the tone)