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The prompt only says the villianous plans backfire
Ah, true. So trying to do good won't help him do evil, either. What if he tries to do something morally ambiguous, like stealing bread to feed a starving family?
Or if he winds up in a trolley problem type situation.
If he tries to switch the track so the trolley only runs over 1 person, it will probably (harmlessly) derail and save everyone, but doing nothing is more interesting to figure out. He's a villain, and I would consider seeing people about to die and doing nothing while cackling inwardly a villainous act even though the "act" is actually doing nothing. Would malicious intent through inaction count for the curse? Maybe not.
Wow what a terrible train crash. Good thing no one messed with this "blow up the orphanage" lever too. (Why do we even have that thing?)