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I guess, but we have had a lot of villain pair-ups, just because we root for one of them, doesn't necessarily make them the protagonist. The Alejandro-Heather conflict didn't become the central focus until a fair bit later in the season, since they weren't even on the same team and Al was too busy disposing of Team Victory. The season had a lot of other plots at the beginning like DJ's animal curse, Codierra, or the dreaded love triangle.

While I agree that many sided with Heather from the start, but that's mainly because they were her fans. I don't think people who weren't Heather fans would immediately feel inclined to root for her from the beginning. Team Amazon still hated her so she was painted as the antagonist on their team.