I don't sympathize with Negan but he is kind of fun.
I have yet to understand why Negan didn't just kill off Rick at the end of the season. He obviously understands that Rick and his crew know what it takes to survive but you would think he would also realize that he just isn't going to break them.
Since they are stretching out the final conflict with Negan to Season 8, I do hope and I do anticipate that we will get the Negan backstory. And it is probably a really good opportunity for TWD to redeem itself if the writing and acting are good and the story in intriguing. Count myself as someone that is very curious about his past. Was he always a bully and an ass, or what led to this?