Characters people love that you hate.

[BartyMae]

One that really jumps to mind is Alex Vance from the Half-Life series. For all intents and purposes, she's an alright character...but the way she's so forcefully friendly with Gordon sickens me. Most of the time, when stuff is happening, she's cool, but it's whenever you're splitting the group up or in a non-combat situation that she makes me squirm uncomfortably. I just don't see any reason for her to act the way she does. With that said, Half-Life is still one of my favorite game series. I'm a sucker for singleplayer first-person shooters with minor RPG elements incorporated.

I have no idea if anyone actually liked them, but the two female characters from Dark Messiah: Might and Magic made me ragequit about 10 hours into the game. I seriously got so sick of those two dimwits. Xana and...Leana? Don't remember. Either way, they ruined the game for me. Forced companionship/romance is something that can instantly make me dislike a game, depending on the character(s) in question, and neither of these two fit the bill of being acceptable. It didn't help that Xana's voice actor AND dialogue were...not very good, either.

Ashley and Liara in Mass Effect 1 sickened me as well. Forced romances...*shudder* I didn't even talk to Ashley once and she still automatically assumed that I was romancing her! Absolutely dreadful. Also, Miranda was one of the most hideous attempts at making a character "beautiful" that I've seen. What a terrifying face.

Baldur's Gate 2, even though it's one of my favorite games, also falls prey to idiotic BioWare's idea of romances - you talk to a character once or twice, and they're automatically in love with you! Ridiculous. It, however, gets a pass, because I liked most, (actually, mostly all) of the characters.

(edit) Also, all the characters from Dragon Age: Origins. I don't think I liked a single one beyond Duncan, who dies right away anyhow. Shale was alright, too, I guess.

 

[Hira]

Sorry fellow bronies. But I simply cannot stand Lyra or Trixxie. I don't see the hype about them and why they should be that special.

( Stole BF's account for a bit to comment on this.~ Sorry babe.)

 

[DeimosMasque]

Video Game wise: Pretty much the entire cast of Final Fantasy 7. I never understood the appeal of any aspect of that game other than "oooo 3rd graphics." Well that and now nostalgia as the younger generation now knows that as the first Final Fantasy the played.

That being said, I really dislike Shadow from FF6 and Edge from FF4. Both just ninja guys with no other real personality traits worth anything.

Comic book wise: I've grown to really hate Deadpool, but that has more to do with over-saturation rather than anything he's actually done or been characterized as.

Same is starting to go for Wolverine who for many years was my favorite comic character(like since before even the 90s abomination...er... I mean cartoon came out.)

The New 52 version of Red Robin has also earned my ire for going from one of the least brooding members of the Bat-family to being worse than Batman. The guy has no energy or drive and seeing him in the Teen Titans comic just makes me scream at him, "If you don't trust anyone and don't like anything WHY ARE YOU HERE!" Oh that's right 90's-style action and agnst, the real motto of the new 52.

This goes for the New 52 version of John Constantine as well, a character I adore and is the ONLY character I've ever cosplayed as. I even don't hate the movie version of him as much as I hate the Justice League Dark version. Look John Constantine is a wanker and untrustworthy at times, but he isn't just an asshole with no morals who -only- cares for himself. I swear the new writer for the comic basically was just told "yeah he's an arsehole, take it from there."

Woah, that got more ranty than I meant it to. And a little off topic too.

 

[MrHide-Patten]

Hell, I'll be that person.

The "MLP: FiM" cast.

Now, before you Bronies start lighting up the torches, grabbing the pitchforks, and loading the double-barrels... keep in mind that I've got nothing actually against the fanbase. I just don't understand its fascination with the show. Trust me, I've tried watching it - I figured I might as well since it's already pretty much everywhere - I just couldn't get into it with the kind of fervor that everyone else has.

Damn, stole the words right out of my mouth. Too damn cutesy, and the HORRIBLE puns, I can't sit through one episode without cringing like I'm watching the Human Centipede.

 

[BlueKenja]

Sora from Kingdom Hearts, personally I found Riku, most of Organisation XIII and oddly enough even Roxas more engaging characters than him.

Rinoa and Selphie from FF8, Rinoa is an irritating, immature whiny cow who's meant to be "endearing" (no, she's annoying) and Selphie is an irritating cow who's clumsiness and whimsical personality are meant to be "endearing" (they aren't...).
Plus how practically all the female party members were just barnacle characters for the males...mainly Squall.

Dante from Devil May Cry, I just prefer Vergil.

Aigis from Persona 3, I just didn't like her. At all.

Internet example; Tobuscus, I find him irritating, grating, overly reliant on played-out rapid edits that are oh so common for youtube series like his and not funny at all.

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

Kaiden Alenko, that mopey bastard.
Ashley may have been a racist, but id much rather save her on Virmire then listen to Kaiden cry about hislife one more time.

Mopey? What? Did you...how...wha?

I'm honestly baffled, as I'm playing through Mass Effect currently, and any time I talked to Kaiden, he was emphatic about how the past was in the past, and how he had dealt with it long ago. It's Shepard that digs it up and basically pushes Kaiden to relive it. Maybe he had issues with bottling up his emotions, but I don't see calling him "mopey" because he wasn't entirely pleased with the fact that he killed his "drill sergeant" at the age of 17.

Edit: Just to be clear, I have no issue with preferring Ashley over Kaiden, and I accept that both characters have flaws. I am just curious as to how you get "mopey" out of Kaiden.

 

[Dtox333]

You know, you could have just described your dislike of the characters, without going on a little tirade directed at us.

Could have. But anytime anyone ever does that, the hardcore segment of the Brony community seems to go out of its way to badger the person with claims like "you're just a hater whose never watched it!" If the community as a whole were more mature about their general response to people who simply say "Hey, I don't like it." then the response of people who don't like it wouldn't have to be preemptive.

So no, I have no remorse for my wording. Get a thicker skin, and, y'know... actually participate in the topic rather than making yourself look like exactly the type of person I was being preemptive about.

Well I browsed this thread because I was interested in the responses, and, yes, I was wondering if there were any sort about MLP. I was kind of expecting some about the characters of MLP, honestly. hell, even I can think of a few points that would legitimately bother people, with them immediately asking "how can people like these things!?"

If you must know, I really cannot think of any character that I hate that other people like. I tried adding to the thread, but I just can't think of anything. I like characters that some would describe as loud, obnoxious, one dimensional, and generally stupid, so I honestly cannot complain.

If you think that I'm exactly the kind of person you were being "preemptive" about, then I apologize, I didn't mean any offense. I was just saying you could have expressed your opinion on the characters without having to direct that at us, I personally would have backed you up if anyone jumped on you for it.

 

[Tippy]

Hell, I'll be that person.

The "MLP: FiM" cast.

Now, before you Bronies start lighting up the torches, grabbing the pitchforks, and loading the double-barrels...

...You realize if a brony reacts on the way that you just described, they're not a brony right?
Whatever experiences you've had with bronies, if you think we're like that...then I'm sorry to say that you haven't met a genuine brony yet ^_^
edit: Aaaah I guess enough people have already lectured you on that

Alright, my turn:

Naruto, Ichigo and every other generic big-mouthed emotional twat that is currently poisoning manga/anime!

(Kamina doesn't count. He's the man of men.)

 

[Tuesday Night Fever]

If you think that I'm exactly the kind of person you were being "preemptive" about, then I apologize, I didn't mean any offense. I was just saying you could have expressed your opinion on the characters without having to direct that at us, I personally would have backed you up if anyone jumped on you for it.

The irony of the situation is that it was never even meant to be an attack on "Bronies." It was meant more as a "Hold your horses!" statement, except frankly that would have been a really bad pun (admit it, you would have facepalmed and you know it!). I believe I even stated that I have nothing particularly against the fan community...it just gets pretty groan-worthy how defensive some of its bigger fans are whenever someone expresses little to no interest in their beloved ponies.

It's almost like with those individuals there's a sort of persecution complex going on. Like if someone admits to not liking MLP, it's clearly because that person thinks that only little girls should like MLP.

/shrug.

It's not like that at all, at least for me. I just don't like the show. Simple as that. I gave it a chance, and it wasn't for me. I have no ill-feelings toward the general fanbase, regardless of age or gender, for liking it. Hell, in the past I've been told I need to grow the hell up because I'm in my mid-20's and still love chocolate milk... so to each their own, I guess.

 

[DeimosMasque]

Hell, I'll be that person.

The "MLP: FiM" cast.

Now, before you Bronies start lighting up the torches, grabbing the pitchforks, and loading the double-barrels...

...You realize if a brony reacts on the way that you just described, they're not a brony right?
Whatever experiences you've had with bronies, if you think we're like that...then I'm sorry to say that you haven't met a genuine brony yet ^_^

As a fan of MLP:FIM but someone who doesn't consider himself a brony... this isn't true. The Nostalgia Critic just posted a "Brony Story" that saved him from being stuck in Canada. One person attacked the Bronies and the Bronies let out the stampede. They are bronies. They aren't what Bronies want to be on the internet. But I doubt that Trekkers or Star Wars fans want to be seen by their most extremes.

 

[Tuesday Night Fever]

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Yeah, yeah. I know. Insert "I'm Gonna Love and Tolerate the Shit Outta You!" image meme here.

Trust me, I get that. I get that the VAST majority of its fanbase sees things that way, and they're really not the ones I was referring to.

I was more referring to the ones who get all worked up and defensive whenever Fox News Jackass-Of-The-Week writes an article or conducts an interview insulting them for their interests. The particularly obsessed ones seem to jump on any dissenting opinion of their favorite show as being the same sort of thing. Like I said in the above post... I just don't like it...

And I figured saying something like "Whoa now... hold your horses, guys!" might have resulted in a few Escapists having to be hospitalized for facepalm-related injuries. I was looking out for your health, I swear!

 

[Terminate421]

Gordon Freeman.

In all honesty, at least Isaac Clarke in DEAD SPACE 1 had more of a personality than him. And yet people see Gordon Freeman as some sort of second coming of christ as a character.

Its annoying that people use the "Master Chief has no personality" argument, yet completely praise Gordon Freeman ignoring what they just said.

 

[Dtox333]

If you think that I'm exactly the kind of person you were being "preemptive" about, then I apologize, I didn't mean any offense. I was just saying you could have expressed your opinion on the characters without having to direct that at us, I personally would have backed you up if anyone jumped on you for it.

The irony of the situation is that it was never even meant to be an attack on "Bronies." It was meant more as a "Hold your horses!" statement, except frankly that would have been a really bad pun (admit it, you would have facepalmed and you know it!). I believe I even stated that I have nothing particularly against the fan community...it just gets pretty groan-worthy how defensive some of its bigger fans are whenever someone expresses little to no interest in their beloved ponies.

It's almost like with those individuals there's a sort of persecution complex going on. Like if someone admits to not liking MLP, it's clearly because that person thinks that only little girls should like MLP.

/shrug.

It's not like that at all, at least for me. I just don't like the show. Simple as that. I gave it a chance, and it wasn't for me. I have no ill-feelings toward the general fanbase, regardless of age or gender, for liking it. Hell, in the past I've been told I need to grow the hell up because I'm in my mid-20's and still love chocolate milk... so to each their own, I guess.

Well, I mainly felt like responding because your comment didn't even explain your actual feelings on the characters, instead it went off on an instant defense against fans who may have criticized you (which they shouldn't).

I'm just trying to express that you shouldn't fear speaking your opinion. Reading comments like your initial one makes me think "what are we going to do, tear him apart?". It's kind of often that I encounter this too, like on our TF2 brony server, a non fan accidentally joined in and instantly stated "OH GOD, this is a pony server!? you're not going to hate me for not liking ponies are you?" and we all just chuckled telling him it was alright.

On that last note, lots of people dislike the show because it IS for little girls, but that's just their personal preference. I myself couldn't care less of that fact, if that's why they don't like it, then whatever. it's when some decide to get judgmental about it is when I have an issue.

 

[Tuesday Night Fever]

Well, I mainly felt like responding because your comment didn't even explain your actual feelings on the characters, instead it went off on an instant defense against fans who may have criticized you (which they shouldn't).

I'm just trying to express that you shouldn't fear speaking your opinion. Reading comments like your initial one makes me think "what are we going to do, tear him apart?". It's kind of often that I encounter this too, like on our TF2 brony server, a non fan accidentally joined in and instantly stated "OH GOD, this is a pony server!? you're not going to hate me for not liking ponies are you?" and we all just chuckled telling him it was alright.

On that last note, lots of people dislike the show because it IS for little girls, but that's just their personal preference. I myself couldn't care less of that fact, if that's why they don't like it, then whatever. it's when some decide to get judgmental about it is when I have an issue.

I don't fear expressing my opinion. There's literally nothing deeper to my feelings on the subject than "I really don't like it" or "I didn't find it entertaining." Frankly, in my eyes anyway, it wasn't a deep enough show with deep enough characters to go into any sort of analysis of which facets of each character are unappealing and why. For the most part the characters are one-trick ponies one-dimensional in the same way that most characters are in children's programming. There's nothing inherently wrong with that... afterall, it's meant to be simple. But as such, my objections to it are also fairly simple. Give me a more complex series of characters, and I can come up with more complex analyses as to why I like or dislike them. The show just doesn't give me a whole lot to work with.

 

[Dtox333]

Well, I mainly felt like responding because your comment didn't even explain your actual feelings on the characters, instead it went off on an instant defense against fans who may have criticized you (which they shouldn't).

I'm just trying to express that you shouldn't fear speaking your opinion. Reading comments like your initial one makes me think "what are we going to do, tear him apart?". It's kind of often that I encounter this too, like on our TF2 brony server, a non fan accidentally joined in and instantly stated "OH GOD, this is a pony server!? you're not going to hate me for not liking ponies are you?" and we all just chuckled telling him it was alright.

On that last note, lots of people dislike the show because it IS for little girls, but that's just their personal preference. I myself couldn't care less of that fact, if that's why they don't like it, then whatever. it's when some decide to get judgmental about it is when I have an issue.

I don't fear expressing my opinion. There's literally nothing deeper to my feelings on the subject than "I really don't like it" or "I didn't find it entertaining." Frankly, in my eyes anyway, it wasn't a deep enough show with deep enough characters to go into any sort of analysis of which facets of each character are unappealing and why. For the most part the characters are one-trick ponies one-dimensional in the same way that most characters are in children's programming. There's nothing inherently wrong with that... afterall, it's meant to be simple. But as such, my objections to it are also fairly simple. Give me a more complex series of characters, and I can come up with more complex analyses as to why I like or dislike them. The show just doesn't give me a whole lot to work with.

Perhaps I should reword what I said, I'm not expecting a deep analysis of any sort, just something beyond "I don't like it, please don't go on a witch hunt for me."

What you just said though is pretty much what I was looking for, "they're too underdeveloped for my liking, end of story."

And, again, I'm not trying to change your mind, or tell you that you're wrong. I think we can end this conversation now.

 

[Tuesday Night Fever]

Perhaps I should reword what I said, I'm not expecting a deep analysis of any sort, just something beyond "I don't like it, please don't go on a witch hunt for me."

What you just said though is pretty much what I was looking for, "they're too underdeveloped for my liking, end of story."

And, again, I'm not trying to change your mind, or tell you that you're wrong. I think we can end this conversation now.

Except that's not the issue. It doesn't bother me that they're underdeveloped - that's just a staple of the genre, and I don't dislike the genre as a whole.

I just didn't like the show. That's pretty much it. The animation is pretty good and I can acknowledge that it's a reasonably well-made show, but it just didn't have that certain... je ne sais quoi... to grab me like it apparently did for many other people.

 

[Dragonforce525]

Every single character in every Pokemon game, yes that's including NPCs, they don't act human, they don't even act like robots, they act like robots who've based their personalities on aliens trying to blend in with humans.

Mario, completely devoid of any emotion, besides "get princess bootay", he's only here because he's old, he's a mascot nothing more.

 

[VeryOddGamer]

Daenerys Motherfuckin' Targaryen. I just completely loathe her in A Dance With Dragons.

I already dislike her and I haven't even finished AGoT. I really don't know why, I just do.
OT: Link and Mario, they have practically no personality.

 

[Casual Shinji]

John Marston from Red Dead Redemption.

The guy is the biggest fucking doormat in the world of gaming. He's all bark no bite.

Thing is, he starts out pretty well. But then Mexico comes along and he casually shoves all his principles out of the door.

He also just doesn't do anything on his own.

He'll meet someone who knows more than him (which is apparently frikking everyone) and asks about Bill Williams. Said person tells him to grant a favour first before telling him. John goes and performs the favour, returns for the promised information, and gets fucking sent out again on another errand. All the while making empty threats about how they better tell him now or else. Threats on which he never delivers.

And that Mexico section just went on forever.

 

[Don Savik]

LSP from Adventure Time. Her character as a sassy, overdramatic teenager is TOO GOOD IT IS ANNOYING.

Her voice sucks too.

Like, oh my glop, your just like, jealous of her good looks and stuff.




though honestly is that a character that people "love"? I think THAT character is Beemo.