Characters that you disliked, but grew to like in the end.

[Rose and Thorn]

This might be completely off-topic-ish, kinda...maybe?

I watch Big Brother and early on I decided the people I would want to win. The people I liked the most or thought I did, and as the season went on, I started to dislike many of the people I originally liked and started to like other housemates as I got to know them all more.

It's interesting because they are real people, although you can look at them like characters.

Other then that, you can have hundreds of examples for something like this.

Like in Skyrim for example, when I first played the game I went with Ralof and the Stormcloaks, instead of Hadvar and Imperials on the sole reason that I was a prisoner and they were going to kill me.

The second time I looked at it from a "it really was a complete accident I was on the chopping block" and sided with the Imperials and went with Hadvar. Not only did I like Hadvar MUCH more then Ralof, since Ralof came off more as a stupid barbarion, but the Imperials made more sense. Ulfric Stormcloak really was a blood thirsty racist leader.

I mean even right off the bat, Ralof's first thought when he sees the imperials in the keep is to kill them, Hadvar see's the sitaution we are in and he decideds to try to reason with the Stormcloaks to work together against the fucking dragon killing everyone. Really changes the game.

 

[LadyTiamat]

I'm gonna go ahead and say Tidus from Final Fantasy X; seems like it was Square's intention too.

I mean, his growth through the game is just SO stark and it's written so well.
Whiny, bitchy sports star -> pseudo leader of the group.

...a lot of disagreement inbound, surely xD.

Nope I also agree, but I never disliked him that much to begin with I thought his weak demeanor was because he was emotionally abused to an extent by his father by Jecht's poor parental skills and alcoholism. Quite a deep persona.

Me personally it was Lightning in FF13, i found her cold but warmed to her in the end unlike the majority of the cast(it helped she punched snow....i really hated him, just so arrogant).

 

[Biodeamon]

three words.

Alex.
Fucking.
Mercer.

that is all, good day.

 

[itsausernamewhatofit]

I hated Raiden from the MGS series with every fiber of my being when he was first introduced to me. I now own five copies of MGS2 and have gained a grudging respect for him.

 

[bullet_sandw1ch]

Master Chief from Arby 'n' the Chief. At first all he does is annoy Arbiter and talks in an ungodly amount of 1337 speak, but in the current season it shows that Chief actually has feelings for others after he accidentally killed Cortana. Also the way he represents gamers in general can get hilarious.

dear god, i remember that webshow. i used to watch it, but my interest waned after the 30 minute movie they made.

 

[Fenra]

For me, Gabriel from the novel "blood and chocolate"... dont look at me like that it was a good book.

Still anyone who has read the book (and dont bother with the film, that wasnt an adaptation at all, it was a completely new story with only the names being the same in my eyes, think the DOOM movie and how little that had in common with the games) will know of the character, for most of the book I couldnt stand him or the way he acted, but by the end you find out why he is who he is and why he acts the way he does.

Completely changed my view on him in a few short chapters

 

[thenumberthirteen]

Daniel Jackson from SG-1, it took the better part of the first season before he started to grow on me, now he ranks up as one of my favourite characters of all time but early on... I just wanted him to shut his whinging mouth every time he was on camera. Once Jack and him started getting along, his character started fitting in properly

Yeah. Same goes for me. Though it's actually sort of iffy as I watched a big chunk of seasons out of order, and season 1 was one of the last I picked up on DVD (which made the full frontal nudity in the first episode quite a surprise).

I didn't like his portrayal in the first couple of seasons. Though I fully understand why he was like that as Michael Shanks (who played Dr Jackson) did a damn good portrayal of James Spader's performance from the original 1994 movie. So good that I didn't realise that they were played by different people. In contrast look at the differences between Jack O'Niell from movie to show; night and day. Daniel really evolved over the course of the series (arguably the most out of the main cast), and he's one of the strongest characters in the franchise.

He also got a lot hotter too. From this:
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http://www.sffchronicles.co.uk/forum/attachments/1632d990546604-daniel-jackson-pictures-wow.jpg

Daniel Jackson Approved
http://huntress.popullus.net/links1.gif

 

[White_Lama]

Garrosh Hellscream from WoW...Mists character changes aside. He started out afraid of his own legacy, seemed a whiney git, then he started being all headstrong, and stupid..and...he's the new Warchief? what? but the leadership role...changed him. Suddenly, having responsability made him temper down, he upheld honor, even dealing with subordinates who'd use Total War tactics to win...and they're going to suddenly derail him and turn him into his dad Mk2, without the 'saves his entire race' ending.

I am going to have to agree with you on this.

One thing in particular changed my opinion about him and it was this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wc-jsKgxJs

Granted I still like Thrall better.

 

[TheMann]

I'm going to say Barry Wheeler from Alan Wake. At first I thought he was the most annoying little prick imaginable, but then he just got funnier as the game progressed. Finally there was that part where you escape from the church with the sheriff, and he's standing there with Christmas lights wrapped around him and wearing a head lamp. He says "I'm like the eye of Sauron. I just look at these guys and they die." He continued to just get better after that until I was thinking "Alright, he's cool in my book."

 

[Random Argument Man]

Well...Dexter from Dexter.

The first episodes of Dexter are soooooooo boring. Dexter goes on and on and on how he's a killer and he has no emotions, bla bla blaaaaaaa...
Then the season's villain makes his first moves which is ***** with Dexter's identity. He breaks out of the monotone and really starts to be a great character and pretty much the reason why the show is still running.

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

Morrigan from Origins.
Tohsaka Rin, too.
They're all I can think of, really.

 

[Padwolf]

Jaime Lannister from A Song of Fire and Ice. I hated him at first. Then I read more and more and I grew to like him.

Darius from League of Legends. Hated him and his damn seemingly OPness! Then I learned to play Irelia and kicked butt. Now I like Darius and the challenge it gives me to play against him.

Draven from League of Legends. I've never played him because he's an AD Carry and I just can't play one of those things to save my life but his arrogant "League of Draven" egotistical jerkishness used to really annoy me... Now he seems pretty cool to me for some reason.

And him, Draven. Damn I hated him! Same, I can't explain why I now like him. For the same reasons I now like Darius I think, Draven gives me a challenge.

Shaco from League of Legends. I could be going along, doing well, then suddenly out of nowhere Shaco! But now I kind of like that, he seems cool.

Fenris from Dragon Age 2. I didn't like the emoish way about him. But looks were dismissed completely when I realised he was voiced by the guy who did Balthier from Final Fantasy 12. Dat voice.... but I also learned his reasons for being so angsty and I forgave him.

 

[Toy Yota]

Homura Akemi from Puella Madoka Magica.

At first, she appears as a selfish person who seems to be a sue until you learn about her real intentions.

 

[Zanderinfal]

Prichard in Deus Ex: Human Revolution. This is because later in game, you can see he actually see the evolution he goes through. At first he's just a cold bastard, but later in game he says things like "Wait... Jensen! Get out of there!", etc. He wasn't likable, but I loved how he seems like a real person.

 

[Danial]

Time to talk Wrestling. The Miz from WWE, his 2010/11 Title run has to go down as one of the all time great surprises, it went for a lot of people as the worst wwe champ of all time to one of the more stand out heels. All down to him taking the ball and running with it, which is more than most of the other heels can say these days. Also keeping to Wrestling, 90s Rock, Who else remembers the blue chip prospect Rocky Maivia?

Also Ryback, Ryback is F-ing growing on me.

FEED, ME, MORE!


Non Wrestling? Snape, Mother Fudging Snape.

 

[IrishBerserker]

I really did not like Brucie from GTA IV because he acted like a lot of guys I knew (and hated) in Highschool. After playing The Ballad of Gay Tony though I kind of understand why he acts the way he does.

 

[C2Ultima]

I didn't like Walt Jr. in Breaking Bad at first, but grew to like him more after Season 1, but that's probably because in Season 1, he was a selfish dickhead, but in from Season 2 onward, he became more tolerable, and actually started being helpful.

 

[SuperSuperSuperGuy]

Junpei Iori from Persona 3.

He seemed like a nice dude at first. We were made friends on the first few days of school.

You got him as a social link? Because I can't figure out how. Same with Yukari.

Junpei doesn't have a social link, but Yukari does about half way through the game.

He does in Persona 3 Portable. He replaces Kenji as the Magician Social Link for the female protagonist, so you automatically get him near the beginning of the game.

Speaking of Persona 3, I was going to say Mitsuru in response to the thread, but after thinking about it I realized that I still don't like her very much.

As my actual response to the thread, I'd have to say Kyoko Sakura from Puella Magi Madoka Magica. At first, she seemed like a cocky jerk, but after her backstory was revealed, I stopped viewing her that way.