Well, I liked Emile and Martha from Tales of Phantasia 2 for the Wii. Yeah, he's a whiney emo at first, but over the course of the game he develops quite a bit. I mean, if you want character development, you can't start off with a badass, right?
Fictional characters you like but others dislike.
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I liked Raiden. Then I played Metal Gear Rising. Now he's just one notch below Bayonetta. He's da fuckin' bomb.I Stomp on Kittens said:
OT: Squall from FFVIII. Yeah, fuckers, I said it. I don't really understand this contempt for 'whiny' characters. He's canonically 17, for god's sake. Do you expect some cut-out stoic badass in your JRPG mostly involving kids in military academies/orphanages? I like them all. You heard me, Spoony.
I didn't think he was that bad, he was totally fucking badass in MGS4 though.I Stomp on Kittens said:
Most people seem to hate all the Ponds in Doctor Who, but I thought Rory was pretty cool. Amy is only bearable because Karen Gillan is far too attractive for a Scot (and River Song can fuck off), but I actually liked Rory and sympathized with him a lot.
Already listed but Shinji Akari. Infamously wimpy, whiney, and indecisive? Hell yea, but name one 12-13 boy year old who isn't in one way or another?
It makes him somewhat human considering all that EVA could have just had them talk, interact and think like little adults for no reason other than lazy writing. EVA has some problems with it, but Shinji is actually the least notable one (if at all).
Also (this one is going to put me on some fangirl's hitlist lol) Relena Peacecraft from Gundam Wing along with every other female lead in any popular series with a bunch of bishie/handsome male cast. Is Relena annoying as hell in the beginning? Yes. Does her pacifist preaching resemble a drill boring into your skull? Yep.
But it was long established in anime (to this day) that the lead female must call out the name of her hero or love interest (and he her) randomly throughout..so Relena isn't really unique in this regard. GW is written for teenagers/kids anyway so the characters are going to be 1-2 dimensional..but Relena seemed the most fleshed out due to her arch from preppy teenage girl to politician.
It makes him somewhat human considering all that EVA could have just had them talk, interact and think like little adults for no reason other than lazy writing. EVA has some problems with it, but Shinji is actually the least notable one (if at all).
Also (this one is going to put me on some fangirl's hitlist lol) Relena Peacecraft from Gundam Wing along with every other female lead in any popular series with a bunch of bishie/handsome male cast. Is Relena annoying as hell in the beginning? Yes. Does her pacifist preaching resemble a drill boring into your skull? Yep.
But it was long established in anime (to this day) that the lead female must call out the name of her hero or love interest (and he her) randomly throughout..so Relena isn't really unique in this regard. GW is written for teenagers/kids anyway so the characters are going to be 1-2 dimensional..but Relena seemed the most fleshed out due to her arch from preppy teenage girl to politician.
I'm gonna put my neck on the block and say Radagast from the Hobbit movie. I thought he was a fun, whimsical character who was a joy to watch. I even loved his bunny sled. Oh, and I'll add Tauriel from the sequel, mainly because she's getting crapped on purely for existing.
While I'm talking Tolkien, I'll add Maeglin from The Silmarillion. He tends to get remembered as "that dick who betrayed Gondolin's location to Morgoth," but everyone seems to forget that he only did so after a few torture sessions.
Also, pretty much every Walking Dead character that the fan base hates, particularly Andrea. The fan base seemed to think that killing a man in his sleep is a good and just act. I can't accept that. Ever.
While I'm talking Tolkien, I'll add Maeglin from The Silmarillion. He tends to get remembered as "that dick who betrayed Gondolin's location to Morgoth," but everyone seems to forget that he only did so after a few torture sessions.
Also, pretty much every Walking Dead character that the fan base hates, particularly Andrea. The fan base seemed to think that killing a man in his sleep is a good and just act. I can't accept that. Ever.
I love Radagast in the film, I'm a fan of the Tolkien universe as well and he didn't bother me at all.Bruce Kilkowski said:
I don't believe Tolkien wants people to assign 'dick' and 'hero' status to all his characters...just those who are corrupted by darkness and those who are resilient to it and don't give up. Even Sauron is just a glorified control freak who sees his own actions as trying to bring order to chaos.
What? He calls you a ***** during his story about the spoon guy, that counts.Pluvia said:
I appreciated Jaime from ASIAF before he had his sympathetic parts explained. He was too smug not to.
My wife likes to point out that my favourite characters in TV shows are often the most despicable ones - Denny Crane in Boston Legal, for example, or Brian Kinney on Queer as Folk.
In those particular cases I think I like that they're bastards AND they have redeeming qualities when it really comes down to it, but there's an awful lot of bastardry in them
In those particular cases I think I like that they're bastards AND they have redeeming qualities when it really comes down to it, but there's an awful lot of bastardry in them
Sauron even had a moment where he was genuinely shocked at the destruction of Numenor. Really, the only completely dickish character is Morgoth.Johanthemonster666 said:
I like Navi from Ocarina of Time, maybe I'm crazy but if I'm suddenly told I have to have the world, I'll happily take a sidekick who's only purpose is to help me, and give me vital info on a bunch of monsters. I also find her "hey", "listen" and "watch outs" to be kinda cute. >.>
I'll throw in the entire 5th generation of Pokemon, they take a lot of online hate from people, but they've become my favorite generation, and it's sad to see so much people hate them all because one happens to be a garbage bag.
I'll throw in the entire 5th generation of Pokemon, they take a lot of online hate from people, but they've become my favorite generation, and it's sad to see so much people hate them all because one happens to be a garbage bag.
Sasuke is vengeful against the village because it was the strong feelings that Itachi had for the village that made him live the sacrificial life he did - in that sense it was the village who killed his brother. It's like the scenario where (I'm sure some movie or book or something plays out this way but I can't think of one off the type of my head) you have a husband, a wife, and a child. They're in a dangerous scenario where the mother sacrifices herself to save the child. From that point on the husband sees the child as the person who "killed" his wife. Similar feelings are going on there. It's not logical by any means but yeah.TizzytheTormentor said:
What who doesn't love Lemongrab!??!piinyouri said:
OT: I understand why he's hated, but I can't help but love Tingle from Legends of Zelda: Majora's Mask. My husband still goes into nerd-rage when I end a conversation with "Kooloo Limpah!" I thought he was cute though!
i think she was the ONLY person in FF13 i ACTUALLY liked... because she was CRAZY... and actually a 'person' when you got down to it, shit just got real and its technically all you fault? DENY IT!! IT DIDN'T HAPPEN!! plus she was the only one being 'perky' while everyone else was being all coiff-cool-emo... even if her 'perky' was actually just covering up her severe guild and trying ti distance herself from responsibility... yea, she's like the ONLY one i liked...Zoyasha said:
as for my add on the list... Cersi Lannister, god i love that woman like a female Hannibal Lecter... yet every time she's mentioned all i hear is 'WITCH!! WITCH!! BURN THE WITCH!!' or something like that *waves hand*
for game varient, well i tend to like 'obscure' side characters so i don't even know that they're 'hated', like Moira from Fallout 3? she was hated? since when! she's was probably my favorite person in that game as for all my playthroughs she's the one i always remembered for sending me to do crazy-shit and just be all 'oh, well dontcha' worry... that was fun!' about it... *snickers*
OH!! wait, i KNOW!! Citan Uzuki!! yea, Doc from Xenogears, EVERYONE hates that jerkass for being a double-triple-WTF-agent with plans so convoluted and really only there for plot and dipping out all the time during fights especially since he's the most OP character in the whole game!! *hugs* OG Troll-master, i love you Citan Uzuki, Jin and Shion are not enough and did not learn your marvelous ways~
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i'm sure TheDarkID will have something to say against me for this... so to cover my basis: http://lparchive.org/Xenogears-(by-The-Dark-Id)/Citan/ there...
he cooks breakfast the morning after him and Ashley get shit-faced-drunk (and 'possibly' other things *snickers*) a guy who does that is completely adorable no matter how big and as much of a murder-machine-brofag he portrays himself to be, that's some sweet stuff right there... so yea, i like him too~bat32391 said:
breakfast in bed, HELL YEA!!
someone out there HATES the psycho-genius-nutjob-that refers to EXPLOSIVE BUNNIES as her 'girlz' with heavy amounts of lewd streetwise innuendo and has one of the most HILARIOUS 'payback' games i've ever seen? that's... that's possible?Pluvia said:
*mind blown*Handsome Jack on the other hand... oh... oooooooh... i fucking HAAAAAATE that guy... but ya know, i actually LOVE him for that
he's probably the best Villain in resent memory that i actually LOVED to HATE, because he did it SOOOO RIGHT!! XD there's just ab-so-freakin'-lute-ly NOTHING redeemable about him, and he's just so goddamn smug about... there is nothing BETTER in a villain then one that totally believes they are in the right... goddamnit!! i actually like that asshole now!!
please add apron, frying pan in one hand, a strobe light, sunglasses and 'Bringing Sexy Back' playing over the back XDbigfatcarp93 said:
Seriously, WHY THE FUCK DOES EVERYONE HATE JAMES!?
He's AWESOME!
so much love~
only way to make it better? Have Aria and Samara posing awesome/sexy behind him XD everything's better with Asari~