I wonder what the actress who played her thinks. I was told that she was in a similar predicament and was essentially playing herself.greyscarf said:
Most beautifully fucked up character you've seen
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Crestfallen soldier in Dark Souls. He's a guy who has been sitting in the central hub, "Firelink Shrine" for months, paralyzed by his fear of death. His hobbies include taunting newbies and sounding depressed. Then when he finally decides to do something about his situation, he dies, loses his sanity and tries to kill you.
The General from Pan's Labyrinth.
His way of doing terrible things with no feeling creates a sense of dread and disgust.
Very rarely do I see a character who just makes me go "THIS is a bad person." After he set his tone, you couldn't help but worry for any character in his presence.
His way of doing terrible things with no feeling creates a sense of dread and disgust.
Very rarely do I see a character who just makes me go "THIS is a bad person." After he set his tone, you couldn't help but worry for any character in his presence.
I really like the messed up and odd characters, but when I need it the most, I can't seem to think of any. I did see Rorschach on one of the posts though, he's ONE of them, but he definitely is't my favorite.
OH! If anyone's ever read the Sandman graphic novel series, that thing's chalk (chock? Chalked?) full of the freaks.Karfroogle said:
I'm about to bring up The Sandman actually.Karfroogle said:
Delirium is the personification of insanity and does spout random stuff, not to mention have floating fish for balloons. But anyways she's one of the more funnier characters, especially during Brief Lives. Delirium driving a car is pretty hilarious.
Sadly she was formally Delight and we never known what happened to her to make her go insane.
I know im uber nerd for saying this, but.... MAJIN BUU. An impossibly maniacal killer of godly power, who just so happens to also be childishly fun loving, carefree, and hilarious. Yes.
Im sure she's been mentioned but if not (which would kinda shock me) I'm going to say Alice from American McGee's Alice series. Girl is right old screwed up in the head.
One of my favorite books on the movie is called Close-Up On Sunset Boulevard by Sam Staggs. It's an interesting, detailed look about the production, the actors involved & how the film has endured. I think it's worth checking out, if you're interested. There are excerpts from interviews, personal letters and other materials as well as little essays on other films/pop culture related to SB. Enjoy!sageoftruth said:
I'm sure there are plenty of characters that are more 'fucked up' than this, but I first thought of Sy Parrish, from the movie 'One Hour Photo' - a character played by Robin Williams. Left me a bit unnerved.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Hour_Photo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Hour_Photo
Sander Cohen from Bioshock is my nominee. I didn't even like Bioshock much but the segment with Cohen was made by the fact that this guy is so deliciously fucked up. He's not just a plain psychopath like the others, he gets you to crawl inside his head and try to see life as he does. It's deeply disturbing. And at the end of it all you don't even fight him, he just continues to exist in his malevolent fantasy world while you're left to move on and try to forget about him.
I'm gonna say Javik from Mass Effect. He had one of the worst backstories anyone could ever have. Seriously, if you think about it...
[mild spoilers]
to have an ability that won't just leave you with your own memories of living in a broken empire a century behind any feasible attempt of saving it, but the memory of 20 other soldiers who also had to thanks to the beacons, that must leave you messed up. The snippets he tells of are truly horrifying (like how the Reapers appropriated their children so the Protheans wouldn't shoot, or about the death cult on that one planet, just the psychotic strictness of Prothean rules probably necessary to make soldiers fight such an unfathomable evil...). And then, if you let him regain his own memories - well, there's a reason he says he wants to commit suicide after the fight against the Reapers ends if he's seen those, right? Anyway, he's an asshole, but there's really good explanations for it (litereally any person who has ever liked him, known him or even heard about him, even someone who just shares a marginally close cultural context with him is dead and long, long forgotten), but he's not a woobie or "fixable". I always liked that.
[mild spoilers]
to have an ability that won't just leave you with your own memories of living in a broken empire a century behind any feasible attempt of saving it, but the memory of 20 other soldiers who also had to thanks to the beacons, that must leave you messed up. The snippets he tells of are truly horrifying (like how the Reapers appropriated their children so the Protheans wouldn't shoot, or about the death cult on that one planet, just the psychotic strictness of Prothean rules probably necessary to make soldiers fight such an unfathomable evil...). And then, if you let him regain his own memories - well, there's a reason he says he wants to commit suicide after the fight against the Reapers ends if he's seen those, right? Anyway, he's an asshole, but there's really good explanations for it (litereally any person who has ever liked him, known him or even heard about him, even someone who just shares a marginally close cultural context with him is dead and long, long forgotten), but he's not a woobie or "fixable". I always liked that.
well...my brother made a necromancer...who was also a dentist, and spoke with a German accent so thick that if you cut it, I'm fairly sure sauerkraut would pour out.
He ended up making a monstrously huge zombie who had a television set for his head, and to talk the zombie changed channels, the zombie also received skills based on whatever station was currently on the screen. Typically, it was tuned to a professional wrestling channel....
Ummm...yeah we remembered him quite well.
The only other character that comes to mind is my modern-day monsters character. The setting was basically monsters in the modern day, though the world is trying to keep them under wraps, it is rather difficult to keep the existence of a five foot alraune living in a giant plant maze a secret.
She used to be human too, but slowly turned green and busty and started feeding humans to her plants...because well she stopped thinking like a human. I thought it rather delightful how gentle, nice and caring she was...and at the same time how monstrously cruel she was, as she casually fed humans to the various monsters living in her maze, or to the plant creatures or whatnot.
He ended up making a monstrously huge zombie who had a television set for his head, and to talk the zombie changed channels, the zombie also received skills based on whatever station was currently on the screen. Typically, it was tuned to a professional wrestling channel....
Ummm...yeah we remembered him quite well.
The only other character that comes to mind is my modern-day monsters character. The setting was basically monsters in the modern day, though the world is trying to keep them under wraps, it is rather difficult to keep the existence of a five foot alraune living in a giant plant maze a secret.
She used to be human too, but slowly turned green and busty and started feeding humans to her plants...because well she stopped thinking like a human. I thought it rather delightful how gentle, nice and caring she was...and at the same time how monstrously cruel she was, as she casually fed humans to the various monsters living in her maze, or to the plant creatures or whatnot.
