Characters people love that you hate.

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BloatedGuppy

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I find it interesting that people hate some characters for the very characteristics that make them interesting characters, instead of Mary Sues.

For my part, I'll echo the Gordon Freeman complaints, because he really isn't a "character" at all, just a cipher.
 

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LadyTiamat said:
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Catelyn Stark. Know-it-all busybody caused more trouble than she was worth.
Eddard Stark, he has nooooo flexibility in his moral reasoning. He just a self righteous fool.
True. He did cause a lot of his own troubles and his sons aren't much better. Honestly the only redeeming person in the family is Arya.
 

n00dle37

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Swyftstar said:
LadyTiamat said:
Swyftstar said:
Catelyn Stark. Know-it-all busybody caused more trouble than she was worth.
Eddard Stark, he has nooooo flexibility in his moral reasoning. He just a self righteous fool.
True. He did cause a lot of his own troubles and his sons aren't much better. Honestly the only redeeming person in the family is Arya.
What makes you say that? Jon and Sansa (post AGoT) are both rational and reasonable. Much more so than Arya.
 

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Keima Katsuragi from "The World God Only Knows", I can't stand that guy, he's horrible to women and when they try to do nice things for him, he's a complete arse.
 

Swyftstar

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n00dle37 said:
Swyftstar said:
LadyTiamat said:
Swyftstar said:
Catelyn Stark. Know-it-all busybody caused more trouble than she was worth.
Eddard Stark, he has nooooo flexibility in his moral reasoning. He just a self righteous fool.
True. He did cause a lot of his own troubles and his sons aren't much better. Honestly the only redeeming person in the family is Arya.
What makes you say that? Jon and Sansa (post AGoT) are both rational and reasonable. Much more so than Arya.
I actually like Jon but he tends to plow ahead doing what he thinks is right without noticing the knives at his back, a trait he got from his father. Sansa was annoying enough in the first book to last a lifetime.
Mind you, me hating everybody could just be a defense mechanism the way Martin writes. :p
 

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Rei from Evangelion....

I hate her specifically because there's so much hype and fandom around her and for the life of me I just can't see why. Add to it the fact that a lot of fan-drawn pictures of her tend to involve her being horrifically mutilated in some way and it boggles my mind to think that she's considered (at least in my experience) to be one of the most popular characters in that show.
 

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Sylvanas Windrunner from Warcraft.

People gush about how complex she is, yet she is completely one-dimensional.

People praise how well written she is, yet she flip-flops from whiney emo git to zombie hitler with the drop of a hat.

People speak of how well developed her character is. Of course, the only thing developed about her is her body.

Captcha: "goosebumps", still better written than Sylvanas.
 

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Tony Stark in the Iron Man and Avengers movies, I just don't like him for the most part but that also work for the dynamic of the team.
He has his moments but I just find him completely unlikeable out side of them, this is probably also the reason I like Avengers but not the Iron Man movies.
The Wykydtron said:
I was very suprised to see there was no LoL Statements in there. I actually reread it to make sure I didn't miss something.
No offence intended but I enjoy your LoL rants.
 

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He's not terribly popular, but Steiner from FF9. Bumbling idiot, I'd have killed him myself if that were an option. Other than that, Duke Nukem and Princess Peach.
 

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Wolverine. Ooh, he's so edgy cause he kills! Except stabbing guys in the gut and never dying is just boring, and that kind of shallow "edginess" is not enough for me. He's also overexposed as hell, has this ridiculously convoluted backstory and gets some kind of magic pass to still be ungodly popular.
 

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Chuck Norris- any of his references, nothing personal just sick of the constant lionizing of him.
Kratos- God of War, so overpowered its sickening nothing but anger in him.
Everyone from Call of Duty franchise except Ramerez, dont know if this counts but oh well, kind of self explanitory.
 

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Chuck Norris- any of his references, nothing personal just sick of the constant lionizing of him.
Kratos- God of War, so overpowered its sickening nothing but anger in him.
Everyone from Call of Duty franchise except Ramerez, dont know if this counts but oh well, kind of self explanitory.
 

The Wykydtron

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Shinsei-J said:
Tony Stark in the Iron Man and Avengers movies, I just don't like him for the most part but that also work for the dynamic of the team.
He has his moments but I just find him completely unlikeable out side of them, this is probably also the reason I like Avengers but not the Iron Man movies.
The Wykydtron said:
I was very suprised to see there was no LoL Statements in there. I actually reread it to make sure I didn't miss something.
No offence intended but I enjoy your LoL rants.
Well once I find something I really enjoy I have to talk about it... LoL is no exception XD

A surprising number of people have said they like my random rants about LoL. Could go and live the life of one of those lucky people who upload LoL videos to Youtube and get paid for it... If I could get past my lack of recording equipment and/or a decent PC of course.

As for characters I don't like in LoL...

Varus. Goddamn Varus. I despise every aspect of his character design. Sound effects, spell effects, emotes, voice clips, moveset everything. Even his autoattacks! To say he rubs me the wrong way would be a massive understatement.

Of course Darius gets a mention because he's broken as fuck. Though for some reason a lot of people have dropped him compared to a few weeks ago... I suppose walking around pressing R all the time got boring.

My curveball would be LeBlanc. God! Every single time i'm against her she just does that bullshit Teleport in Q R teleport out combo that brings you to a quarter health from full. If she manages to land and proc the chain as well you're dead. Free harass that kills you... Great.

I know AP Mid is harass a bit then burst them down as soon as any mistake is made (my favourite mid is Katarina for this very reason) but LB skips the harass and goes straight for the kill the moment she hits 6.

I have to repeat the mantra of "she falls off lategame, she falls off lategame she falls of-OH WHAT THE FUCK?! REALLY?! AGAIN?!"

Now if only my internet was good enough to stop that 'tard AFK bot Riot has from banning me every other game -_-

I'm just going to play one game per day until my invisible left game metre goes back to neutral. Since having about 20 perfectly fine games in one day then lagging out of 2 at the end gets me banned for a week. Such good logic you have there Riot.

Well I suppose it's skipped the inevitable new Katarina mirror matches I would have had this week. Thanks Normal Blind! (AKA Training Mode)

[sub]^ Evidence of how easily I can find a Silver Lining to anything[/sub]

Just wait until I get into DOTA 2... Valve look to be using the Magic: The Gathering logic of "everything is overpowered, so nothing is overpowered." For a MOBA game that's pretty interesting. God knows how i'm going to split my time between two MOBAs though... I'm unsure if I want that beta invite to arrive or not now.
 

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Commander Shepard, I know that sounds like saying "I hate myself since his personality is what I prescribe to him" but he doesn't really have any personality. He's either good, bad, or neutral, I want a game where I can be like SUPER JERK.....well, back to Alpha Protocol.
 

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GunsmithKitten said:
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John Marston from Red Dead Redemption.

The guy is the biggest fucking doormat in the world of gaming. He's all bark no bite.
You never played Rule of Rose then, have you?

Jennifer could give LESSONS on doormat status.

Oh? I'm being tormented by girls much smaller than me, letting them torture me and treat me like an animal or worse, and even though I'm packing bludgeons, sharp objects and at one point a revolver, I'm not going to do anything but cry while they tie me up, beat me, and throw me to monsters."
No, I never did play that on the count that it seems to be banned everywhere.

But in defense, though never having played it, Rule of Rose seemed to be more of a psychological horror game (unless I'm mistaken).

In Red Dead Redemption you're apparently this badass outlaw, but throughout most of the game you're getting barked at and insulted by necrophiliacs, and raping warlords. You constantly make empty threats and never take any initiative when it comes to finding clues or whatever.

It's like John Marston can't even tie his own shoes without some asshole telling him how. Jimmy Hopkins from Bully totally smokes Marston in terms of badassery.
 

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Marvels Cable
And Comic version Wolverine.

Cable is a self asorbed over powered ugly looking piece of shit of a human being that is revealed in Deadpool and cable (yes i know the title is the other way around but people only read it for deadpool who is my favorite comic character) that he'd rather eliminate free will and choice for peace. My problem with this is that peace is never worth giving up free will. i think the worse thing you can do to people is eliminate any consent, choice, or free will and remove any power from them. Which is a reason why i find bullying, rape, and taking advantage of lesser able-ed people so contemptible. Its basicly knocking them down and removing any power they may hold. and even if they are brainwashed into believing they are happy, it's still wrong and doesnt work for everyone. This is why i like Deadpool so much. He found Cables new world idea boring and delusional and thought a destroyed world where people were free was ultimately better than a perfect world where people had zero choice.
And the worst thing about cable is that he never fucking learned this and continuedd being hitler jesus and he's the future son of scott summer, cyclops, who i dont like. actually, i dont like most of the main x-men cast, just the background and side characters like domino or Crazy Enez. Which brings me to Wolverine.
Its odd that i like Wolverine in film, probably because Hughe Jackman was charisma and doesnt go around all emo, serious, and just a murderous wet blanket.
Yes film wolverine was brutal and had a tad bit of depression from not knowing his past...but it wasnt the whole deal, he cracked jokes, smirked, had personality, and acted like a human being and didnt kill at the drop of a hat and treated everyone like pure shit.
He just sits back, downs a beer and smoke his cigar like a boss.

Also sasuke from Naruto...for one, Naruto is the main character and he's supposed to be prank happy and a goof ball, sasuke not only became and no personality a-sexual asswipe who should have died YEARS AGO. in fact he's dragging Naruto's character and story down by eliminating his need to be a goof-ball prankster which is supposed to be what gives him an edge in being a ninja, booby traps and mayhem.
If they kill sasuke and just have short not connected sagas and actually let naruto and hinata (who was pretty much dropped right after she made her confession) just fuck for god sake, the manga and anime could easily bring back more readers and last more years.
Also, naruto is still the lowest rank ninja of his group and yet he's a sage?
show him teaming up on the chunihn exams again! Just have a story that progresses! nothing has actually happened in naruto since the time skip and its fuck mothering annoying!
Hell, look at one piece, that about the best damn manga/anime ever made since DBZ. know why?
it fucking gets on with it, and has interesting characters while haveing the balls to kill off important characters for the sake of character development.

Also, bugs Bunny....he's really a douche....and daffy is funnier.
 

shrekfan246

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Just once, can't we have an "X you love that everyone else hates" thread? Just once? No? We have to keep up the endless cycle of negativity here on The Escapist? Sheesh, I'm surprised Game Grumps isn't hosted here.

Let me see... how about Link? There we go.