Characters you like that others don't.

[lacktheknack]

The Little Lamplight kids.

Both "D'aaaawwwww" and "WOW" combined in one interaction. I can't wait to have swarms of people do spit takes at this post.

I wanted to shoot the little fuckers, but the game wouldn't me so I had to content myself with nudging them over the edges of drops.

Should have had the "Child At Heart" perk. It takes Little Lamplight from "Annoying Hellhole" to "Best Location In Game".

 

[Harkonn3n]

I'm in love with Lucy from Elfen Lied...
If that wasn't obvious from my avatar

 

[Sticky Squid]

I'm going with Largo from Valkyria chronicles, most people just don't care about him.

 

[Kolby Jack]

Superman. Many people hate on him because he's "so powerful" and "boring" and because "Batman could beat him in a fight and Batman is just a normal guy and Batman Batman BATMAN" (seriously tired of everybody gushing over Batman too, by the way). And of course now, extreme right-wing douchebags hate him too because he renounced his US citizenship.

But I love the Man of Steel. He's not just a compelling character in his own right, but he's really the first, greatest, and most famous superhero ever. Superman has plenty of conflict, and his is unique in that he's just TOO powerful to the point where people simultaneously fear and rely on him at all times. He can't make a mistake, EVER, because when he does the consequences would most likely be deadly and the world would turn on him in an instant. Even with all of that weighing down on him, he cares deeply for humanity and never stops protecting them. Too many heroes are gritty, dark, angst-driven vigilantes; I'm glad to have an idealistic one like Superman to keep things in perspective. "Big blue Boy Scout" is a fucking compliment.

And also, because he's so powerful, when an even MORE powerful villain comes along, you know shit just got real.

 

[Vault101]

Easily the best thing in GTA 4 (okay fine, the best fat, Serbian, compulsive lying thing in GTA 4) was Roman. He gets lots of hate for obvious reasons if you've ever played it
But to me he was much needed comic relief,
the series has taken a more realistic and harrowing turn from it's usual ridiculous mindless fun
and Roman was, to me, a reminder of how silly and warped the whole thing used to be
Sure, GTA 4 was still pretty good
but thats not really my point
my point is that I loved Roman

I didn't mind him during cut scenes and story-driven missions, it's just when he'd call up asking to go bowling or to dinner while I've got four wanted stars and half the LCPD (all I did was shoot a hooker in the face and run over a cop tying to arrest me) on my ass, then get pissy when I say no.

Brucie, on the other hand, had next to no redeemable qualities at all.

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though thats not always a good thing, kinda feels like one of those charachters (like neo from the matrix) who doesnt actually have to work or earn their awsomeness, they get it handed over to them on a silver platter

Actually, Desmond is not getting everything handed to him on a silver platter, at least not as of AC Brotherhood. If you read e-mails sent between the other teammates, they point out that Desmond has been screaming in his sleep a lot and there are other clues that Desmond may be loosing his grip on both the present and reality.

sorry my bad, havnt finished AC2 yet so Im a little behined

 

[AgentNein]

Megaman and Dante

Also I HATE DeadPool. He's like the Dane Cook of Superheros.

Aaaahahaha, never thought of it that way before.

...but who exactly has a problem with Megaman?

*snip*

I agree with you on Superman. He's a great character. When every other superhero is fucked up and flawed in some way to give us the same old "see superheroes are just like you and me", Superman is a character everyone could aspire to. It's refreshing today. How many other comics explore in-depth characters that are essentially godlike?

What really made me realize that Superman still has such potential for stories today was Grant Morrison's All-Star Superman. Fucking great comic. Dare I say maybe the greatest comic put out in the last fifteen years.

 

[mireko]

As a rule, I probably liked that female character you hated in that game.

Other than that, it's very hard to keep up with what characters people hate. Is there a list somewhere?

 

[Conn1496]

The adoring fan. Enough said.
(He makes for a great joke topic, and doubles as a shield.)

 

[CJMacM]

I liked Shinji Ikari from Evangelion. He was supposed to be a normal 14-year-old with issues.

I also rather like Catelyn Stark from A Song of Ice and Fire. She seems to be one of the least favourite POV characters among people who've read the books (and I guess I understand peoples reasoning) but I think she's a good character.

 

[HerbertTheHamster]

Dane Vogel.

 

[WolfThomas]

My favourite comic character is Cable, he considered by some to be ultimate symbol for everything that's wrong with comics in the 90's. It's strange that even now with thousands of comics under my belt, being able to discuss great works like Sandman and The Invisibles in depth, he's still my favourite.

It's stems from when I was a kid, he was my favourite character after I saw him on the animated X-men series, I then obtained a dozen or so miss-matched Cable issues and read and re-read them over and over again. Later on I forgot about him and comics and years later I got a chance to read Cable & Deadpool by Fabian Niceza and was instantly hooked. Here was a genuinely mature yet funny update to an old favourite. That basically got me into Marvel comics again which inevitably lead to me loving comics.

The key reason I like the character is that theres not a lot of gruff older heroes in comics, most comic characters are teens (which I've outgrown) or college aged (soon to outgrow). They're also overly melodramatic. But here is this soldier first, super hero second, whose buried two wives and a son, seen countless genocides in the future and briefly wielded the power of a god. He will never give up, he'll fight with everything he can, be it telekinesis/telepathy, a huge gun, a knife or even his fists.

 

[Armored Prayer]

Brucie form GTA:4. That crazy bastard always made me laugh.

*starts exercising on a machine*

"One... two... three..."

*Nico walks in*

"Ninety eight... ninety nine... one hundred"

 

[Assonabum]

Apparently a lot of people didn't like Moira Brown. To me, she was by far the best thing about Fallout 3.

second that

 

[pyramid head grape]

I actually like Matsuda from Death Note. Everybody said he was a whiny emo ***** but I thought he was a nice guy.

Me too, she is a nice emo *****.

Megaman and Dante

Also I HATE DeadPool. He's like the Dane Cook of Superheros.

Dante is awesome the new one (DMC5)meh I can handle it. :l

FUCKING DANE COOK X@

 

[Nouw]

I like Jar Jar Binks.

I don't care if people find him annoying, he's a decent chap.

 

[DaphneRose]

Vanille, from FF13.
She just seems happy and nice. Not particularly "omgrandom!" at all.

 

[Mr. Fancy Pants]

I like Jar-Jar. That's right, so bite me.

I love Vanille in FF13 too. People say she's annoying but I think she's cute.

 

[kayisking]

Ashley Williams, I just love the fact that they made her in a genuine tough girl charcacter, without changing her into an Ice Queen. She als has the second-best line in the series:
"Just because I can drill you between the eyes at a hundred meters doesn't mean I can't like sensitive stuff." (I think you can guess the best one).