Marlo Stanfield. Anyone that knows him knows why he belongs here. There's plenty of tragically flawed or deliciously evil characters in fiction but Marlo's the closest it gets to capturing what it means to be an animal in human society.
Most beautifully fucked up character you've seen
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I think Rorschach from Watchmen was excellent in his role. He'd be like any person who spent his entire time being abused, living in a shithole by day and murdering criminals by night- an utter sociopath.
There have been so many. Most of them in games and anime/cartoons.
Kuja and Kefka from Final Fantasy series. (They make Dissidia worth playing, all the other villains utterly pale)
Oh and who can forget my childhood one. Ken Ichijouji. Damn he was a fun villain in the first half of the Digimon second season.
LeLouche. Darling. What can I say that already hasn't been said.
Judge Claude Frollo from Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame. Both him and his book-priest counterpart are just. Wow, there is some serious fuck-upage there, but it's a fascinating tale with great characters. Underrated Disney film too. One of my favorites if they'd omitted the gargoyles and gone flat out on the dark tone of the movie.
The Joker. He is king. Plain and simple.
Kuja and Kefka from Final Fantasy series. (They make Dissidia worth playing, all the other villains utterly pale)
Both of them have a fantastic God complex, but Kuja's is far more flawed than Kefka's. Kuja's is born through a deeper inferiority complex. But both of them achieve (near God)/God Status and blow up planets because they're more important in the grand scheme, fucked up indeed.
Oh and who can forget my childhood one. Ken Ichijouji. Damn he was a fun villain in the first half of the Digimon second season.
I'm really annoyed they pulled a 'DA LIGHT WILL FIX YOU'. Because he got boring after that. I would have liked it more if his personality truly was as fucked up as it seemed. But no one liked that season after the Kasier arc, so sod it. Headcannon is he's is still that fucked up, just a bit more subdued.
LeLouche. Darling. What can I say that already hasn't been said.
Judge Claude Frollo from Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame. Both him and his book-priest counterpart are just. Wow, there is some serious fuck-upage there, but it's a fascinating tale with great characters. Underrated Disney film too. One of my favorites if they'd omitted the gargoyles and gone flat out on the dark tone of the movie.
The Joker. He is king. Plain and simple.
Yeah, it's that concept of being an insane or sane man in an insane world. His refusal to compromise, meet them half-way really is admirable and truly shows what kind of character Rorschach is.Dr Jones said:Rorscharch is fucking great. It's ironic that, in the sense of the story, he's really the only sane person. His uncomprimising stance is also really admirable.Nouw said:
I took a pic of one of the panels, wherein he's flashing his awesomeness:
Kratos.
Rorschack has been metnioned, He also counts.
He is severely maddened by the urge to seek revenge on the gods who all betray him. ( The memories, will they end? "your sins will be forgiven", and then he doesn't get freed from it. He is turned into a god for like a week or so, which is sorta cool, but then Zeus kills him ) I mean, if Ares didn't make Kratos kill his family(twice btw), they could have ruled everything together, but no, let's just piss off the most brutal sociopath, who has since he's been born been trained (by the best, Spartans, gods, TITANS ) to kill.
Point is, in one of the psp former exclusives, he gets to be with his daughter in the underworld, only for Atlas and Hades' wife to start destroying everything, so in order so save everything, he must abandon the only thing he wants; his family.
If they'd just leave him alone, everything would be fine. But noooo, Kratos do this, do that, then we betray you! Hahaha, Oh wait, now you're back, with sick gear, and a twitching eye. why is your sword in my brain?
Then he destroys the entire Greek pantheon, and basically what was left of the world.
He is the most bad-ass f*cker ever, but also one of the most tragic antiheroes.
Point is, in one of the psp former exclusives, he gets to be with his daughter in the underworld, only for Atlas and Hades' wife to start destroying everything, so in order so save everything, he must abandon the only thing he wants; his family.
If they'd just leave him alone, everything would be fine. But noooo, Kratos do this, do that, then we betray you! Hahaha, Oh wait, now you're back, with sick gear, and a twitching eye. why is your sword in my brain?
Then he destroys the entire Greek pantheon, and basically what was left of the world.
He is the most bad-ass f*cker ever, but also one of the most tragic antiheroes.
Rorschack has been metnioned, He also counts.
Top 5
Tiny Tina: Borderlands 2
Andrew Ryan: Bioshock
Vaas: Farcry 3
Dexter: Dexter
The Governor: Walking Dead
Tiny Tina: Borderlands 2
Andrew Ryan: Bioshock
Vaas: Farcry 3
Dexter: Dexter
The Governor: Walking Dead
I've probably been ninjaed in the intervening 6 pages, but here goes.AsurasEyes said:
Fei Fong Wong.
And I can't say way without spoiler tags.
ID.
ID.
Fei is so traumatized that, when overly stressed, he turns into a red-headed psychotic murderer. At one point, Fei spends several days attempting to solve a murder that HE COMMITTED and doesn't remember doing. It's a whole arc in the game.
ID.
Fei is so traumatized that, when overly stressed, he turns into a red-headed psychotic murderer. At one point, Fei spends several days attempting to solve a murder that HE COMMITTED and doesn't remember doing. It's a whole arc in the game.
That's a good question. I see it more along the lines of Brazil, myself, where the mind slips into the fantasy world because you have no hope that your mind can adequately process what comes next. I wonder if she could have faced reality if she could have built any sort of life for herself outside Hollywood.sageoftruth said:
Gollem from Lord of The Rings. His backstory is so sad, but how he is in the trilogy is a great example about how someone can get destroyed by an addiction. It's just... beautiful. And really terrifying at the same time.
Can I also put James Sunderland from Silent Hill on here? People who played it will understand completely.
Can I also put James Sunderland from Silent Hill on here? People who played it will understand completely.
Thel Vadamee/The Arbitar.
Yes he is technically the bad guy he has done horrible things to the human race and other creatures. He has a deep character arc and is a ruthless man- er alien.
Next's the Death priest from Deadman wonderland. I forgot his name but his back story when you finally see it makes much of his psychotic killing understandable. He wants to die, and what he saw and done i can't blame him.
EDIT: Also one of my friends RP characters from the forum on Dead frontier.
(By the way we NEED new blood.)
Jack "Ripper" Adams. Both versions.
One is a cannibalistic madman worshiping Zorn which is German for Wrath. He is like Frankenstein and is trying to make friends but he is also a renegade kind of person.
And his first version of him he was a kid from a asylum who grows calm when he works on machines. His back story if pretty damn deep and interesting.
Yes he is technically the bad guy he has done horrible things to the human race and other creatures. He has a deep character arc and is a ruthless man- er alien.
Next's the Death priest from Deadman wonderland. I forgot his name but his back story when you finally see it makes much of his psychotic killing understandable. He wants to die, and what he saw and done i can't blame him.
EDIT: Also one of my friends RP characters from the forum on Dead frontier.
(By the way we NEED new blood.)
Jack "Ripper" Adams. Both versions.
One is a cannibalistic madman worshiping Zorn which is German for Wrath. He is like Frankenstein and is trying to make friends but he is also a renegade kind of person.
And his first version of him he was a kid from a asylum who grows calm when he works on machines. His back story if pretty damn deep and interesting.
No, as i said we NEED NEED NEED new people. Its Someemokid66 if you want to know.fapper plain said:
Wait who are you in frontier?
After finishing Farcry 3, I can't go past Vaas.
"Do you know the definiton of insanity?" cutscene.
There is no other way to put it.
Or Joker as played by the legendary Heath Ledger.
"Do you know the definiton of insanity?" cutscene.
There is no other way to put it.
Or Joker as played by the legendary Heath Ledger.
People already mentioned at this point were Vaas(Far Cry 3), Isaac Clarke(Dead Space 2, more specifically), Handsome Jack(Borderlands 2), James Sunderland(Silent Hill 2), Rorschach(Watchmen), Granny Rags(Dishonored) Johan Liebert(Monster) and Kimblee(FMA: Brotherhood).
A SMALL part of me wants to say Stein from Soul Eater, but personally, I think he'd be a more complicated character if they made him sympathetic or possibly struggling more with his insanity, but you only feel SO MUCH sympathy for him when he runs around, proclaiming how happy he is to be insane. It kind of takes away from the whole "I'm an insane badass" factor.
Hnnng, I don't think I can mention any NEW additions. I mean, I had some until I read everyone else's posts, now I'm just out of ideas. xD Plus, I never really found a distinct attraction to insane characters because it's VERY hard to play the character right; most of them come off as either really OP or really pathetic because it's a hard feeling to capture correctly.
A SMALL part of me wants to say Stein from Soul Eater, but personally, I think he'd be a more complicated character if they made him sympathetic or possibly struggling more with his insanity, but you only feel SO MUCH sympathy for him when he runs around, proclaiming how happy he is to be insane. It kind of takes away from the whole "I'm an insane badass" factor.
Hnnng, I don't think I can mention any NEW additions. I mean, I had some until I read everyone else's posts, now I'm just out of ideas. xD Plus, I never really found a distinct attraction to insane characters because it's VERY hard to play the character right; most of them come off as either really OP or really pathetic because it's a hard feeling to capture correctly.
I never got either of those from her.LostGryphon said:
The obsession, yes. That's self evident.
I never saw her as insane, I honestly do not know where you get the impression from. It's not like Sayaka where she starts to crack. She behaves coldly because she has become hardened from seeing her friends die repeatedly, and because she understands that being their friends is not going to help them. She needs to concentrate on saving them.
That is entirely rational, she is thinking clearly, although very coldly and calculating.
Sadness, sure, but she never seemed suicidal or depressed. Her obsession over saving Madoka was pretty much her driving force, so she didn't really come across as depressed or suicidal. Not by the clinical definitions anyway. Depression requires a feeling of helplessness. She is frustrated that she keeps failing, but she is determined to succeed, so she isn't feeling helpless, except maybe at the very end for a brief moment. I do not recall any part where she expresses any suicidal thoughts, perhaps I missed that.
I'd say that given her circumstances she has every right to be screwed up, but I never got the impression that she actually was.
I'd say Sayaka is a much better example, considering what happens to her.
I never saw her as insane, I honestly do not know where you get the impression from. It's not like Sayaka where she starts to crack. She behaves coldly because she has become hardened from seeing her friends die repeatedly, and because she understands that being their friends is not going to help them. She needs to concentrate on saving them.
That is entirely rational, she is thinking clearly, although very coldly and calculating.
Sadness, sure, but she never seemed suicidal or depressed. Her obsession over saving Madoka was pretty much her driving force, so she didn't really come across as depressed or suicidal. Not by the clinical definitions anyway. Depression requires a feeling of helplessness. She is frustrated that she keeps failing, but she is determined to succeed, so she isn't feeling helpless, except maybe at the very end for a brief moment. I do not recall any part where she expresses any suicidal thoughts, perhaps I missed that.
I'd say that given her circumstances she has every right to be screwed up, but I never got the impression that she actually was.
I'd say Sayaka is a much better example, considering what happens to her.
Just to clarify.Legion said:
Perhaps "insanity" wasn't the proper term I was looking for. Wit's end, maybe? I didn't mean to imply that she was insane or close to it throughout the course of the series, I was more referring to near the ending where giving up actually started to seem like it was a viable option for her and the realization that she really couldn't save Madoka was hitting home.
Homura is resolutely cold and calculating on the exterior, but she's pretty obviously spiraling as that composure gets chipped away at more and more until the end. As for suicidal thoughts? Same thing as the "insanity" comment. I'm mostly referring to near the end, where she's fighting a fight she can't win and is preordained to lose in an effort to save Madoka.
As for a less direct example, every time she was laying there with Madoka, the option remained to simply die rather than turn back the clock again for another go at what I can only describe as an exercise in utter despair. You can't tell me that the thought didn't cross her mind.
I'm just saying her and her circumstances are fucked up. At the end of the day, she survives and carries on, but her life and the fact she underwent a total transformation of her character in an effort to cope is awful. :/
Homura is resolutely cold and calculating on the exterior, but she's pretty obviously spiraling as that composure gets chipped away at more and more until the end. As for suicidal thoughts? Same thing as the "insanity" comment. I'm mostly referring to near the end, where she's fighting a fight she can't win and is preordained to lose in an effort to save Madoka.
As for a less direct example, every time she was laying there with Madoka, the option remained to simply die rather than turn back the clock again for another go at what I can only describe as an exercise in utter despair. You can't tell me that the thought didn't cross her mind.
I'm just saying her and her circumstances are fucked up. At the end of the day, she survives and carries on, but her life and the fact she underwent a total transformation of her character in an effort to cope is awful. :/
Ah, I see what you mean.LostGryphon said:
Although I'd say it's one of the reasons that she is my favourite characters, it's quite sad to see the ending and realise that things didn't happen as she had hoped, but when you find out the truth about her, it was an amazing moment.
I wonder what the next part of the series will be like. I have not see then two films, but am told they are basically a re-cap of the series. Then the third film will continue on.
I wonder what the next part of the series will be like. I have not see then two films, but am told they are basically a re-cap of the series. Then the third film will continue on.
