The world's best fictional person.

[Caligulove]

Ever?... wow.

I would have to say a tie between-
Ellen Ripley (Alien,s) and Jesse Custer (Preacher)

They're two characters who show remarkable strength and depth in character based on their lives and their psychology- and both go through tremendous ordeals that take them through severe highs and severe lows that additionally define themselves. We get to know them in smaller, 'candid' moments of them that reveal their motivations and their feelings on things that especially show their weaknesses.

Most importantly, though. They don't always come out on top. They lose, they get into trouble and barely get out of situations and have to lose those close to them and grow through their loses. Giving them more character and allows the reader/watcher to see them grow. These are not always done with dialogue, as well- a very important factor of a well-written character

 

[SpaceCop]

Jules Winnfield; hitman with a heart of gold and earthly avatar of charismatic badassery.

He's thoughtful and intense. He goes back and forth between being a nice guy and a furious ************. And ultimately he finds redemption and leaves his life of violence behind to, you know, walk the earth. Meet people. Get into adventures. Like Caine from Kung Fu.

 

[Cracktopus]

I'm too tired to read through the whole thread, so I don't know if this has been said yet.. Oh well:

He's always been my favourite villain AND fictional person/character. I guess it's his psychotic nature, and the fact that he thinks he's doing the right thing.

 

[Drunken Smuggler]

Vegeta from DBZ

 

[Queen Michael]

I'm too tired to read through the whole thread, so I don't know if this has been said yet.. Oh well:

He's always been my favourite villain AND fictional person/character. I guess it's his psychotic nature, and the fact that he thinks he's doing the right thing.

FYI, no, you're the first. And yeah, he is great.

 

[Breaker deGodot]

That's tough, but in the end I'll go with Atticus Finch, from To Kill a Mockingbird. If you haven't seen it or read the book, DO SO. He is the nicest guy (and best parent), I've ever seen in any work of literature.

 

[imnot]

The Doctor because I love him, his outlook, his personality, his enthusiasm, his looks.....

you know i'm starting to think you like Dr.Who.
i think Garrus because he has the persinality of bieng awsome.

 

[Queen Michael]

The Doctor because I love him, his outlook, his personality, his enthusiasm, his looks.....

you know i'm starting to think you like Dr.Who.
i think Garrus because he has the persinality of bieng awsome.

Okay, I have to ask: Who's Garrus?

 

[Dango]

Without doubt it is Himura Kenshin from the anime/manga Rurouni Kenshin.

Spoiler: Himura Kenshin

He's trying to forget his past as a killing machine during Japan's Meiji Revolution, and to do so he now carries a reverse blade sword to avoid killing any opponents. But he is constantly forced back into fights with new and old foes. And just because he's decided to give up his life of killing doesn't mean that side of him can't reawaken at any moment. He's just a perfectly written character.

 

[imnot]

The Doctor because I love him, his outlook, his personality, his enthusiasm, his looks.....

you know i'm starting to think you like Dr.Who.
i think Garrus because he has the persinality of bieng awsome.

Okay, I have to ask: Who's Garrus?

he's the one from mass effect 2 (cant remember the species)with the blu armour and the sniper rifle, i did get the name right,right?

 

[Queen Michael]

The Doctor because I love him, his outlook, his personality, his enthusiasm, his looks.....

you know i'm starting to think you like Dr.Who.
i think Garrus because he has the persinality of bieng awsome.

Okay, I have to ask: Who's Garrus?

he's the one from mass effect 2 (cant remember the species)with the blu armour and the sniper rifle, i did get the name right,right?

You probably did, it's just that I've never played Mass Effect 1 or 2.

 

[cmg120]

My pick is... Ender, from Ender's Game.

I dunno, he was alot awesomer in Ender in Exile.
But Xenocide is still by far the best book in the series.

I haven't read Ender in Exile. And yes, Xenocide is really a great book, I don't get why it gets all the criticism.

I'd have to say bean > ender

 

[IamSofaKingRaw]

my girlfriend

LoL, mine would be Chuck Norris... yea

 

[IamSofaKingRaw]

God.

the universes greatest troll since several billion BC.

I'd go with Satan over God... Satan is the scapegoat for all God's evilness, and even the bible said that Satan couldn't do anything without the consent from God. I feel sorry for the guy...

Umm how is God evil? How is he a troll? Any explanations or you guys just like spewing nonsense?

 

[David_G]

My pick is... Ender, from Ender's Game.

I dunno, he was alot awesomer in Ender in Exile.
But Xenocide is still by far the best book in the series.

I haven't read Ender in Exile. And yes, Xenocide is really a great book, I don't get why it gets all the criticism.

I'd have to say bean > ender

What... really? I'm going to have to read the Shadow series now.

 

[LostTimeLady]

(Yeah TimeLord's said it already but...)
The Doctor... stay with me on this... they've had 47 years to perfectly charecterise him, create a 3 dimentional charecter with sublities, quirks and, indeed failings. What is charecte embodies makes him a great piece of heroic fiction without being a Mary Sue (or what ever the male equvilent is). In 1963, a charecter was created that has endured the long years as is as relatable today as he was when he first set out in his TARDIS.

Or to put it more briefly:

The Doctor because I love him, his outlook, his personality, his enthusiasm, his looks.....

Other great fictional charecters include:

(The already mentioned) Dr Gregory House (and by extention Sherlock Holmes).

Arthur Dent (someone's already said Ford Prefect but actually Arthur truly is the greatest 'everyman' ever written. He's not paper thin, he doesn't spend his whole time wanting a long bath and a nice cup of tea, he's an aspiration, and one most people can reach).

 

[astrav1]

Coop from Megasxlr

He's well defined on personality
Funny as hell
Both the good guy and the comedic guy
Drives the most badass robot ever made
Sweet looking beard
He's 22 and still playing games, working on cars, and eating junk food.

EDIT: Lemme get a pic of him

If not, I also pick Master Chief or Garrus Vakarian

2nd it. But instead of master chief put Solid Snake in there.

 

[SextusMaximus]

Anybody who picks a video game character doesnt get what makes a good character.

I pick Sherlock Holmes for his brilliant intelligence.

Yeah, because game devs are idiots right?

Play a BioWare game, THEN come back and speak to me.

 

[Blindswordmaster]

Hellboy or Harry Dresden. Hellboy is a demon spawned from the pit of Hell, destined to destroy the world. But he's raised by good people and fight supernatural threats to protect people. Nurture>Nature.
Harry Dresden, Chicago's only Wizard for hire. He fights evil in all it's forms. He'd rather die in any number of horrible ways than allow an innocent person to get hurt. He gets the shit beaten out of him on a monthly basis, yet he always ens up on top.

 

[Assassin Xaero]

God.

the universes greatest troll since several billion BC.

I'd go with Satan over God... Satan is the scapegoat for all God's evilness, and even the bible said that Satan couldn't do anything without the consent from God. I feel sorry for the guy...

Umm how is God evil? How is he a troll? Any explanations or you guys just like spewing nonsense?

Well, lets see here. He created everything and does everything, so he kills people, doesn't stop other people from killing people, gave me that seizure, etc. And then Satan came along as a scapegoat for all the evil stuff because the human mind more easily follows good and evil and that way they have someone to blame for everything bad that happens to them. Plus, if he could see everything past, present, and future (which also conflicts with him having emotions such as love), then he would have seen what Satan, Napoleon, Hitler and everything all those guys would have done, yet still created them anyway.