Video game characters you'd kick downstairs

[Reed Spacer]

Lymle, from Star Ocean.

"'kay?"

"'kay?"

"'kay?"

When the option availed itself, I never used her again.

 

[sageoftruth]

I'm gonna go with that barmaid in Skyrim, Delphine, who was actually some sort of assassin/super thief or something- a Blade, If I remember correctly. I mean, I like not being the only one doing things in a game world, it makes the place feel alive. But wasting my time by ruining one of my quests, just to derail me, order me around and brag about how you could kill me easily... I pummeled her head into her ribcage as soon as that dragon she wanted me to kill was defeated, and I'll be honest, I only went that far along with her because I assumed I had no choice. I might even have borfed the main timeline, I dunno- I stopped following the plot at around that time to just run around and have fun, and haven't been back to that quest since.

I mean, I appreciate what was being set up, to some extent- showing me I'm a little fish in a big pond, there are other parties involved, etc. And, if I had been playing what I considered a more cerebral character, I would have rolled with it, and accepted my role as not really fully understanding the politics at work behind the scenes just yet. But as a giant, bloodthirsty barbarian Argonian wielding a war-hammer? It was all the attitude that some of the NPCs in that game spout, you just want to smash them... and so, when given the chance? Not gonna shrug it off, say thankee. Besides, I get enough of being thwarted and outdone by people in real life!

Oh fuck yes. Fuck Delphine. It always rubbed me the wrong way how the game goes out of it's way to talk about how much of a badass Delphine is, but to never actually show it. They don't even explain how she does the stuff the game says she can do. Not to mention her entire attitude towards the fucking Dragonborn. The only person capable of stopping the dragons for good.

And I could tolerate all of that and still kind of like her. Up until she asked me to kill Parthurnax for no reason other than simply because one, he is a dragon, and two, he used to work for Alduin. Despite being one of the few reasons Alduin, and the entire dragon apocalypse, was stopped not once, but twice, she wants me to kill him. And if I don't? "Well fuck you Dragonborn! The person my entire order and way of life was formed around. Fuck you for not bending over backwards to do what I ordered you to do! Get the hell out of my sight. My people won't help you any further until you do this."

And even despite all of that, it also comes down to how pointless Delphine is. Did we really need the Blades? I know the game made us side with them, but did we really have to? Did they really play that big of a roll in the grand scheme of things? And even if we truly did need the Blades for some parts, did we really need Delphine specifically?

Definitely. I hated that woman. I'd also like to extend it to about 80% of the Thieves Guild. They all try way too hard to act like hard-asses, with that "I don't care who you are, just make me some damn money" attitude. That goes especially for the Black Briar.

It definitely says something when a guild is so abrasive that a cult of trained murderers looks charming by comparison.

 

[rgrekejin]

Reaver from Fable 2 and 3. God, for a game all about choices, they wouldn't give me the one choice I really wanted - the choice to shoot Reaver right in his damn face. Noooooo. Peter M. likes Stephen Fry's voice way too much to ever let us harm Reaver. You *have to* take him on as royal advisor, even though he's spent most of the last two games trying not-very-subtly to have you killed. Man, fuck that guy. He even killed off Ron Glass's character, and I'll take Shepard Book over Stephen Fry anyday.

 

[Proverbial Jon]

*Hyperventilating*. I'd rather look at ProJared's modelling photos again!

Oh yeah, baby. That's the ticket.

Oh my, I could look at that all day!

 

[TheMigrantSoldier]

Every single major character in World of Warcraft, particularly the leaders. I wouldn't trust any of them with running a convenient store let alone an entire nation. My hatred goes for the villains too, who enable the "heroes" with their profound incompetence.

 

[Batou667]

My vote is for this morose, backstabbing little maggot:

Kicking him down stairs would be super effective, especially if you took his crutches away too.

 

[El Cazador]

Moxxi in Borderlands the pre-sequel. They say that too much of a good thing is a bad thing.
Zevran in Dragon Age Origins because I get a bad feeling when I see him and

Spoiler

He is asleep right after the fight which is stupid IMO

Kurtis Stryker in Mortal Kombat 9 because berettas.

 

[Barbas]

[HEADING=2]HAPPY NEW YEAR![/HEADING]​

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Definitely. I hated that woman. I'd also like to extend it to about 80% of the Thieves Guild. They all try way too hard to act like hard-asses, with that "I don't care who you are, just make me some damn money" attitude. That goes especially for the Black Briar.

It definitely says something when a guild is so abrasive that a cult of trained murderers looks charming by comparison.

I'm looking forward to starting a new character in Skyrim and joining the Thieves' Guild, just to advance to Guildmaster rank, then murder every Black-Briar in Riften and every guard in their manor. Can't stand 'em. Gonna go be a master assassin instead. Nobody tells me what to steal and who not to slot with arrows.

My vote is for this morose, backstabbing little maggot:

Kicking him down stairs would be super effective, especially if you took his crutches away too.

Can't say I blame you; he looks pretty simpering. Who is he, anyway - Ben 2.0?

Moxxi in Borderlands the pre-sequel. They say that too much of a good thing is a bad thing.
Zevran in Dragon Age Origins because I get a bad feeling when I see him and

Spoiler

He is asleep right after the fight which is stupid IMO

Kurtis Stryker in Mortal Kombat 9 because berettas.

She was somebody I could've done without in TPS. The same goes for Crazy Earl, but at least he doesn't show up for as much time. I would have preferred more entirely new characters like Springs. I wouldn't mind seeing her again, but the same cast of characters are getting pretty overdone by this stage. I hope Tina doesn't show up as much in the next game, because the only thing worse than an obnoxious character is one inside your head. >___<

I managed to remember another over the Christmas break: Rochelle from Left 4 Dead 2. She's not funny when she tries to be, and it seems to get more obvious the harder she tries. Her laughs actually make me cringe at times. Sorry, Rochelle. While you may not annoy me to the head-banging point you used to, you're still not a hugely valauble addition to my team. I'd rather have Zoey. :c

Rochelle can't really be kicked downstairs, but you can blast her with a shotgun. It's a shame the hilarious ragdolling effect isn't present in the second game on death.

 

[Batou667]

Can't say I blame you; he looks pretty simpering. Who is he, anyway - Ben 2.0?

Arvo from Season 2. At least Ben had a conscience, showed regret and had a desire to redeem himself. Arvo is just an unlikeable little emo who (without giving away too many spoilers) betrays your group several times and is indirectly responsible for several deaths, and never once expresses an emotion other than wallowing self-pity. The real annoyance is that I knew he was trouble from the very start but you're saddled with him for an entire episode - if there was an option to accidentally not save him, a la Ben, I would have taken it without hesitating.

 

[Gladion]

This... person from Beyond Good & Evil. He taught me to hate.