Top Fictional characters that appeal to you and why?

Bitch married her sister's boyfriend.

That being said, I never read the book, but I've seen the movie twice.

 

Lol yeah she's a bitch for sure, but the book does a better job of fleshing her character out and explaining her motives.

 

Skull Kid from The Legend of Zelda

I'm simultaneously creeped and empathetic towards them.

 

I must admit I dig captain Haddock at least as much as Tintin.

 

Might sound quite cliché, but Batman. I just think it's badass that a non-super powered man can take on super powered people, beings and plans ahead to be able to stand a chance against his enemies.
The X-Men. My favorite superhero group. I find interesting their issues of being discriminated, feeling like outsiders, almost like racism because of their super powers, and yet, they find others alike and work together to defend even the people that hate them.
The main characters of Neon Genesis Evangelion. First of all, I like how the manga is a different take on the anime, it makes it feel fresh to fans of the anime (Like me) even if the plot is the same one.
I find the main characters interesting because they're unlike any fictional characters I've seen (At least before I heard about Evangelion). They're almost like real people with real serious issues that they struggle with everyday.
And I know how that feels like. That's all I'll say.

 

Anybody ever heard of Buddy Longway? He's one of my fav comic book characters

 

You two could be twins

 

Trevor Bruttenholm
Van Helsing (Dracula 1931)

 

Samwise Gamgee
Corto Maltese
Hercule Poirot

 

milo thatch

 

Richard Castle

 

I always preferred the lesser known DC guys which now theyre all pretty popular but I was a fan of the 80's run of Green Arrow 1-101 but really 1-80 I believe really godo read and for adults. I always dug Martian Manhunter, Aquaman, Firestorm, Red Tornado...I liked the lesser known for sure

 

My top five comic characters:

1. Peter Parker/ Spider-Man - he's still working everything out, so he makes a lot of mistakes but grows as a person

2. The Tick (from the Animated Series) - most quotable superhero ever ("You're not going crazy! You're going sane in a crazy world!")

3. Groo the Wanderer - puts the fun in funnies ("Did I err?")

4. Dilbert - corporate wage slavery exposed and mocked

5. Harvey Pekar (American Splendor) - he wasn't just brilliant, he wasn't just funny, he wasn't just a "nobody" like the rest of us - he was REAL!

 

DC Comics' Cyborg appeals to me. I have yet to have seen a movie or a tv show that features a cyborg that acts just like a regular person and not just a maniac killing machine like Robocop or the Terminator movies.

 

Boo Radley – To Kill a Mockingbird
Paul Atreides – Dune
Raul Endymion –The Rise of Endymion
The Father – The Road

I like all these characters because they carry out their goals with moral certainty as protagonists (or in the case of Boo Radley as an instrument of morality) in spite of their handicaps both external and internal. Each of them faces enormous obstacles but persevere.

 

Assuming we're talking comics...

1. Michelangelo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) - Well known for being the party dude obsessed with pizza and talking like Jeff Spicoli, but in the comics, Mikey was a much different character full of introspection and creativity. He's a published author! He's the only one of his brothers to do things like own a pet (Klunk the cat) or babysit the children of their human allies. He is warm, caring, and kind. He's sweet; not totally radical, dude.

Captain America - Steve's integrity is amazing. He's not even close to the strongest heroes in the Marvel 616, but no one carries more weight or earns more respect. I think a lot of us want to do what is right all the time. Most of us don't, because we know right is seldom easy. Cap doesn't care. It's always about what's right. Sure, it's about what HE thinks is right, but his moral compass is firm.

Daredevil - I'm sorry, but vigilante lawyer has to be one of the greatest character taglines ever. He claims to believe in the law, yet operates outside of it. He's a Catholic dressed as a devil. He's blind, but sees better than any of us. I think Matt Murdock is the epitome of 'the duality of man' and therefore one of the great literary characters of all time.

She-Hulk - Shulkie started off as a Hulk clone: when angry, she becomes an out of control raging green monster. Thankfully, she was rewritten time and time again to reflect the changing attitudes toward women and feminism. As a fictional character, she has her pulse on some very real world issues that surround being a woman. She-Hulk is smashing stuff to get readers to turn the next page, but the book was always best when dealing with Jen's personal struggles.

Superman, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Colleen & Misty, and Katana all get honorable mentions.

Wildcard mention: Eric O'Grady Ant-Man

 

Just about everyone from this old thread is GONE.
Anyway--Jennifer Jones for me. Foxy lady ( Krysten Ritter) that kicks ass.

 

Ralph Bakshi's Elinore, for obvious reasons.

 

Ned from Our Idiot Brother.

I really identify with this guy. I’m certainly no dummy but I feel like I just don’t really fit in. Mix in a few pinches of The Dude and Andrew from Garden State.

All kind of hapless, numb, and/or carrying some wisdom, real or perceived, which they just feel trapped in, and unable to succeed either in traditional ways or in ways they’d like to.

I wouldn’t say they appeal to me so much as I identify with them in some real and strong ways.