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Who is your favourite Anti Hero? (lemmings.world)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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An Anti Hero is basically a good guy who is kinda bad, or does good things for bad reasons. Deadpool's a classic example of an Anti Hero

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[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago

Iirc, the original definition of an antihero didn't mean a bad guy you root for. It meant a hero in the story that didnt embody the traditional heroic traits of courage, strength, faith in God, noble morality, etc. The antihero is the hero who is not really heroic - a hero who is kind of just a normal person. An example of this being Don Quixote - a man who spent his time fighting dragons and rescuing princesses only in his imagination.

These days, almost all heros outside children's books are antiheros. Because true heros are flat and one dimensional and unrelatable and don't contribute to an engaging plot. These days, it isn't thrilling enough for us to hear how the knight slew the dragon. He must first overcome... I dunno, his childhood trauma or something.... And then he can slay the dragon!

[–] YouShouldSeeMyAlt@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 hours ago

Didn't see him posted yet, Walter Joseph Kovacs aka Rorschach.

[–] Geodad@lemmy.world 24 points 10 hours ago

[–] Yareckt@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 5 hours ago

Woyzeck. Such an obviously bad character who is weirdly relatable.

[–] Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Darrow from the Red Rising series. I think he fits the bill a bit, but he does flip flop between hero, anti hero, and villain, so maybe not a complete fit.

[–] nik9000@programming.dev 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I got halfway through the second book and it just wasn't what I wanted anymore. My brother told me to keep going but it's been a while.

[–] Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago

To be honest, I've only read the first three. I was very happy with how it left off and my gf says that the other two are hard reads. I still make sure she doesn't spoil anything, but I'm unsure if I want to leave it where it is and be ignorantly happy, or read further and see what happens.

I may revisit them when the series is complete.

[–] cacti@ani.social 2 points 9 hours ago

Dracula

[–] CyberneticOwl@lemmy.world 8 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Leto II. Deadpool was already taken, so I went with a more controversial example.

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

No mention of The Punisher?

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I think he has an automatic negative connotation just because of his many cops etc idolize him, but he's a fantastic character. In the (Uhh I think) daredevil show and comic he knocked DD out, chained him up with a revolver, and said shoot me or I will assassinate this bad guy. Like "you wanna do the 'killing is wrong' shtick? Welcome to my trolley problem, bitch."

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 2 points 23 minutes ago

many cops etc idolize him

Which is ironic, considering what he really stands for.

Netflix's version portrayed by Jon Bernthal is trully amazing

[–] _NetNomad@fedia.io 14 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

>does good things for bad reasons  
>gluttony is considered by many to be bad

kirby. kirby is my favorite antihero

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago

To be fair, after the swallowing he sometimes puke. It's not a total sin, but just a eating disorder.

[–] compostgoblin@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Raistlin Majere from Dragonlance

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

This post approved by [see username].

[–] gerryflap@feddit.nl 14 points 18 hours ago

After watching Andor, I guess Luthem Rael fits that title. Dude's absolutely savage. Forced to use the tools of his enemy to fight for freedom that he'll likely never experience. He sacrifices good people on order to protect the whole

[–] ramsgrl909@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Peacemaker!

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 78 points 1 day ago (2 children)

[–] TheFunkyMonk@lemmy.world 14 points 19 hours ago

Isn’t this just a hero?

[–] frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world 27 points 1 day ago

Saint Luigi 🙏

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 6 points 16 hours ago

I've got to go with a classic in Tony Soprano. He's a real piece of shit, and yet I can't look away.

[–] melodious_thunk@lemmy.ml 15 points 20 hours ago

V from V For Vendetta

[–] Zathras@lemmy.zip 39 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Shut up baby, I know it!

[–] prex@aussie.zone 7 points 14 hours ago

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 44 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Malcolm Reynolds

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 7 points 18 hours ago

"I aim to misbehave"

[–] frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

A Firefly fan in the wild!!!

[–] feannag@sh.itjust.works 11 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

I feel like the overlap of Firefly fans and Lemmy is pretty gorram big.

[–] Lizardking13@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

You're probably right. The last time I saw Firefly get brought up, there were many comments of people just shitting on it.

[–] massacre@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago

Shiny

[–] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

There's dozens of us!

[–] RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago

Capt Tightpants

[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

Lobo

[–] deathmetal27@lemmy.world 13 points 22 hours ago

Riddick

[–] LettyWhiterock@lemmy.world 8 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Vegeta. Fun character.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 12 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Vegeta embodies the rage that all of us feel and has one of the best character arcs of all time IMO.

he had his entire life stolen from him by the monster that took him in, not out of pittance, but out of a sick sense of entertainment.

he then spent the next 20-ish years trying to become stronger to complete his desire for vengeance, and even then he wasn't enough.

he literally had everything stolen from him. beaten from him. was mocked relentlessly because of who and what he is. they took everything but one thing. That one thing that could never be taken from him. His pride.

I learned so much about myself as a person as I watched his character develop. I keep a figure of him on my desk to remind myself of how far I have come and to protect my pride.

he is, by far, one of the most influential characters in my entire life.

[–] impudentmortal@lemmy.world 8 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Add the fact that he becomes a decent family man and you have one heck of an arc.

There's a hilarious canon scene where Vegeta proves to be a better dad than Goku (granted that doesn't take much)

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 6 points 18 hours ago

yeah...Goku really is a piece of shit dad.

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Woody Harrelson's character in Zombieland was perfect.

[–] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 2 points 13 hours ago

That'll do pig. That'll do.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 3 points 18 hours ago

Bill Burr.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 10 points 1 day ago

Deadpool.

[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Beatrix Kiddo "The Bride" from "Kill Bill".

Sooo evil, but you just have to love her.

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Yes, the sinister toe wiggling

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