What character from a movie/show/game/anything did you think you were going to hate, but ended up liking?
For me it's Peggy from Mad Men. At first I thought she was going to be an annoyance but half way through the first season I've grown to absolutely love her!
Lae'zel from BG3 and Haley from Stardew Valley.
Askeladd/Artorius from Vinland Saga season 1
Highly recommended, by the way
Jar Jar Binks.
But only after I read this: https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/3qvj6w/theory_jar_jar_binks_was_a_trained_force_user/
The Queen from Once upon a time. She felt more and more human throughout the show.
Mr. Peanutbutter from Bojack Horseman. We go from seeing him the way Bojack does, an irritating rival; to seeing him as comic relief; to seeing him as a very relatable, very tragic character who damages all his relationships due to his inability or unwillingness to take responsibility for his own life, someone who has been desperately lonely and depressed but never allowed himself to realize it because he's been masking so hard and so long he believes the mask is all there is.
I've never identified so much with any character on film or television, and it's a fucking cartoon dog.
And then Bandit from Bluey comes along and like the man said, I've only got ten cents but it's weird that it happened twice.
Hank Schrader - Breaking Bad. It started out from Ep 1 like “oh, this fucking guy 😒”. By the end of the road I was actually rooting for him. His arc was incredible.
And they did exactly the same thing with Better Call Saul in the character Howard Hamlin. ::: spoiler spoiler ___His was one of the most impactful deaths I've ever seen on TV :::
It was one of the most devastatingly foolish death I've ever seen.
MCU's Captain America. I remembered some old comic books with him and always disliked his blind and unreasonable patriotism. The MCU version was a refreshing take on the character.
I’m curious which comic you read exactly? I’m questioning the comment about the always “blind and unreasonable patriotism” you mentioned.
Cap in the comics continually goes against the government and corruption since his re-introduction in the 60s. He’s always been a man for the people.
He talks about the American Dream and wears the Stars and Stripes specifically because he is fighting for what America should be and has continuously been about fighting to ensure that all people are provided equity and inclusion. He even threw away the costume and became Nomad for a while because he was so disgusted with America (the storyline mimicked Nixon and Watergate). He’s fought nationalists, nazis, and neo nazis.
Edit: not trying to downplay your personal feelings. I’m just generally curious what you read because that’s not my experience from reading an omnibus containing 60’s to mid-2000’s.
Oh, no worries at all. I read some which were digitalised, probably from the 50s and early 60s (that's a big guess from my side judging from the drawing style). Those put me off regarding the character as a whole until the first MCU movie was released. Once I subscribe to the Marvel online reader again, I'd like to read some more older ones in case you've got some recommendations for me. :)
Nynaeve from Wheel of Time. All her quirks become endearing and her growth is so satisfying.
Show Nynaeve or book Nynaeve?
Love both, but I would say that show Nynaeve starts stronger than book Nynaeve. Zoë Robins did such a great job with breaking her block and every other scene
Every single character from Arrested Development.
Earlier that day...
Kbal: I don't care for GOB.
Nah, Maebe was clutch from the get-go.
Hunter from The Owl House.
Thought he was going to be the usual overpowered for no reason jerk, but ended up being one of my favorite characters with extremely deep lore and an amazing arc.
Man I love The Owl House so much.
Koutarou Amon from Tokyo Ghoul
That one kid from Jurassic World Rebirth. Uh. Xavier! I even remembered his name, gosh. Started as your stereotypical idiot boyfriend (expectation: she'll dump him by the end because he fucks up big time and she recognises that her family is more important blabla) and turned out to be pretty relatable in his (probably unintentionally neurodiverse) idiocy.
Yes, that's the one thing I took away from that movie. Also T-rex rolling around in the grass <3
Maeve, thought she would be a typical popular girl
Syril Karn from Andor. From the very first scene he was in, I asked, "oh God, when's this little fucker gonna die?" By the end of the show he was probably my favorite character.
I wouldn't call him my favorite, but I would call him unfortunately relatable.
He has a lot of virtuous traits, like his flawless work ethic, willingness to trust people, and a genuine care for the wellbeing of individuals. His problem is mainly that the cause he serves is fascism.
He's blind to the empire's flaws because he was sold on their lies. He assumed incorrectly that everyone else in the empire was as principled as he is, and so the rebels must be genuinely bad people because they are trying to destroy something he thinks is good.
Renoir from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Very misunderstood character at the beginning. And for me, redeemed himself when I started to peice things together. Ended up being one of my favorite characters.
Sally from Barry. I absolutely despise the core of her character but she plays it so well that I absolutely love her too
Dalinar from The Stormlight Archives. At first I just wanted to skip his bits and get back to other characters.
After 5 books, though? One of my favorite characters in the whole Cosmere.
Journey before destination.
Lestat
After finishing Interview With A Vampire and finding out Lestat is the main character of the rest of the series, I was like "well, at least the first book was good, I don't know how I'm supposed to like a book with this douche"
Shortly afterwards: [[Arrested Development meme]] I don't care for Louis
Nathan from Misfits.
I legit hated his character in the first half and ended up loving that rascal in the second half.
If you haven’t seen the umbrella academy you should watch it just to see Nathan’s actor absolutely killing it in that role, he does such an incredible job. He brings a lot of the same humour but a lot of depth and actual character development that misfits had… less of 😂
I never connected that they were the same actor.
Ianthe from The Locked Tomb. She grated on me at first but somewhere into the second book I was just delighted at her terribleness.
Well since you named "anything" as an included category, here's a random one: Aila from high rollers: Aerois
For a less obscure one.. Reigen from Mob Psycho 100 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Scorpius in Farscape.
He was introduced long after the main antagonist, Captain Bilar Crais, was firmly established. Suddenly the Captain was shoved aside for this new monstrous weirdo who's motivation seems a bit contrived.
Scorpius is absolutely fantastic. Wayne Pygram absolutely knocked it out of the park and then some with portraying both Scorpius and Harvey throughout the rest of the series. Probably one of the best written and acted villains in television history.