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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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[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 days ago (1 children)
>does good things for bad reasons  
>gluttony is considered by many to be bad

kirby. kirby is my favorite antihero

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days 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.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago (2 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Does Agent Venom count? I've only read a little about the character, but enjoyed what I saw.

In - I think - the first issue, he ends up carrying an armed grenade in his mouth for most of it; I remember there being some pretty funny quips about it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

todd the wraith, and probably magneto. deadpool not really, he doesnt really do close to bad to consider it, hes still to moral.

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V from V For Vendetta

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days 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)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

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

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Sam Spade, Wolverine are a couple that first come to mind; often portrayed as the cynical gunfighter private eye and war weary samurai

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

Captain James Flint from Black Sails

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Homura Akemi 😌

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Gianni Schicchi (the operatic precursor to Weekend at Bernie's)

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Weekend Bernie's does not get the recognition it deserves! Such an amazing/stupid movie that I haven't seen in far too long.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago (3 children)

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

Sooo evil, but you just have to love her.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

I wouldn't say she's an anti-hero, her soul motivation is revenge. It's just a point of convenience that she's also taking out bad guys.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago (3 children)

That's not what an anti-hero is. The anti-hero is when the main character is the bad guy. Think Walter White or to a certain extent Dexter Morgan.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Often the clumsy fool with a pure heart is the anti hero. For example Forrest Gump

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 days ago

The term antihero gets misused a lot, but villain protagonist is absolutely not correct either. An antihero does not have to be the protagonist, and a protagonist who is a villain is still a villain, not an antihero.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You're half right. An anti-hero is someone doing bad things for a good reasons. While dexter only killing criminals could count, White is a different case as he is in no way making meth for a good cause.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

That's not really the definition either

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antihero

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago

Isn’t this just a hero?

[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 days ago

Saint Luigi 🙏

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Woody Harrelson's character in Zombieland was perfect.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago

Capt Tightpants

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago (2 children)

A Firefly fan in the wild!!!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago (2 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago

There's dozens of us!

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