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Who is your favourite Anti Hero?
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Saint Luigi 🙏
Isn’t this just a hero?
Can you be a hero for not doing anything?
Assuming he didn’t do it (he didn’t), he’s taking the fall for a saint so that’s saintly on its own imo
Shut up baby, I know it!
Woody Harrelson's character in Zombieland was perfect.
That'll do pig. That'll do.
>does good things for bad reasons
>gluttony is considered by many to be bad
kirby. kirby is my favorite antihero
To be fair, after the swallowing he sometimes puke. It's not a total sin, but just a eating disorder.
V from V For Vendetta
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
It's also established that's he's an accelerationist. He's intentionally baiting the Empire to crackdown more brutally on dissent in an effort to forment rebellion among the common people of the galaxy. He fears that if he does not do this, there will be a day when the Empires grip is too tight to escape.
"It will burn... Very brightly"
In the end, he was right. The Death Star vindicates his methods. Without Luthen laying the groundwork for the Rebel Alliance, the Galaxy would have been a boiling frog and the Death Star would have led to its brutal oppression for generations.
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Beatrix Kiddo "The Bride" from "Kill Bill".
Sooo evil, but you just have to love her.
Yes, the sinister toe wiggling
Tarantino. Toes. Figures.
Riddick
Vegeta. Fun character.
Leto II. Deadpool was already taken, so I went with a more controversial example.
Bojack Horseman.
He’s such a terrible person but idk i love watching him and I root for him especially later seasons.
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Everyone in the Expanse. Naomi, Drummer, Fred Johnson, Bobbie Draper, Chrisjen Avasarala, Monica... Obviously, Amos, Peaches, Miller, and even Holden.
All of them do reprehensible things. Some did them and made up for it. Some still do them to win.
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.
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.
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.
Often the clumsy fool with a pure heart is the anti hero. For example Forrest Gump
Didn't see him posted yet, Walter Joseph Kovacs aka Rorschach.
The one who hates immigrants, gays, and liberals? Might want to take a little closer look at your favorite character.
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No mention of The Punisher?
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."
many cops etc idolize him
Which is ironic, considering what he really stands for.
Netflix's version portrayed by Jon Bernthal is trully amazing
Black Adam
Captain James Flint from Black Sails
Raistlin Majere from Dragonlance
todd the wraith, and probably magneto. deadpool not really, he doesnt really do close to bad to consider it, hes still to moral.
Somebody has not read the older comics. Movie Deadpool is pretty mild in comparison to comics.
Things he has done to Blind Al or the time he used his child as a bait and she survived only because Quicksilver saved her
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Gianni Schicchi (the operatic precursor to Weekend at Bernie's)
Weekend Bernie's does not get the recognition it deserves! Such an amazing/stupid movie that I haven't seen in far too long.
McNulty
Sam Spade, Wolverine are a couple that first come to mind; often portrayed as the cynical gunfighter private eye and war weary samurai
Lobo
Bill Burr.
Peacemaker!
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