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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!

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[–] embed_me@programming.dev 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Askeladd/Artorius from Vinland Saga season 1

Highly recommended, by the way

[–] SEND_BUTTPLUG_PICS@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 hours ago

Lae'zel from BG3 and Haley from Stardew Valley.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 3 points 14 hours ago
[–] Olkiss@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

The Queen from Once upon a time. She felt more and more human throughout the show.

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 day ago

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.

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 1 points 16 hours ago

Koutarou Amon from Tokyo Ghoul

[–] SelfHigh5@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And they did exactly the same thing with Better Call Saul in the character Howard Hamlin.

spoiler___His was one of the most impactful deaths I've ever seen on TV

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 2 points 16 hours ago

It was one of the most devastatingly foolish death I've ever seen.

[–] ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago

Maeve, thought she would be a typical popular girl

[–] TotallyNotSpezUpload@startrek.website 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] WindyRebel@lemmy.world 1 points 32 minutes ago

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.

[–] kbal@fedia.io 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Every single character from Arrested Development.

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Earlier that day...

Kbal: I don't care for GOB.

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 day ago

Nah, Maebe was clutch from the get-go.

[–] HuntressHimbo@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nynaeve from Wheel of Time. All her quirks become endearing and her growth is so satisfying.

[–] underline960@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Show Nynaeve or book Nynaeve?

[–] HuntressHimbo@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

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

[–] xpey@piefed.social 13 points 1 day ago

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.

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

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.

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

Sally from Barry. I absolutely despise the core of her character but she plays it so well that I absolutely love her too

[–] TVA@thebrainbin.org 3 points 1 day ago

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

[–] C0balt_Blu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago

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.

[–] kionay@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

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.

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

Nathan from Misfits.

I legit hated his character in the first half and ended up loving that rascal in the second half.

[–] felsiq@piefed.zip 1 points 22 hours ago

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 😂

[–] EponymousBosh@awful.systems 2 points 1 day ago

Ianthe from The Locked Tomb. She grated on me at first but somewhere into the second book I was just delighted at her terribleness.

[–] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 3 points 1 day ago

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⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯