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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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[–] Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 31 minutes ago

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.

[–] Geodad@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago
[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

No mention of The Punisher?

[–] ramsgrl909@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Peacemaker!

[–] CyberneticOwl@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

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

Raistlin Majere from Dragonlance

[–] _NetNomad@fedia.io 10 points 6 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 4 points 4 hours ago

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

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 6 points 8 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.

[–] gerryflap@feddit.nl 10 points 10 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

[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago
[–] melodious_thunk@lemmy.ml 11 points 12 hours ago

V from V For Vendetta

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 70 points 17 hours ago (2 children)
[–] TheFunkyMonk@lemmy.world 9 points 11 hours ago

Isn’t this just a hero?

[–] frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world 23 points 17 hours ago

Saint Luigi 🙏

[–] Zathras@lemmy.zip 33 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 40 points 17 hours ago (3 children)
[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 5 points 9 hours ago

"I aim to misbehave"

[–] frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world 16 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

A Firefly fan in the wild!!!

[–] feannag@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 hours ago

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

[–] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 11 points 15 hours ago

There's dozens of us!

[–] RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 11 points 17 hours ago

Capt Tightpants

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 2 points 9 hours ago
[–] deathmetal27@lemmy.world 9 points 14 hours ago
[–] LettyWhiterock@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 8 points 12 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 5 points 10 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 3 points 10 hours ago

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

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago
[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 16 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Woody Harrelson's character in Zombieland was perfect.

[–] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

That'll do pig. That'll do.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 8 points 15 hours ago
[–] yessikg@fedia.io 5 points 14 hours ago

Captain James Flint from Black Sails

[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 9 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

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

Sooo evil, but you just have to love her.

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Yes, the sinister toe wiggling

[–] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours 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.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 5 points 16 hours ago
[–] m4xie@lemmy.ca 0 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] moakley@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Which one?

The Irredeemable Ant-Man is an interesting one - he's a low level, lazy SHIELD worker who steals an Ant-Man suit and uses it for selfish things. But you probably meant Scott Lang. I'd say Scott is more of a regular hero.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 1 points 32 minutes ago

Yeah Scott Lang's not an anti Hero by any stretched imagination. I would hope he doesn't mean him.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours 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.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

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

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

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

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

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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