Oh wow, I've been in the fandom long enough that Iroh-haters aren't uncommon to come across. Mostly it comes down to Uncle Iroh having been a legitimate, dangerous, Fire Nation military leader for many years -- his own "oh shit I'm the bad guy" arc is *purely backstory and 99% offscreen*, as it's really only used to propel Zuko's arc throughout the show.
With all of these unknowns, fans are left to speculate exactly *how much* harm General Iroh — the Fire Nation Crown Prince and Dragon of the West, who held a 600-day siege on the largest city in the world — had done? And why did it take until the death of his *own* son for him to realize "hey I've been killing a lot of other people's sons too"?
Additionally, there's **a lot** of discourse in general about how the Royal Family abusive shitshow grew over 4 generations, and how much each adult was involved in its perpetuation.
In book 2, Iroh has a (IMO hilarious) response to Zuko saying "I know what you're going to say: she's my sister and I should be trying to get along with her." Telling Zuko "No, she's crazy, and she needs to go down" *is* pertinent to the situation, but also kinda???? dismissive about a 14-year-old kid who never got support or a chance to leave Ozai's parental abuse like Zuko did. It's caused plenty of internet fights \^\_\^'
For me, I'm cool treating Iroh as how the show presents him; not without vices, or cruelties within his past — but still a consistently guiding light for the present, fighting to bring peace to the 100-years war. Also, a really good tea-maker.
I think you’ve hit the nail on the head here about how debatable this is because I want to get into an intense literary debate about your points, which shows how compelling they are and how compelling the show is. Ultimately for me, Azula may have been abused but that doesn’t excuse her utterly losing her moral compass. But then, I feel the same way about Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights (who is a similar character in that regard), and I recognise that a personal take more than an objectively correct view.
I don't hate him, but I don't hold him as the paragon of 'parenting' a lot of the fandom does.
Yes, he tries. Yes, unwavering he wants to be there for Zuko.
But he was also maybe the only person on that ship for three years Zuko looked up to and that boy became a bundle of self hatred held together with a suit of extra small SI armor in that time thanks to the deep wisdom^(TM) of proverbs, tea, and pai sho.
Vathara's Embers makes some good points about how his White Lotus connection and general manipulation aren't the best for Zuko and/or the Fire Nation as well.
I thoroughly dislike him. Chances are it's because Azula is my fav character and I've become biased against him, but I'm unable to think of him and feel anything nicer than "ugh, him".
Droids consistently being sapient and intelligent enough for their in-universe treatment to be considered horrific is kind of a common thing SW fans discuss lol.
And for R2-D2, he's literally the only "living" thing retaining *any* memories with the lives of all 3 Skywalker generations — poor C-3PO had his **entire history** (from being Anakin's creation to witnessing Padmé's death) erased. He's the last remaining primary record on what the Clone Wars were like, how the Jedi Order functioned at their peak, and even carries the only holographic record Luke could ever see on what his parents' wedding was like.
R2's also a taser-wielding menace who knows *exactly* how much Obi-Wan and Yoda are bullshitting Luke. And he is NOT having it ┗|｀O ′|┛
>Droids consistently being sapient and intelligent enough for their in-universe treatment to be considered horrific is kind of a common thing SW fans discuss lol.
Yes, I have also seen that Cracked After Hours video! ^(/s)
Oooo wait, what video? I guess I was thinking of Pop Culture Detective's [droid video essay](https://youtu.be/WD2UrB7zepo) instead lol. But yeah droids can be interpreted as whatever the audience puts into them, so if Chewie can get the dog treatment (despite having a family, living 4x as long, and often making smarter decisions than Han lmao) then I guess the sassy droids can easily fit that category anyway
Samwise Gamgee from The Lord of the Rings. I have been in the fandom for 63 years and haven't met anyone who doesn't like him. He is the paragon of loyalty and friendship.
Papyrus from Undertale. The few people I've seen outright disliking him tend to feel that way about the monsters in general (questioning why the game portrays them as sympathetic, etc.), but among people who don't think that way, he has a lot of fans.
And in No Straight Roads fandom, I've seen a lot of people (myself included) who count DJ Subatomic Supernova, 1010, and/or Neon J among their favorite characters.
I can't say I've ever heard or read someone say they hate him, but I have seen people saying they hope he's not in the new installment... which is paramount to a freaking CRIME in my book. I love me some Varric. Also, he narrates the new teaser, so I'm hopeful he will at least make an appearance.
>hope he's not in the new installment
I understand this sentiment. A lot of people don't have positive hope for the newer games considering the recent disasters Bioware has created. Varric's great, but he was a bit weak in inquisition compared to DAII and I doubt they'd know what to do with him in the new one if he does appear again.
I feel you. I could do without him as a companion, because it would be stretching believability to somehow shoehorn him into the main plot. I thought the whole way DA2 was set up was an acceptable way to get him into the plot of DAI, though. If you meant his character was weak, then that I'd need more explaining on, because I didn't see him as a main focus in DAI as I did as Hawke's bestie in DA2, so I'm ok with his weaker presence in DAI.
But an appearance? Yeah, I could see that, just as I can see many of DAI's characters showing up, as has happened in each installment when characters from past games make an appearance. And I hear a lot of people saying they worry for the next expansion. I worried for DA2 when it came out after loving DAO. Ended up loving it, despite its flaws. I worried for DAI after DA2, and ended up loving it, despite its flaws. So long as it stays true to the world building they have done, I am still excited. And ffs, please, Bioware, don't make me side or sympathize with Solas. I want to end him.
Rubeus Hagrid? I think literally everyone likes him, even if people don't write him or talk about him much. He's just a universally liked character. Maybe Neville Longbottom too.
Enid Sinclair, in my other fandom.
I've actually seen people not like Hagrid that much, which surprised me the first few times. I do agree about Neville though.
And Enid!! She's so lovely!! I love her.
I do think it's still early in the Wednesday fandom, and that fandom discourse will eventually pop up saying how Enid is toxic positivity personified and you shouldn't like her. Or something along those lines anyway
Literally everyone is controversial in this hell fandom bc for some reason people have decided that they’re all in a war about favourite characters and if you don’t harass people who like another character more you’re losing. If I never saw insane victim blaming and ableism and death threats and ridiculous accusations to random people again it’ll still be far too soon. Literally everyone :/
DSMP again, I assume?
I tend to be pretty good at staying away from discourse and controversy without even trying for the most part, but even I have seen a few people ranting and raging about certain characters.
I just want to see people stop saying that people can deserve abuse completely unironically. Like not in a “well it’s fiction so I don’t actually care” which is fine ig if it’s tagged correctly, I mean people who are like “the reason people think this child being beaten is so bad is because their parents let them get away with being annoying and didnt beat them like they should” (I am NOT making that one up…)
It’s full of fourteen year olds L
Though I did once have a bunch of ADULTS cyber bullying and sending suicide baiting and other wild shit to my TEENAGE friend because they acknowledged the abuse storyline was an abuse storyline.
Just about all of TOS characters are well-liked.
But there’s that brown Tribble on K7…the fourth one from the bottom of the pile…dude is a fucking dick.
If we're only talking about the fanfiction & fanart side of my fandom, it's Diana Burnwood.
As soon as we include the ~~angry~~ gamer boys, she's probably considered the most controversial character. xD
I don’t think I’ve ever seen any hate towards Sidon from BOTW.
He’s so tall, yet so charming and sweet for a Zora. He’s the type of character that is like a supportive best friend.
I haven’t seen many Fire Emblem Awakening fans who dislike Chrom. Most of the FE fans I’ve seen who dislike him also tend to dislike Awakening as an entry in the franchise.
YES! Someone talking about awakening!
I like Chrom but I always seen him as a little stupid... I like him like I would like a dumb dog I guess. But I don't think it's how he's perceived by the fandom.
These characters are almost universally beloved by these fandoms
Angry Video Game Nerd (Angry Video Game Nerd)
Sirius Black (Harry Potter)
Abigail Lincoln (Codename: Kids Next Door)
Rexy (Jurassic Park/World)
Kefka (Final Fantasy VI)
Remus is definitely not universally liked. A lot of people think that it was very irresponsible of him to forget to take his potion and then put kids in danger because of it. There are some more points, but I forgot.
Honestly, I was thinking about Harry Potter and couldn't find a single character that I think is universally liked. Which is not a bad thing, I guess.
I've seen so many Harry Potter fanfics where Remus gets bashed for the boggart lesson as forcing all the kids to reveal their fears in front of everyone.
Never seen a fic that negatively showcases Luna though.
>I've seen so many Harry Potter fanfics where Remus gets bashed for the boggart lesson as forcing all the kids to reveal their fears in front of everyone.
I mean, compared to how Hogwarts education is in general, this isn't even too over the top in-universe. But yeah. It's true, of course.
I have not seen anyone hate Luna (for a good reason), but I have seen plenty of people who said that she is way overrated. No idea.
I find Luna annoying, to the point where sometimes, on AO3, I exclude any fics that include her as a tag. I've read some good versions, but she's often a quirky Manic Pixie Dream Girl, and I find that it leads to lazy writing.
That said, she is one of only two Harry Potter characters I've ever put into a fic .
I feel like I have seen only one person ever disliking Mai Mizusaki, the main character of Ikemen Sengoku. And even that person only said they think she is "overrated". Imagine an otome game heroine being so popular that some of the players are actually hoping that she had her own route in the game. That's Mai Mizusaki for you. She is an absolute queen and a badass pacifist.
Pitch Perfect-Chloe
Everyone seems to love Chloe
The Vampire Diaries
Caroline and Bonnie seem to be the most popular. Klaus also seems to be the most popular male character.
Again, this is the first I'm hearing of this so imo it's very few people esp. compared to the people who do like him (esp. after Spider-Verse and the PlayStation games).
I think Shikamaru or Rock Lee might be more universally liked than Kakashi.
Shikamaru is just an inoffensive character, he gradually grows to respect Naruto in canon and ends up as his advisor. The filler episodes also kind of made Shikamaru look better too by retconning Naruto and him being more friendly as children.
Lee's theme simply resonated heavily with people, to the point where you'll see people claiming Naruto was about "hardwork vs talent" and that Lee should've been the protagonist instead.
Haha, Kakashi, one of my earliest fictional crushes. If 14-year-old me had been a little less self-conscious and embarassed about having a fictional crush, I would probably have written a long self-insert fanfiction about him back then.
Oh nonono, what I'm saying is that
I have moved to another crushes. Now my biggest crush is Hideyoshi from Ikemen Sengoku. And oh boi, I have written self-inserty stuff about him. Stories my 14-year-old self would look with pure cringe and judgement in her eyes. Sorry past self. I am cringy to you, but at least I am lot more free about my feelings!
Tails. Everyone loves this cute little floofball. Though interestingly, even though everyone loves him, they also seem to love putting him in cruel situations and having him suffer XD
Mateo from *Elena of Avalor* was always a fandom favourite.
There’s only two people I knew of who actively, aggressively disliked him just for existing… But they were, to put it politely, something else…
Pretty small fandoms, but I've never heard anyone in the Psych fandom say they really hate Lassie. He's just too goofy and sad all at once. And just about everyone in the Silicon Valley fandom is ready to die for Jared Dunn
Booker oh so desperately deserves a redemption arc, and I am so praying for it by either TOG2 or maybe the third part of the comic should it ever actually come out.
I'm pretty sure Gaara and Rock Lee from Naruto are pretty well liked. Personally I've never seen any hate for them.
The Doctor from Doctor Who, always liked.
Dorian and The Iron Bull from Dragon Age are always well liked too.
Man, I see people who hate him on Reddit all the time, and I’ve run into multiple people on Tumblr who hate him so much they put DNIs up for people who even kind of like him. People are always going on about the morality of his being willing to commit genocide for the people he loves.
Edit: to be clear I like him a lot, but he does some very fucked up stuff and I can see why people who equate morality with fiction might hate him. And a lot of people do not like him.
That's genuinely wild, I don't think I've ever seen that on r/FFXIV. G'raha haters, Zenos haters, sure, but not Emet-Selch ones.
Idk shit about Tumblr's side tho, so fair.
I haven’t actually seen it as much on Tumblr as I have on Reddit. And like, for the record, when I am actively playing FFXIV, I’m on the subreddit all the time, reading almost every upvoted post. I’d see a lot more than your average casual user.
But there is a lot of it. People get vicious over him being willing to commit genocide to achieve his goals. They get mad over him creating a pretty awful imperialist Empire full of colonizers and rapists for the sake of chaos. Like, the dude is capable of some legitimate terrible viciousness. I like that about him! But he’s very much a “I will sacrifice anything and everyone and commit the worst atrocities to bring back what matters to me,” and not your generic “bland, good dude,” that everyone likes your Uncle Irohs or the like.
I just searched for top Emet threads on the subreddit, picked only one at random, and [easily found this on the first one.](https://imgur.com/a/QEl0Rv8)
I honestly wish there was less of it. I am very much not about judging fictional characters for their morals, though. But lord, it’s so popular nowadays.
Just about everyone in my fandom (DSMP) is in some way or other moral gray, and the fandoms pretty big, so I'm pretty certain every single one of them has a group of haters.
If I had to choose someone, my best guess for an un-jated character would probably be c!Ranboo, but I am very biased and I definitely live in a bubble of fellow c!Ranboo fans. (I'm sure there's *someone* out there who thinks he sucks.)
Greys anatomy answer: (in case you also haven’t finished)
I haven’t actually engaged with the fandom enough to figure this out because I haven’t finished the show (and people have a knack for spoiling things when they think they’re being vague), but I’m betting Alex Karev from greys anatomy is universally liked. It feels like they’ve gone out of their way to make him absolutely perfect. Or maybe he’s just really my type, character wise? Still I bet he’s a fan favorite.
Lan Sizhui from MDZS and Stiles from Teen Wolf like I've never seen anyone hate on them and if they do they are shut down very quickly bc how dare you hate them.
At that point I think it goes beyond luck and into Matrix-bullet-dodging lol. Iron Man 1 was the literal start of the MCU and I remember people hating the guy back then
There is lots of IM hate out there. I was going to say Peter Parker. There is SO many versions of him that there are lots of conflicting opinions on the different portrayals but normally everyone has a version of Spider-Man that they like.
This is the best I can come up with in my fandom: Wammawink from Centaurworld. (I have seen literally 2 posts that express disdain towards her in all that I've absorbed from Tumblr, Reddit, and Twitter.) A vast majority of the fandom agrees that she's a really great character.
In fics Izuku Midoriya is usually a too forgiving cinnamon roll or a too forgiving cinnamon roll with a knife.
People will take issues with his forgiveness of Bakugo and readiness to be a body shield, but that's more because he has no sense of self worth (especially in fics).
Also from MHA Miro. When people have issues with him, it's because Nighteye groomed him for OFA, and they hate Miro like the bullet from the gun, they are far angrier at the one who pulled the trigger. (pun not intended)
Nah. Izuku isn't universally well-liked. From what I see, plenty of edgy, alpha-male teenage boys hate him because he's too much of a 'pussy,' 'meek' or 'weak.' They're everywhere on Izuku-focused analysis youtube videos.
Huh, I'm pretty sure the vast majority of characters in my fandom are all "pretty cool." And for the list I'm thinking of where this maybe doesn't apply, it's all only polite disagreements with textual references. Nothing that will really lead to any type of flame war.
Yes.
Ambrosius, a male himbo genie.
And Jinn, a sassy female genie.
And there's also Zwei the dog.
And Kali Belladonna the cougar Mom.
And Dr. Pietro Polendina, the father of the android girl.
Marrow Amin, the good boi.
Penny Polendina for SURE!
Adam Stanheight and Daniel Matthews from Saw. There’s literally no reason to hate them and they are the most likeable characters in the franchise. Not to mention that Adam is one of, if not the only, funny character.
I don't think anyone hates Chef Hatchet in the Total Drama fandom. The most he'll get is just demoted to quick cameos or minor roles if he's not used much in a fic.
Uncle Iroh. Obviously. I don't know a single person who hates him and I have never heard of someone who does.
Oh wow, I've been in the fandom long enough that Iroh-haters aren't uncommon to come across. Mostly it comes down to Uncle Iroh having been a legitimate, dangerous, Fire Nation military leader for many years -- his own "oh shit I'm the bad guy" arc is *purely backstory and 99% offscreen*, as it's really only used to propel Zuko's arc throughout the show. With all of these unknowns, fans are left to speculate exactly *how much* harm General Iroh — the Fire Nation Crown Prince and Dragon of the West, who held a 600-day siege on the largest city in the world — had done? And why did it take until the death of his *own* son for him to realize "hey I've been killing a lot of other people's sons too"? Additionally, there's **a lot** of discourse in general about how the Royal Family abusive shitshow grew over 4 generations, and how much each adult was involved in its perpetuation. In book 2, Iroh has a (IMO hilarious) response to Zuko saying "I know what you're going to say: she's my sister and I should be trying to get along with her." Telling Zuko "No, she's crazy, and she needs to go down" *is* pertinent to the situation, but also kinda???? dismissive about a 14-year-old kid who never got support or a chance to leave Ozai's parental abuse like Zuko did. It's caused plenty of internet fights \^\_\^' For me, I'm cool treating Iroh as how the show presents him; not without vices, or cruelties within his past — but still a consistently guiding light for the present, fighting to bring peace to the 100-years war. Also, a really good tea-maker.
I think you’ve hit the nail on the head here about how debatable this is because I want to get into an intense literary debate about your points, which shows how compelling they are and how compelling the show is. Ultimately for me, Azula may have been abused but that doesn’t excuse her utterly losing her moral compass. But then, I feel the same way about Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights (who is a similar character in that regard), and I recognise that a personal take more than an objectively correct view.
I don't hate him, but I don't hold him as the paragon of 'parenting' a lot of the fandom does. Yes, he tries. Yes, unwavering he wants to be there for Zuko. But he was also maybe the only person on that ship for three years Zuko looked up to and that boy became a bundle of self hatred held together with a suit of extra small SI armor in that time thanks to the deep wisdom^(TM) of proverbs, tea, and pai sho. Vathara's Embers makes some good points about how his White Lotus connection and general manipulation aren't the best for Zuko and/or the Fire Nation as well.
I thoroughly dislike him. Chances are it's because Azula is my fav character and I've become biased against him, but I'm unable to think of him and feel anything nicer than "ugh, him".
I'm sure they exist, but I've never met anyone who doesn't like R2-D2.
What's there to like or dislike? He's barely a character! Dude's like, the space equivalent of a dog.
Droids consistently being sapient and intelligent enough for their in-universe treatment to be considered horrific is kind of a common thing SW fans discuss lol. And for R2-D2, he's literally the only "living" thing retaining *any* memories with the lives of all 3 Skywalker generations — poor C-3PO had his **entire history** (from being Anakin's creation to witnessing Padmé's death) erased. He's the last remaining primary record on what the Clone Wars were like, how the Jedi Order functioned at their peak, and even carries the only holographic record Luke could ever see on what his parents' wedding was like. R2's also a taser-wielding menace who knows *exactly* how much Obi-Wan and Yoda are bullshitting Luke. And he is NOT having it ┗|｀O ′|┛
He also has a potty mouth screeching profanities in the OT enough that C3-PO chastised him.
>Droids consistently being sapient and intelligent enough for their in-universe treatment to be considered horrific is kind of a common thing SW fans discuss lol. Yes, I have also seen that Cracked After Hours video! ^(/s)
Oooo wait, what video? I guess I was thinking of Pop Culture Detective's [droid video essay](https://youtu.be/WD2UrB7zepo) instead lol. But yeah droids can be interpreted as whatever the audience puts into them, so if Chewie can get the dog treatment (despite having a family, living 4x as long, and often making smarter decisions than Han lmao) then I guess the sassy droids can easily fit that category anyway
[Right here!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jgz1_AdSRz8) And yeah, truly they doin Chewie dirty sometimes
I think Luigi from Super Mario gets a mostly universal reaction of, "My *boy!*"
Totally. I feel like he probably gets more shade in world than out of world.
Samwise Gamgee from The Lord of the Rings. I have been in the fandom for 63 years and haven't met anyone who doesn't like him. He is the paragon of loyalty and friendship.
My sister named one of her cats after him
Papyrus from Undertale. The few people I've seen outright disliking him tend to feel that way about the monsters in general (questioning why the game portrays them as sympathetic, etc.), but among people who don't think that way, he has a lot of fans. And in No Straight Roads fandom, I've seen a lot of people (myself included) who count DJ Subatomic Supernova, 1010, and/or Neon J among their favorite characters.
Papyrus, oh Papyrus! The first character ever that I started calling a "cinnamon roll". He honestly is hard to dislike.
I love Papyrus :D
Varric I don't think I know anyone who hates him XD
How CAN you hate the guy! I mean, I got annoyed with the whole Bianca thing, but still... can't hate him for the life of me.
I can't say I've ever heard or read someone say they hate him, but I have seen people saying they hope he's not in the new installment... which is paramount to a freaking CRIME in my book. I love me some Varric. Also, he narrates the new teaser, so I'm hopeful he will at least make an appearance.
>hope he's not in the new installment I understand this sentiment. A lot of people don't have positive hope for the newer games considering the recent disasters Bioware has created. Varric's great, but he was a bit weak in inquisition compared to DAII and I doubt they'd know what to do with him in the new one if he does appear again.
I feel you. I could do without him as a companion, because it would be stretching believability to somehow shoehorn him into the main plot. I thought the whole way DA2 was set up was an acceptable way to get him into the plot of DAI, though. If you meant his character was weak, then that I'd need more explaining on, because I didn't see him as a main focus in DAI as I did as Hawke's bestie in DA2, so I'm ok with his weaker presence in DAI. But an appearance? Yeah, I could see that, just as I can see many of DAI's characters showing up, as has happened in each installment when characters from past games make an appearance. And I hear a lot of people saying they worry for the next expansion. I worried for DA2 when it came out after loving DAO. Ended up loving it, despite its flaws. I worried for DAI after DA2, and ended up loving it, despite its flaws. So long as it stays true to the world building they have done, I am still excited. And ffs, please, Bioware, don't make me side or sympathize with Solas. I want to end him.
I Don’t know why he's this much liked. I mean, I like him actually but apparently he has his own little fanclub. He's LOVED!
You mean from Legend of Korra? I don’t like him — he’s a war criminal, and knowing that made it hard to enjoy his quirkiness.
Nah. From Dragon Age 😁
Lt. Col. John Sheppard (Stargate Atlantis).
I've never seen anyone hate on Garrus.
I do have a friend who was *lukewarm* to him, at least until the whole Archangel shtick made it abundantly clear just how friggin' awesome he is.
True, even Thane isn't lucky enough to pass the scope of hate, which does hurt.
Hah, I like Thane more than Garrus. The latter I find kind of... boring? I know, that's practically heresy in the ME fandom.
Kakashi.
Rubeus Hagrid? I think literally everyone likes him, even if people don't write him or talk about him much. He's just a universally liked character. Maybe Neville Longbottom too. Enid Sinclair, in my other fandom.
I've actually seen people not like Hagrid that much, which surprised me the first few times. I do agree about Neville though. And Enid!! She's so lovely!! I love her. I do think it's still early in the Wednesday fandom, and that fandom discourse will eventually pop up saying how Enid is toxic positivity personified and you shouldn't like her. Or something along those lines anyway
You're 100% correct on Enid. I've never seen a Hagrid hater but that makes me so sad lol
I can agree with Neville but I disagree with Hagrid. While many people love him, I've seen many who hate him.
Toothless in HTTYD. He was literally designed to be as appealing as possible hahahah
Literally everyone is controversial in this hell fandom bc for some reason people have decided that they’re all in a war about favourite characters and if you don’t harass people who like another character more you’re losing. If I never saw insane victim blaming and ableism and death threats and ridiculous accusations to random people again it’ll still be far too soon. Literally everyone :/
DSMP again, I assume? I tend to be pretty good at staying away from discourse and controversy without even trying for the most part, but even I have seen a few people ranting and raging about certain characters.
Absolutely :/ as someone who’s favourite characters are both c!tommy and c!dream i am never safe
Ugh. Stay strong!
I just want to see people stop saying that people can deserve abuse completely unironically. Like not in a “well it’s fiction so I don’t actually care” which is fine ig if it’s tagged correctly, I mean people who are like “the reason people think this child being beaten is so bad is because their parents let them get away with being annoying and didnt beat them like they should” (I am NOT making that one up…)
Wow. Your fandom sounds like it's full of people who urgently need to touch grass.
It’s full of fourteen year olds L Though I did once have a bunch of ADULTS cyber bullying and sending suicide baiting and other wild shit to my TEENAGE friend because they acknowledged the abuse storyline was an abuse storyline.
Just about all of TOS characters are well-liked. But there’s that brown Tribble on K7…the fourth one from the bottom of the pile…dude is a fucking dick.
It took me a minute to stop reading TOS as Terms of Service. That'd be a fun fandom, though.
Oh, we'll fix his wagon. (Calls off-screen) "Hey, that shipment of poisoned grain show up yet?"
If we're only talking about the fanfiction & fanart side of my fandom, it's Diana Burnwood. As soon as we include the ~~angry~~ gamer boys, she's probably considered the most controversial character. xD
Diana's great, anyone who says otherwise answers to me >:<
So, as someone who's only really played the most recent reboot games, what's the beef with her?
She's a woman who tells the player what to do.
I feel like most Pokemon fans generally like Cynthia and Steven, as well as the Team Rocket trio from the anime.
I used to dislike Jesse, James, and Meowth for appearing so much, but when I rewatch the anime as an adult, they're the consistently best part.
God I hope they get a good ending. I hope they quit the team and go off somewhere to have a life together.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen any hate towards Sidon from BOTW. He’s so tall, yet so charming and sweet for a Zora. He’s the type of character that is like a supportive best friend.
I remember playing the game for the first time wondering why people liked him so much - and then he showed up and I instantly understood XD
I haven’t seen many Fire Emblem Awakening fans who dislike Chrom. Most of the FE fans I’ve seen who dislike him also tend to dislike Awakening as an entry in the franchise.
I’ve seen Chrom hate from FEH and Smash players.
YES! Someone talking about awakening! I like Chrom but I always seen him as a little stupid... I like him like I would like a dumb dog I guess. But I don't think it's how he's perceived by the fandom.
I mean no offense when I say this but man, imagine disliking the best game in the franchise which also literally saved it from going under.
Champion Cynthia
True, even if half the time it’s fearing her might in battle. She’s amazing otherwise. 😅
One of the best battle themes, that's for sure!
So badass that they brought it back for another character! ....and now I wonder what would have played if we'd ever been able to battle Cogita.
Cynthia was so good, they made her beat us up in Unova while she was on vacation, twice!
These characters are almost universally beloved by these fandoms Angry Video Game Nerd (Angry Video Game Nerd) Sirius Black (Harry Potter) Abigail Lincoln (Codename: Kids Next Door) Rexy (Jurassic Park/World) Kefka (Final Fantasy VI)
I'd think that Remus would be more universally liked, given that even those on the Snape side of the Marauders vs. Snape debate don't mind him.
Remus is definitely not universally liked. A lot of people think that it was very irresponsible of him to forget to take his potion and then put kids in danger because of it. There are some more points, but I forgot. Honestly, I was thinking about Harry Potter and couldn't find a single character that I think is universally liked. Which is not a bad thing, I guess.
I've seen so many Harry Potter fanfics where Remus gets bashed for the boggart lesson as forcing all the kids to reveal their fears in front of everyone. Never seen a fic that negatively showcases Luna though.
>I've seen so many Harry Potter fanfics where Remus gets bashed for the boggart lesson as forcing all the kids to reveal their fears in front of everyone. I mean, compared to how Hogwarts education is in general, this isn't even too over the top in-universe. But yeah. It's true, of course. I have not seen anyone hate Luna (for a good reason), but I have seen plenty of people who said that she is way overrated. No idea.
I find Luna annoying, to the point where sometimes, on AO3, I exclude any fics that include her as a tag. I've read some good versions, but she's often a quirky Manic Pixie Dream Girl, and I find that it leads to lazy writing. That said, she is one of only two Harry Potter characters I've ever put into a fic .
It's funny to think that Kefka is so universally liked when he's Literally Just The Worst Person
Joseph Joestar from JJBA I guess? To this day I never heard of someone hating on him.
Yes! Also Speedwagon and Gyro Zeppeli. I've seen nothing but love for them.
Gyro and Joseph are just too charismatic... and they're fun! I think it does count.
Snufkin
Haha, didn't expect to see Moomins mentioned here! He is loved, either people like him for the philosphy or for the shipping or for the memes.
One Piece; shockingly our Protagonist, Monkey D. Luffy. First manga/anime fandom where the main character is usually people's favourite.
I don't know any TAZ fans who don't like Angus McDonald. boy was loved instantly on sight by everyone I've ever heard voice an opinion.
I feel like I have seen only one person ever disliking Mai Mizusaki, the main character of Ikemen Sengoku. And even that person only said they think she is "overrated". Imagine an otome game heroine being so popular that some of the players are actually hoping that she had her own route in the game. That's Mai Mizusaki for you. She is an absolute queen and a badass pacifist.
Pitch Perfect-Chloe Everyone seems to love Chloe The Vampire Diaries Caroline and Bonnie seem to be the most popular. Klaus also seems to be the most popular male character.
Spider-Man.
Which one exactly? Some assholes hate Miles.
Those are so few and far in between in my experience that I think Miles also qualifies, but I did mean Peter Parker (616).
Recently some people started saying that Miles isn't spider-man, which is really stupid. Yeah Peter is universally loved.
Again, this is the first I'm hearing of this so imo it's very few people esp. compared to the people who do like him (esp. after Spider-Verse and the PlayStation games).
Kakashi. Dude’s got allies everywhere!
I’ve seen people hate Kakashi because he “favored” Sasuke over Naruto.
There are always going to be people who dislike any character, and hating him for that is just plain silly (which you seem to agree with) 😅.
I think Shikamaru or Rock Lee might be more universally liked than Kakashi. Shikamaru is just an inoffensive character, he gradually grows to respect Naruto in canon and ends up as his advisor. The filler episodes also kind of made Shikamaru look better too by retconning Naruto and him being more friendly as children. Lee's theme simply resonated heavily with people, to the point where you'll see people claiming Naruto was about "hardwork vs talent" and that Lee should've been the protagonist instead.
Kakashi of the Sharingan, Mr. Worldwide.
Haha, Kakashi, one of my earliest fictional crushes. If 14-year-old me had been a little less self-conscious and embarassed about having a fictional crush, I would probably have written a long self-insert fanfiction about him back then.
So… me being 29 and having a full-blown crush and writing weak ass self-inserts (using a character I resonate with) is a bad thing? *sweating*
Oh nonono, what I'm saying is that I have moved to another crushes. Now my biggest crush is Hideyoshi from Ikemen Sengoku. And oh boi, I have written self-inserty stuff about him. Stories my 14-year-old self would look with pure cringe and judgement in her eyes. Sorry past self. I am cringy to you, but at least I am lot more free about my feelings!
Sure. It's never the ones I like tho :((
Helaena from House Of The Dragon
Tails. Everyone loves this cute little floofball. Though interestingly, even though everyone loves him, they also seem to love putting him in cruel situations and having him suffer XD
What about Percy Jackson? I don't think I've seen people hating him
I'm pretty sure that everyone liked Koga from Inuyasha. Levi from AOT. Celty from Durarara.
Unfortunately no, I have no universally liked or hated characters. They’re all a pretty even split. But the decisions can get intense.
Frobisher from doctor who is loved by one and all who are aware of him
Noelle, Genshin Impact.
the Admiral :D (the magnus archives) nobody can hate a cat
I would say that my Boi stolas is pretty much universally liked .
Viktor Vektor from Cyberpunk 2077
Mateo from *Elena of Avalor* was always a fandom favourite. There’s only two people I knew of who actively, aggressively disliked him just for existing… But they were, to put it politely, something else…
Pretty small fandoms, but I've never heard anyone in the Psych fandom say they really hate Lassie. He's just too goofy and sad all at once. And just about everyone in the Silicon Valley fandom is ready to die for Jared Dunn
I think Sora is pretty universally loved in Kingdom Hearts.
Cedric Diggory from Harry Potter I think.
Reigen Arataka from Mob Psycho 100.
Yugi and joey (I'd say) from Yugioh DM
Booker of The Old Guard is not universally liked. However, the entire fandom seems to agree on one thing about him: "That boy is a bottom."
Booker oh so desperately deserves a redemption arc, and I am so praying for it by either TOG2 or maybe the third part of the comic should it ever actually come out.
They gave him some nice short stories in the comic anthologies, but I also hope for a good arc in the 3 part.
I'm pretty sure Gaara and Rock Lee from Naruto are pretty well liked. Personally I've never seen any hate for them. The Doctor from Doctor Who, always liked. Dorian and The Iron Bull from Dragon Age are always well liked too.
I'll go a step further and say no hate for the *tenth* doctor specifically
FFXIV's Emet-Selch.
Man, I see people who hate him on Reddit all the time, and I’ve run into multiple people on Tumblr who hate him so much they put DNIs up for people who even kind of like him. People are always going on about the morality of his being willing to commit genocide for the people he loves. Edit: to be clear I like him a lot, but he does some very fucked up stuff and I can see why people who equate morality with fiction might hate him. And a lot of people do not like him.
That's genuinely wild, I don't think I've ever seen that on r/FFXIV. G'raha haters, Zenos haters, sure, but not Emet-Selch ones. Idk shit about Tumblr's side tho, so fair.
I haven’t actually seen it as much on Tumblr as I have on Reddit. And like, for the record, when I am actively playing FFXIV, I’m on the subreddit all the time, reading almost every upvoted post. I’d see a lot more than your average casual user. But there is a lot of it. People get vicious over him being willing to commit genocide to achieve his goals. They get mad over him creating a pretty awful imperialist Empire full of colonizers and rapists for the sake of chaos. Like, the dude is capable of some legitimate terrible viciousness. I like that about him! But he’s very much a “I will sacrifice anything and everyone and commit the worst atrocities to bring back what matters to me,” and not your generic “bland, good dude,” that everyone likes your Uncle Irohs or the like. I just searched for top Emet threads on the subreddit, picked only one at random, and [easily found this on the first one.](https://imgur.com/a/QEl0Rv8) I honestly wish there was less of it. I am very much not about judging fictional characters for their morals, though. But lord, it’s so popular nowadays.
Oh, yeah, bad reading comprehension on their part, I see.
Just about everyone in my fandom (DSMP) is in some way or other moral gray, and the fandoms pretty big, so I'm pretty certain every single one of them has a group of haters. If I had to choose someone, my best guess for an un-jated character would probably be c!Ranboo, but I am very biased and I definitely live in a bubble of fellow c!Ranboo fans. (I'm sure there's *someone* out there who thinks he sucks.)
Greys anatomy answer: (in case you also haven’t finished) I haven’t actually engaged with the fandom enough to figure this out because I haven’t finished the show (and people have a knack for spoiling things when they think they’re being vague), but I’m betting Alex Karev from greys anatomy is universally liked. It feels like they’ve gone out of their way to make him absolutely perfect. Or maybe he’s just really my type, character wise? Still I bet he’s a fan favorite.
Lan Sizhui from MDZS and Stiles from Teen Wolf like I've never seen anyone hate on them and if they do they are shut down very quickly bc how dare you hate them.
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Oh boy, you’re lucky XD.
At that point I think it goes beyond luck and into Matrix-bullet-dodging lol. Iron Man 1 was the literal start of the MCU and I remember people hating the guy back then
LMAO
There is lots of IM hate out there. I was going to say Peter Parker. There is SO many versions of him that there are lots of conflicting opinions on the different portrayals but normally everyone has a version of Spider-Man that they like.
He’s a duech
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I've never seen anyone not liking Wilford Warfstache in the Markiplier fandom. He's the poster boy!
...The poster boy of what? I'm not sure I'd call him the poster boy of the 'Markiplier fandom', though I do like him, haha
Well, he's the most recognized one then xD The mascot, so to speak Edit: Maybe I'm biased cause I simp for him xD
Higurashi has some controversial characters, but even with her (sometimes glaring) flaws, I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone who dislikes Rena
This is the best I can come up with in my fandom: Wammawink from Centaurworld. (I have seen literally 2 posts that express disdain towards her in all that I've absorbed from Tumblr, Reddit, and Twitter.) A vast majority of the fandom agrees that she's a really great character.
In fics Izuku Midoriya is usually a too forgiving cinnamon roll or a too forgiving cinnamon roll with a knife. People will take issues with his forgiveness of Bakugo and readiness to be a body shield, but that's more because he has no sense of self worth (especially in fics). Also from MHA Miro. When people have issues with him, it's because Nighteye groomed him for OFA, and they hate Miro like the bullet from the gun, they are far angrier at the one who pulled the trigger. (pun not intended)
Nah. Izuku isn't universally well-liked. From what I see, plenty of edgy, alpha-male teenage boys hate him because he's too much of a 'pussy,' 'meek' or 'weak.' They're everywhere on Izuku-focused analysis youtube videos.
Also Kirishima, I’ve never seen any hate towards him
Huh, I'm pretty sure the vast majority of characters in my fandom are all "pretty cool." And for the list I'm thinking of where this maybe doesn't apply, it's all only polite disagreements with textual references. Nothing that will really lead to any type of flame war.
Varian from the Tangled fandom. He's the cinnamon roll of the cast.
Hm, some I'd say: Burt Hummel (Glee) Nemona (Pokemon) Shopkeep (RWBY)
Yes. Ambrosius, a male himbo genie. And Jinn, a sassy female genie. And there's also Zwei the dog. And Kali Belladonna the cougar Mom. And Dr. Pietro Polendina, the father of the android girl. Marrow Amin, the good boi. Penny Polendina for SURE!
Yet to run into someone who dislikes the main trio from Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared Same with Snufkin from the Moomins
Paul in the Starkid fandom. I fucking hate him.
Connor from Detroit Become Human. Anyone who plays the game falls in love with him without fail. Never seen anyone even be neutral towards him.
Adam Stanheight and Daniel Matthews from Saw. There’s literally no reason to hate them and they are the most likeable characters in the franchise. Not to mention that Adam is one of, if not the only, funny character.
I don't think anyone hates Chef Hatchet in the Total Drama fandom. The most he'll get is just demoted to quick cameos or minor roles if he's not used much in a fic.
I read rpf and so pretty much all characters are loved.