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People Break Down Which Fictional Characters They Hate With A Passion

People Break Down Which Fictional Characters They Hate With A Passion
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I love characters I love to hate.

Even when I hate them I can always find the reason they're involved in the story, so I find it difficult to want them to be erased.

Certain characters flaws and the most heinous decisions are written to further story and bolster the audience's love for the heroes.

So as much as we loathe them, we need them; much like our enemies in real life. That is what makes compelling drama.

Redditor u/nekoandCJ wanted to spill the tea on the characters we could do without in our favorite stories by asking:

People of reddit, what fictional character do you hate with a passion?

The list is long for me. It all starts with the guy who shot Bambi's mom. Lord, to this day that is still traumatizing. But she had to go to give Bambi a story. And Michael Douglas's character in "Fatal Attraction," what a putz. He got what he deserved. But how else would we be able to sympathize with Glenn Close? Even though... well y'all get it.

Family Fail

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"Kevin McCallister's uncle… "look what you did you little JERK!"

- IcyVirto

"Watching Home Alone as an adult is so much harder because basically every adult in Kevin's life fails him."

- CelebrityTakeDown

HIM!

"Percy from the green mile, that freak can DIE IN THE MENTAL WARD!!"

- SharkMouthFleshlight

"That was what was so good, there is a Percy in every large group and more that one in any team where failure isn't punished, like a government job working at a prison. He was a great comment on humanity."

- Red_Meridian

Love Sharon Though

"Ginger from Casino."

"Major kudos to Sharon Stone, her performance made me utterly loathe that character. She was a manipulative junkie who tied her young daughter to a bed so she could go out to score. I wanted to reach through the screen and choke her."

- kor_hookmaster

"Loathe the character, but that performance is absolutely god-tier. Helluva an acting job. Her and Pesci just freaking nail it to the stratosphere, playing thoroughly unlikeable characters in the absolute most realistic way. Ginger is the holistic ideal of the gold-digging party girl. And Pesci is that moron Dunning-Kruger guy we all know."

- disposable-name

Wimps...

"Manny from Diary of a Wimpy kid I think there's a while subreddit about that little monster."

- TheWorldsNipplehood

"Honestly Greg is also pretty bad. He breaks his best friend's arm and is not only not sorry about it but also thinks he's the victim."

- ManMan36

Call a Doctor!

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"Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. My favorite antagonist ever. Louise Fletcher was perfectly cast for the role, too."

- catdog_man

Ohhhh... good choices thus far. Although, I found Sarah Paulson's Ratched more detestable. You know who else is a mess? Elmira Gulch. Love the Wicked Witch. Hate Elmira! Go figure...

True Evil

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"Livia Soprano made my blood pressure rise every time she was on screen. Great acting. Mission accomplished."

- fallonyourswordkaren

That Voice!

"Micah bell."

- self-interest

"I will say, I've seen Comic-Con panels with him and his smarta** sense of humor fit Micah perfectly. He may have hated the character, but boy oh boy was he a fantastic casting choice. As were all the main cast, for that matter."

- FormerLurker3

"Currently replaying, and I so wish I could leave him to hang in Strawberry. Gotta give it to him though, he is a tremendous villain."

- bguzewicz

All the Drama

"When I tell you I stood up and cheered when I originally saw Heather from Total Drama Island finally get booted out of the competition. 'Twas a good day."

- Brotherbeam

"Season 1 I HATED her and loved when she lost her hair. But then it was more of a love-hate relationship with her. She's a fun character. Owen, now that monster I hate. Loved him season 1, but then he just got reduced to fat guy who farts and contributes nothing."

- boobiesrkoozies

Hit Him!

"Craig from Malcolm in the Middle. He's a selfish, annoying coward. Like the episode where he's injured and he makes Lois drive all over town to different restaurants for him. I love when the helper monkey turns on him, that's what he gets for treating it like crap. I especially hate the episode where Hal asks Craig to help him buy a comic book for Malcolm."

"And Craig also makes Hal drive him all over town for different meals and treats and gifts, then when Hal dares to ask when they're actually going to the comic book store Craig flips out and demands to be let out of the car and says he won't help Hal anymore. Like come the hell on, I just want to slap him."

- yaponit443

Villains

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"Dolores Umbridge".

- Snoo79382

"Do you need a cough drop, Dolores?!"

"I loved Umbridge for the simple fact that she brought out McGonagall's savagery like no one else, and it was glorious."

- AeolianMelodies

"Voldemort is just another generic, pointlessly evil type of character that only seems to exist in fiction. Umbridge is the type of tight @ssed bureaucrat that mimics the actual villain in many average people's real lives."

- SpaceCowboy58

This thread could be endless. So many villains and loathesome characters so little time. But Lord the drama is good!

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