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Most well written characters for every tier: List Edition

Ezio for 9-A (Top 5 bare minimum, but well below DC's Caped Crusader that Dresses like a Bat) for this reason (This video goes even more in-depth and repeats a lot of the points I personally would've noted).
 
Once again I'm nominating Meruem for High 7-C

The complete deconstruction of his ideology, his complete flip of morals, and his growth towards acknowledging and even loving (Certain) humans all in the span of a single arc make him a top tier pick IMO
 
Beatrice for 1-B

A very charming and well characterized antagonist with a lot of thematic, psychological and character depth along with an extremely tragic backstory and conclusion and multiple insane plot twists and cruel subversions of expectations.

I know that sounds like a very generic description but it's hard to go in detail without spoiling the plot of the whole story.
 
Also have to nominate Minato Kageaki for 9-C(or any of his tiers idk).

His arc on the surface is kinda like your average seinen protagonist(Musashi, Guts, Thorfinn etc). He goes through tragedy, ideological evolution, character development etc. However, what makes him unique is the nature of Muramasa as an extremely subversive and deconstructive story. His characterization involves a fascinating combination of lots of contradictory qualities like altruism, self hate, egoism, guilt, psychopathy etc and has a lot of layers. And his conclusion is him becoming an edgy unbiased murder machine mercenary which is the exact opposite of what you'd expect from someone with that kind of character arc. It's quite fascinating to see what brought him to that conclusion and how it's basically thematically the perfect conclusion possible for his character. And of course, he has an excellent dynamic with the antagonist.
 
Walter White, Saul Goodman and Johan Liebert for 9-C
Both Walter and Saul are excellent shakespearean tragic heroes that I believe don't need an explanation since they are very mainstream. Johan is also pretty well known. His character explores a very interesting concept and is very complex.

Homura Akemi for 2-A
She's also pretty well known. Probably deserves a spot with how much she goes through because of Madoka and her conclusion being her selfish yet selfless wish which causes her to rebel against Goddess Madoka.
 
Based.

I would nominate Roland Deschain for 9A. He has a bit of everything, but he’s incredibly complex and has really interesting characterization. The amount of detail put into his character is astounding.
 
Alright, this is copied from another thread but, I'm going to get into the Character of Shirou Emiya, though in order to do so, I will have to go over 4 different stories, due to Shirou's character drastically varying across all four stories, as well as a additional "Version" of him, EMIYA, who appear's in three of these said stories, and being of upmost importance to Shirou in 2 of those said stories.

Shirou's Origin for Fate/Stay Night
Shirou Emiya's core issue's for pretty much all version's of himself stem from one singular situation; Everything that occurred to Shirou before is hardly relevant, and as such, I will only go over the part that is relevant, and that's the events surrounding the end of the Fourth Holy Grail War. In order to not keep you here forever, I will simply address what is relevant about this war: As a result of the conflict, the city in which Shirou lived was burned down. Everyone he knew and loved, every other person- All gone. And yet, Shirou survived, rescued by the man who would become his surrogate father, Kiritsugu Emiya.

In having had this experience, Shirou's takeaway's were twofold; A development of Survivor's Guilt/PTSD over having been the only one to survive, and yet a Deep Admiration to the man who saved him, to the point of Idolization. Shirou Loathes that his own existence was the only one who was saved, and yet he praises the man who saved him. He question's why he was the one to be saved, and yet believes the one who saved him to be the ideal way of being. At the core of Shirou Emiya's character is contradiction; His conflict's almost always stem from said contradiction, and that contradiction is what made him the character he become's in the future. This contradiction, this origin, it is imperative to understanding the character that is Shirou Emiya.


Fate Route

Moving on, we have... I will admit, my least favorite Shirou, and the one I find the most boring, at least out of the Shirou Emiya's on this list. But even so, he is important to look at, because while he has arguably the least amount of Development of any Shirou, he is the template that goes on to show where the Other Shirou's, sans Oath Under Snow, originate from. Think of him as the starting point of Shirou in F/SN, and think of EMIYA, UBW, and HF as three possible "End's" for that Shirou to reach.

Shirou Emiya in this route, as well as the beginning of the other two route's, is someone who on the surface seems average. However, internally he is filled with many problem's. As a result of his obsession with his Surrogate Father, he developed a Ideal inspired by him; The Ideal of becoming a Hero. His main goal, ultimately, is to save as many live's as possible. However, to do so, he is willing to let himself be hurt or even killed- This stem's from his Survivor's Guilt. He doesn't know why he was the one who survived, yet he did. He doesn't perceive his life to have been worth being saved; That should have been someone else. Ergo, why should he care if his life is extinguished now? It's not that he's suicidal per say, but he could not care less if he dies so long as it's for the sake of saving other's.

Shirou Emiya is a mentally disturbed person; A man who has a set of Ideal's that will lead him nowhere, and a lack of self preservation that guarantee his Ideal's will go through at any cost. What most other's see as a Selfless goal that all should strive for, is in reality for Shirou Emiya a self destructive life style that shaft's Realism in favor of Idealism, blindly pursuing one's dream's with reckless abandon. This could be considered a selfish way of life, as a matter of fact- A existence that derives pleasure for oneself from the happiness of other's. In a way, it's almost appalling- This is a man who is unbothered by some of the most disturbing of things, and only solely focused on saving everyone possible.

This is a path that will lead him nowhere.
A path that will leave him with no one.
Nothing.
Nothing but broken Ideal's.
Nothing but EMIYA.

EMIYA

... In many ways, you can say, the Fate Route is the path where EMIYA is the natural conclusion. Heroic Spirit EMIYA Archer is a character that very much belongs to the same franchise as Shirou, but he is more than that; He IS Shirou. Shirou from a timeline where he pursued his ideal's to the very end, even giving his life to become a Counter Guardian; A Hero who appear's in time's of great strife to save lives.

He thought he would be saving lives, he thought he would be achieving world peace slowly, but it soon became apparent to EMIYA what saving people really means.
Time and time again, he was sent out. His mission? Kill this dictator. Kill these terrorists. Kill this treasonous wretch. Kill. Kill. Kill some more.

In order to save as many people as possible, he had to kill a vast number of other's. After all, while Shirou could be said to "Value the live's of all over the life of the one", Emiya would be said to have been forced to "Defend the lives of the many by eliminating the few". Needless to say, having one's own ideal's countered and being forced to against said ideal's could leave a man broken. EMIYA is a Cynical, twisted Mirror of Shirou; A Realistic Individual who is willing to justify the loss of life for the sake of achieving a greater goal. In that sense, EMIYA becomes the opposite of Shirou, while also remaining the same. While this conflict is touched on lightly in the Fate Route, it's most prevalent in...

Unlimited Blade Works

Unlimited Blade Works. A route made for Shirou and EMIYA inherently. Yes, perhaps one could say the main draw is the particular Love Interest, but the real crux of this Route is the Archer EMIYA and Shirou Emiya. While this route initially doesn't appear to be too different from the Fate Route, through his interaction's with character's in this route, he is forced to confront things about himself that Fate Route Ignored; He is presented with the possibility that his ideal is faulty, something that he never truly acknowledged.

EMIYA serves as the embodiment of Shirou's Ideal, and yet also serves as the end goal that Shirou refuses to accept; It's a twofold issue. He is both the thing Shirou so desperately wants to become, yet he cannot accept EMIYA Archer as a being. While Archer's way of doing thing's may be correct objectively- The best way to save as many as possible may be to kill those who would kill more- Shirou cannot agree with this morally, even if he recognizes it as correct. Shirou Emiya is forced to confront his ideal, and make a choice; And yet, he refuses to back down on his Ideal's. It's not out of some sort of ignorance however.

As Shirou and EMIYA fight in this route, he is slowly made to understand EMIYA- See what happened to him, how his path led to nothing but ruin, and how eventually his own path would lead that way. He is forced to realize that, even if he disagree's with it. You see, Shirou's refusal to back down from his ideal's doesn't come from naively ignoring reality- It comes from accepting that reality, and yet still choosing to pursue the ideal world. Even if that Dream cannot be attained, it is still to Shirou a Admirable Dream Worth Fighting for. In that sense, he both accepts and rejects EMIYA- He accepts that EMIYA is correct about the truth of the world, but rejects the notion that he could ever be correct on a moral front. In that sense, you could say he stop's selfishly pursuing this ideal, and instead selflessly does so; Not because he is ignorantly blind, but because he is aware. In a way, UBW Shirou is the ultimate realization of his original Ideal.


Heaven's Feel

Of course, that isn't the only route Shirou can take to deviate from that origin. There are ways for Shirou to be broken down and torn apart from his Ideal. Situation's which force him to choose between what is right according to his Ideal and what is right according to his Emotion's. That is what Heaven's Feel is. The situation which takes a character who has pursued a Ideal his entire life, and pushing him down a path that makes him sacrifice it.

In Heaven's Feel, we see a route where Shirou develop's deeper Personal Bonds than ever before; A route where EMIYA continue's to plague Shirou's mind even in his death; A route where the antithesis of Shirou face's him and forces Shirou to reflect on the nature of "Shirou Emiya". Beforehand, you could Say Shirou was always allowed to have his cake and eat it too- Even in UBW where he (subjectively) get's amazing Character Development that explore's his Ideal's and the potential friction against his desire's, we don't really see him have to make that choice. But in Heaven's Feel, not only do we see that- But we see it from a Shirou who doesn't have the development that UBW Shirou had. He's no different from his Fate Route self, really- And yet, he is confronted with a choice.

The Girl he has spent a large amount of his time with, Sakura Matou- A girl he even develop's romantic feelings for in this route- Is a threat to people by existing. Her continued existence can slowly jeopardize more and more people. Naturally, EMIYA would have eliminated her. Most likely, UBW Shirou would have tried to find a way to save her and everyone else. But Heaven's Feel Shirou? He recognizes that her continued existence hurts other's, and that he realistically cannot save her while saving everyone else. And yet, he can't bring himself to do it.

Shirou Emiya cannot kill Sakura Matou. Further than that, he cannot let harm come to her.

Over the course of this route, Shirou is made to protect the one thing that is most dangerous to everyone else- He simply has to, he cannot fathom the idea of killing her. He cannot do it. Furthermore, he not only chooses to protect her- But at his own expense.

To summarize a particularly important series of events, basically, Shirou got injured due to protecting someone, causing the loss of his arm. Normally, EMIYA would not care- He wished for the death of UBW Shirou after all, due to not wanting Shirou Emiya to go down his same path. However, possibly due to seeing something in him- Maybe even seeing that he won't go down the same path- He chose to save Shirou's life by giving his Arm.

... That said, even though they are the same person and thus more compatible than most, mixing Servant and Human body parts is a big no no.

To put it basically, even though the Arm allowes Shirou to directly use part of Archer's Power and Abilities, the Arm will work against Shirou due to the conflict between EMIYA's Ideal's and Shirou's Ideal's; Even if this Shirou is more of a Realist, part of him still cab't quite shake off his ideal's.

This eventually culminates in his battle against The man known as Kirei Kotomine.

For some background, Kirei Kotomine is a Preist who helped to oversee the war that occur's in Fate/Stay Night. He is essentially, the opposite of Shirou, and yet the same. He only finds joy in the suffering of other's, and pursue's this through any means necessary. He know's this is inherently wrong, but yet he doesn't care; He continue's to cause pain and suffering for other's because that's all he know's.

During their fight, Kirei and Shirou break each other down- Coming to understand one another, coming to see how they are essentially one in the same; Two Broken, empty men who will pursue their happiness selfishly.

However. There is one difference between these two men.

Kirei is only fighting here, because all his life he has only known to cause suffering. But Shirou has something else to fight for. Someone.

Even though Kirei is a impossible enemy for Shirou, Shirou Emiya is able to survive long enough because he has someone he has to win for. He can't lose, because if he loses, Sakura can't be happy. It's not about his ideal's anymore; Maybe that's somewhere in the back of his mind, but at that moment, in that instance, even when his body and mind are being beaten down and torn apart, he thinks only about the happiness of the one he cares for the most.

This is truly the closest we see Shirou come to discarding his ideal's in the original route's- While he may have some amount of idealism still inside him, he still elects to put his own desire's above said ideal's. This even culminates in one climatic scene, wherein we can see his desire's at full motion- When the girl who was his Sister in a sense, Illyasviel, elects to sacrifice herself so that Shirou doesn't have to die. And ultimately... While he wants to save her, and he wants her to not go... He also deep down, finally, wants to live.

Oath Under Snow

... But, that's not the end. Because there is one more Shirou to discuss- A Shirou that didn't have everything he did in the original route's. A Shirou who's surrogate father was cold to him. A Shirou who had the girl he loved killed in a twisted ritual. A Shirou who's final family- Final Hope- Is stolen from him and kidnapped... A Shirou who from the very start, didn't fight for Ideal's.

Maybe he did have that desire to be a Hero somewhere deep inside- But that desire could never blossom in the eternal winter that was Shirou's Life. A life where he knew next to no one personally- His father was cold, he only had two friends at school, and everyone else was just... A stranger. This is a Shirou who's very core is shaken- A Shirou who appears to be cold and calculating. He may want to hold onto something he loves, but you will find him rarely using the sentimental, but rather, the practical.
And yet, this Shirou isn't cold.

In fact, he's far from it- He is sentimental. He is caring and warm. He sympathizes with those close to them- It's why he could never become a hero, because in this timeline, being a Hero was synonymous with not letting emotion's dictate your actions... And Shirou's heart was too weak for that. Shirou is someone who makes bonds and connections, even if he himself isn't aware of such- He is a sentimental person who can't simply sacrifice people he loves and cut off his emotions.

As a matter of fact, the entire reason he comes to fight later on is specifically because of this sentimentality- In a world where his own adoptive sister is a potential Holy Grail of great power, a world where everyone is willing to use her- Even Shirou's own Father- In a world where everyone else is torn away from Shirou, and everything he know's is taken... He chooses to fight for the one person he has left. Even if he loses, so long as that Person can see a bright future, then he will have a smile on his face.

Oath Under Snow is Shirou Emiya underneath all those Ideal's he has in the main route's- He is a man of Warmth and Sentimentality that, in some part of him, truly wants to have the things he cherishes close to him.

The General Summary and Comparison's

Now that we've gone over each version of Shirou, I hope that it's clear who and what Shirou Emiya is. In short, Shirou Emiya is a character who is made by his past- A character who's tragedies affect him deeply and shape his ideal's- A character who's Ideal's can be flawed, but still worth going after. A character who recognizes that putting his Ideal's aside for the sake of what he care's for is something he might be willing to do. A character who, Ultimately, is too warm to become EMIYA.

Because that's ultimately what the core conflict with Shirou and EMIYA is- The Conflict of their Emotion's versus the Duty they give to themselves.

Fate Shirou Blindly Pursue's this Ideal, selfishly and naively disregarding Reality.
UBW Shirou acknowledges the Flaw's in his Ideal, yet Selflessly pursue's it as a worthwhile dream.
HF Shirou pushes his Ideal to the Wayside, compromising it for the sake of those he wants to hold close.
OUS Shirou could never live up to the Ideal given to him, and as such, only fought for his Emotional connection's.

And EMIYA is the ultimate realization of sacrificing Emotion's for the sake of this Duty, of this Ideal- That is a End Goal that could only be accepted by a Shirou who cannot reconcile with himself.

Both UBW and OUS Shirou are able to fully reconcile with their Ideal's and Emotion's, and while HF may not implicitly reconcile with said Ideal's and Emotion's, he recognizes that his Emotion's are at least as important as said Ideal. Fate Shirou, however, is already on the path towards that Ideal.

As for EMIYA, he is someone who can only make a Reconcilation in one outcome. In the Fate Route, Shirou is already set in stone to follow this Ideal without acknowledging Reality, and Heaven's Feel Shirou is already different enough from the Ideal that put EMIYA on the path he is. But in Unlimited Blade Works, through Shirou Emiya finding a resolve to pursue his Ideal's while Acknowledging Reality, EMIYA is able to find peace with this path, and finally rest. Of course, EMIYA is absent in OUS so there isn't much to say there.

A interesting thing I find is also how the only three to unlock Unlimited Blade Works are UBW Shirou, OUS Shirou, and EMIYA. EMIYA should be a relatively obvious situation, wherein it's something he unlocked over time, but UBW and OUS Shirou seemed able to unlock Unlimited Blade Works earlier. They also so happen to be the two Shirou's who can find a resolution in their conflict of Ideal's vs Emotions, so take that as you will. I do personally find UBW and OUS Shirou to both be the most interesting, admittedly (Kind of funny since I spent so much time on HF Shirou or all things), but all of these Shirou's are really integral to understanding the full picture of what is "Shirou Emiya".

We see all ranges of path's Shirou can go- From the foundation of what Shirou is, we can see what happens if he blindly pursue's his Ideal's, if he can fully accept reality and still elect to follow his dreams, if he can compromise his ideal for the sake of emotional connections, and a world where he never could have those ideal's- A world where he can only dream of pursuing warmth in the form of those he care's for. Shirou Emiya, at his core, is an Idealist who's Ideal's directly conflict with his emotional impulses. But only in scenario's where he can either accept his Ideal's Flaw's, or Reject that Ideal fully, can he reach his truest power. Only by finding a solution to the conflict of his Ideal's and Emotion's can he achieve his full potential in the form of his Unlimited Blade Works.

Now this isn't to dunk on anyone who prefer's a different Shirou- If your favorite Shirou is Heaven's Feel Shirou, that's completely valid, as his temporary resolution of compromising Ideal's for his Emotion's is interesting and worth looking into, and Fate Route, while in my opinion having the most Boring Shirou out of the main 5 versions of him, is still great insight into Shirou and why the path of allowing this conflict to continue inside of him can eventually lead to the tragic end point that is EMIYA. And of course, EMIYA himself is a very fun character who has his interesting dynamics with other character's. That said, I feel personally at least, that only UBW and OUS Shirou are able to fully realize themselves and their character as Shirou Emiya- While Fate Route doesn't make much progress in this regard, and HF might be some of the way there, UBW and OUS are the two who manage to settle their conflict, and that makes them feel the most "Complete" to me, personally.


In conclusion, I believe Shirou to be a immensely interesting and well written Character who is notable enough to be mentioned here.



So uh, yeah, that was something, lol. I have a feeling I might not have done the best job of explaining things, and I might have missed some stuff about him, to be honest. That said, I will say, most inspiration for this post came from this Video, straight up. It really helped me initially when I was getting into the series clear up the differences between each Shirou. If you sat through and read all of this, then thank you for your time. I hope this may have provided you with something, at least.

... Man I really just wasted 4 hour's of my life on this-
 
Alright, here's my nomination for Mr. Glass for 10-C

SPOILERS FOR UNBREAKABLE

I SERIOUSLY RECOMMEND THE FILM AS IT'S AN INCREDIBLY SINCERE AND HEARTFELT DECONSTRUCTION OF COMICS AND THE SUPERHERO ORIGIN STORY DONE BEFORE THE GENRE HAD BECOME SO POPULAR IN MOVIES AS IT IS TODAY

IF YOU HAVE WATCHED UNBREAKABLE ALSO: WATCH SPLIT (2016) IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, NO REASON IN PARTICULAR JUST WATCH UNTIL THE END TRUST ME
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Introduction

Elijah Price, played amazingly by Samuel Jackson, is the secret antagonist of M. Night Shyamalan's Unbreakable. He's equally tragic and despicable, though even when watching his debut film again after learning the truth of his actions and how they connect to David Dunn, it's hard not to feel sympathy or at the very least empathy towards someone who's known pain since birth. I'm going to analyse the character and make a case for why he should be considered as one of the best-written characters in the 10-C category on the wiki.

Pain & Purpose

As mentioned above, Elijah was quite literally born into a life of pain. Having been born with Osteogenesis Imperfecta, upon being conceived he came out of the womb with broken arms and legs. We learn later on in the present day of Unbreakable that Elijah has had 54 breaks in his life. From a young age this instilled a fear of the outside world in him. Adding to this was his bullying by other kids for his condition, being nicknamed "Mr. Glass". In an attempt to get her son to venture outside again instead of couping himself up in his home afraid for the rest of his life, she buys him a present and sets it on a bench in the playground opposite their apartment. It's shown to us in this clip that Elijah's mother is a woman of faith, emphasizing that if it's "god's plan" for him to fall down between where he sits and the TV then "that's what's gonna happen". This establishes early on Elijah's lifelong search for purpose, for why he is the way he is. This day would forever change his life, for better or for worse, as from then on he would dedicate his life to the medium of comic books. His dedication and understanding of the medium is shown on full display in this brilliant scene. This knowledge goes deeper than just the books themselves, as over the course of his life Elijah began to theorise that comics are "our last link to an ancient way of passing on history", as he explains in this scene. Not only is this an incredibly unique perspective on comic books but it also illustrates his reasoning for the atrocities we would later find out he committed.

Embracing Villainy

The entire part will be focused on the ending and its implications and reshaping of the story, if you haven't watched the film I recommend you watch the ending scene before reading this paragraph.

Over the course of the film, we see how badly Elijah wants to prove that he is correct in his hypothesis, that superheroes do exist in the real world and that comic books are our equivalent of modern myth. Initially, we believe that he was doing this to help David find his calling in life as a hero, yet, as we find out, Elijah was doing this to justify his own existence as well. He says it best himself, "Do you know what the scariest thing is? To not know your place in this world, to not know why you're here. That's - that's just an awful feeling." Elijah's true nature and villainy recontextualises his whole character and the events of the film. Knowing the truth, not only is it profoundly tragic and sad that he felt the only way to prove his self-worth was by committing horrible acts of terrorism, but after having revealed this information to David and by extension us, the viewers, he truly feels happy and triumphant in his mission even though it cost the deaths of countless people to achieve it. It's interesting that Elijah felt the need to reveal this information to David as the movie could have very easily ended with them parting ways and David not suspecting a thing about him, yet, it adds to Elijah's goal of wanting to prove that superheroes are indeed real that he allowed his crimes to be discovered. It illustrates his contentedness with his purpose in life to be that of a villain to a hero, with him conforming to the typical comic book ending of good triumphing over evil gladly. Additionally, it's heartbreaking that Elijah's mother's unconditional love for him and encouragement to go outside via rewarding him with comic books would lead to him becoming a terrorist. However, despite the severity of his crimes, when Elijah makes his final speech, the way it's presented, with the score by James Newton Howard beautifully swelling and Samuel Jackson's tearful delivery, there is a strong sense of victory. The main theme of Unbreakable is purpose and finding a reason to live. Over the course of the film, we root for David and Elijah to find their purpose, to become fulfilled in their lives, so when the moment finally comes when Elijah's true colours are shown we still feel that sense of accomplishment. It's heartbreaking that the man who mentored David the whole film and helped him find his calling is revealed to be a monster and that he felt that he had to do this, almost as if it was his destiny, yet, it makes for a beautifully bittersweet ending to the movie.

Conclusion

I feel as if I only scraped the surface of Elijah's character with this analysis as I've purposefully chosen not to look at his arc in Glass, the followup to both Split and Unbreakable, as I feel his showings in his debut alone were enough to justify his placement in this ranking. If you enjoyed Unbreakable or are interested in it now after reading this I recommend you watch the rest of the trilogy as I think, despite the final entry in the series polarising fans, it's at least worth watching. Additionally, I feel as if analysing Elijah's character doesn't work as well when not contrasting it against David's arc over the course of the film as their lives are both literally interwoven. I may make a case for why David should be up there as one the best-written characters in the 9-B category but there are other characters I believe belong there as well like Daredevil, Arthur Morgan, etc. Still, if it weren't for Spider-Man, David would be my favourite superhero so I'll see if I'll end up doing it or not. I hope I've illustrated well how captivating, tragic, and bittersweet Elijah is as a character with this and I hope you enjoyed reading this or watching the film whether you've already done so or will now. It's my favourite film of all time and I could go on about it for 10 more paragraphs if I had the time.
 
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Geo Stelar (or Subaru Hoshikawa) for 4-B

The Megaman series has a lot of different games, classics one, X saga where the action is increased, Zero saga where the story is at his peak and you could even put Zero instead of Geo, Legends (No idea, I have not played this one, but add your epic story here) and Battle network where the gameplay and story developed with each game (except BN4, that is like falling stairs and BN5 is the 3 months you need to recover)

And if you see Star Force games and you think "A sure, Battle Network 7", then you are missing Geo and his story:

Geo Stelar is a child of no more than 11 years old that lost his father in a tragic space incident 3 years ago (or 3 months in the anime), this cause him to become extremely depressed and not being able to continue going to school, he still followed his studies but his social activity and interest in the society dissappear, not being able to open his heart to anyone as a method of not being hurt anymore, this would have continued if not for the arrival of Omega-xis, an alien from the Planet FM that forced him to help him in his quest, Geo would never have accepted but this alien brought hope, information of his father

This was the beginning of Geo (and Omega is with him too as his partner) to being able to overcome his trauma, transformed into the powerfull Star Force Megaman, he helped Omega into his mission, the timid and sad boy was protecting Earth from more aliens, helping people he does not know even if Omega does not care of what happens to civilians, even if said people (Luna, Bud and Zack) are trying to force him to return to school despite his trauma, Geo was always able to fight for justice despite being so hurt emotionally

When he met Sonia Strumm (Or Hibiki Misora), he was able to understand her pain of losing his mother, he stopped her when she was possesed by another FM-ian and was willing to open his heart so both could form a Brotherband, in which you must form a link with someone, confess one of your secrets and consider that person as a close friend, this is important, as the bond with your brothers gives you strenght, and that strenght is even consider so rare that society itself gives you bonuses depending on how strong your bond with others are

After this, Geo still would not be able to consider himself a hero, he is scared of fighting, but his desire to protect others it was makes him strong, in the first game, he was able to awaken the Star force that he was given by one of the 3 sages of planet AM, only awakening after his desire to protect was evident, in the second, he could not control the Oopart which was making him being insane to the point of total corruption and possesion, but again, his desire to protect his friends was strong enough to make him surpass the combined hate and desire of domination of a already wiped out lost tribe

He is not perfect though, in the first game, after being betrayed, he almost returned to his solitude persona, but was able to quickly to surpass this, understanding that Omega gave him courage and he in return, gave him sympathy, courage to protect and sympathy for others

In the second, now with his trauma surpass compared to how he acted in the first game, his new problem was simple, expectation, everyone saw him as a hero, but he is still not a hero in his mind, he could fail, and has failed, but he was able to grow and understand that even if he fails, if he don´t give up, he can try again, that being nervous won´t work, if you do something, do it the best you can

His compasion and empathy also were clear, he was able to forgive Cepheus, the FM-king that tried to destroy Earth, after understanding that the King was literally alone, in the sense of never having a true friend, only servants that could and have tried to kill him in the past, he was paranoid, but Geo quickly helped him understand the wrong on his actions, even when his father "death" was a product of Cepheus' actions

His most known rival, Solo (rogue or burai) who believes in that true strength comes from solitude, was able to respect Geo, seeing his method of power as valid as his, even accepting to fight together briefly for the greater good, still, he acts as his rival, hating how relationships can end in complancency, as one can become extremely weak when you separate groups into mere individuals that alone are worthless, Geo and his group are not this way, showing that when true bonds are created, even if you are alone, you have the strength of your friends on your side

This power for example, was able to make guide Geo to return to Earth when he was in the middle of space with no direction or idea where to go, even with people that he still have not formed a brotherband plus the other examples given in this character review

Now, what happens in the third game? He is finally a hero, there are still moments of doubht, but that is bound to happen when for the first time, you see a friend of yours "die" in front of your eyes, he still was able to do ANYTHING he could and never lost hope, and his effort was not in vain, being able to reconstruct someone that was desintegrated beyond atomic level, his confidence was even stronger, taking fights without any type of hesitation compared to the first 2 games, this Geo was more akin to a comic superhero, finally acting like everyone saw him in the past, as a Megaman, even in this game, Geo was again betrayed and his reaction was different, not becoming depressed and making a friend with the guy that tried to double cross him

Geo is a role model to people that has lost a familiar, a friend, or something important, showing how you has to move on instead of drowning in your sorrow, how you must be confident in your action and how you can become stronger with the bonds and relationships you form, understanding perfectly that everyone needs time to heal his wounds, but that you will always have your companions by your side, to help you and in return, help them
 
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Zero (Mega Man X)

Dr. Wily's magnum opus, Zero was created to surpass Mega Man and Bass in every way and succeeded in that aspect. However, his cognitive programming had a fatal flaw that rendered him wild and uncontrollable, forcing Wily to seal Zero away along with the original Maverick Virus. Upon his...
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Zero for 4-B for Obvious reasons .
 
LOTR characters via appeal to authority.
 
CloverDragon03 said:
Comparisons aside, I'd love for a Dragon Ball story that's told through a more emotionally charged lens. I feel like it could potentially be very compelling
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Gogeta is now permanent, he realized that himself, his limited life span as a being that could only survive for 30 mins is now gone


He...was confused, what happened and how? what.....am I to do now?


Life, this fleeting precious concept that he could only feel for 30 mins, disappearing afterwords without knowing if he may ever exist again



...yeah, it's 1am and my creativity is gone so I can't give you a plot



Make a what if story about Gogeta becoming a permanent being make his character one where he appreciates and loves life as he was always only allowed to "live" for half an hour making him realize how precious it is then turn him into a hero

And bring goku black back in said what if story since he hates all Mortal life and strives to end all of it then make him the villain

I would love to read something like that if done well


If this is cringe ignore it

Thanks
 
SuperStar said:
Added everyone

Might remove spamton tho
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If Zero was added, at least I will say that he represents what is to fight for what is right even if it cost you everything, that you can be a good person despite what everyone says or thinks about you

And that he is like the coolest character ever, but I don´t have a essay like with Geo
 
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@SuperStar For Pyra and Mythra, Dragoonseraphim has also expressed agreement with their addition to the list, so could you update the OP to reflect that?
 
Spamton is not only funny but is also the most based ever
I will be writing my short little thingy on him between the next 10 minutes and the next 10 days.
 
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