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Top 5 most poorly written characters for every Tier

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Honestly, the argument that Thanos is a bad character because he's not as strong as in the cómics is the dumbest thing ever.

You don't even know what character writing is if you guide yourself by tiering judge him.

You don't like Thanos? Good, that's great. You're free of hating him because he's not as stupidly overpowered like in the comics so he doesn't destroy the coherence and organic pacing of a story suddenly blowing planets up. But don't expect to be heard or considered if you're trying to justify "poor writing" with "uh, he didn't warped reality".
 
Even if Fire Emblem Fates has some controversial picks, I would really only pick one since most characters are actually average and that would be King Garo for 7-C. He is really a poorly written villian due not being in favor to the concept of gray moralty Fates tried to made and not really had a reason to feel sorry about him, outside that he was possesed by Anankos and even them...
 
What do you guys mean by "Poorly written"? I assume you intend "character who is supposed to have an arc/role in a story of some singificance, but their execution is underwhelming".

Because if you just put "bad/insignificant character", you might as well put a genric goon that fits in every Tier, which shouldn't count as "poorly written".

Also, this is bound o get controversial since instead of "best character", where people praise their choice, here people are just going to shit on one another's favourite characters.
 
Same with a bunch of other characters people are mentioning. Are we forgeting about the game characters who barely have stories to their names?

A character who has no actual place or significance in a story cannot be considered more well written than one who does.
 
Js250476 said:
Surprised no one mention the og Kakarot himself for 4-A
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Broly in movie 8 isn't bad: he is a ******* monster with no mercy and blows everythign up, brutally beats you, and spits out some of the coolest lines of any DB movie villain. I get that the "Kakarot cried" thing is dumb, but it's fine if you look at both of them as characters: Goku, despite being weak as ass, got to live a good life on earth & co. Broly, on the other hand, who was a prodidge by all means, got exiled from his planet, abused by his father, and never managed to be happy, even in his first moments of life, because of this freaking kid who just wouldn't shut the **** up. I don't think Broly having this kind of PTSD would be that unreasonable.

But he sucks in movie 10, no debate.
 
He sucks in all the movies he's in except the newest one (As a character I mean). We never explore his character or get closure regarding his obsession with Goku.
 
His obsession is a stupid excuse to trigger the LSS transformation. He was alright before he started the yelling, which ruined his character.

None of the things you mentioned are adressed in the movies. He just attack because he can and cause Kakarot cried, not because he hasn't been happy in his whole life.

I agree with Broly being the tiers he has.

Good thing we have the Chad Broly now in the canon.
 
The Calaca said:
None of the things you mentioned are adressed in the movies. He just attack because he can and cause Kakarot cried, not because he hasn't been happy in his whole life.
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I'm just giving a sligtly deepr look... To a 90's kids movie...

Speaking of bad DB characters, Yamcha ******* sucks throughout the entirety of DBZ, and in DBS he's literally a joke in the show's script.
 
That's valid as long as it's part of the official intention when writing the character. If none of those are adressed or hinted, then they don't count.
 
Ionliosite said:
Akuto Sai for 1-A, and every other tier he's in for that matter. This guy makes Masada look like A Song of Fire and Ice in comparition.
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Mentioning again the guy who makes Anime Kirito look like the best developed and most complex character ever.
 
BoomerKuwanger1 said:
I will propose Futaba Sakura for Low 2-C
She is a self thought, multi-national level hacker, who does not even shower, eats tons, does not exercize yet is thin, everyone instantly likes her upon being rescued, puts the entire cast in checkmate and could have exposed them at any time, also, in Dancing Star Night/Moon Night, she hacked and communicated thru space-time by sending messages to the P3 cast in the velvet room, which is technically canon.


She seems awfully mary sue-ish.
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how is someone that can barely function on her own can be a mary sue ? She can't even go outside her house or meet another stranger without having a panic attack in the begining .

She is the most usefull support/navigator in the franchise yes , i'll concede to that but that have not much to do with her writing , in particular when she wasn't a major factor in defeating most of the boss in the game even in canon .
 
The Calaca said:
That's valid as long as it's part of the official intention when writing the character. If none of those are adressed or hinted, then they don't count.
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Yes, I agree, but that doesn't mean that a character can't succeed without sublety or exclusively trhough the author's most direct intentions (which you can nver really understand fully unless they are info-dumbed entirely, which usally doesn't turn out very well). This is usually much more subjective, but still offers you the chance to look at a character in a slightly different way (even if it was unintended or badly executed).

But I'm just saying he's nto as bad as people say
 
What the ****, Black Clover as poorly written? Breh. Breh. Seriously. I'm dragging down MHA and AoT with me if we're saying they're bad.

On another note

Recommending Fairy Tail characters for some,

Han Jee-Han from Gamer's later keys

Also Naofumi and Raphtalia are okay imo. There are far far worse and shittier Isekai MC characters who are truly just stupid and wish fulfillment.

Voting for Season 8 Game of Thrones easily

And Rey from Star Wars.
 
MrDrProfessorPatricio said:
Season 8 Game of Thrones characters should be here
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Oh, another thing: what about when a character is overall good, but has parts that are poorly written? How do we count that as? They shouldn't really be in a "Top 5"

I mean, seriously, why do we always have to be competitive about everything here? I can understand about Vs Matches, but characterization, while mostly has a structure that can be judged with objectivity, almost always has some level of subjectivity, especially when you are ranking characters. Ranking them is pointless anyway: there are so many character here that it's pretty much impossible to complete such a list.
 
Ciruno Fortes said:
What the ****, Black Clover as poorly written? Breh. Breh. Seriously. I'm dragging down MHA and AoT with me if we're saying they're bad.

On another note

Recommending Fairy Tail characters for some,

Han Jee-Han from Gamer's later keys

Also Naofumi and Raphtalia are okay imo. There are far far worse and shittier Isekai MC characters who are truly just stupid and wish fulfillment.

Voting for Season 8 Game of Thrones easily

And Rey from Star Wars.
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This, I agree with everything here.
 
Sora and buff riku said:
Why's Bakugo up there ?
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Because I nominated him as a badly written character, and I did that because he is one of the worst written characters in BnHA.

Midoriya gets lectured about how it is crucial for heroes to have a good public image, but Bakugo can act like a lunatic on TV and have Aizawa defend and praise Bakugo's behavior as him having "an ideal of strength", and Bakugo being impatient in his pursuit to become the top hero. Dude is vulnerable to the criticism Stein had and the criticism being laid upon Endeavor, but he gets a free pass. He wants to become a hero because he enjoyed watching All Might kick ass, and it doesn't seem like he'll develop beyond that. Why is Endeavor's mindset being portrayed as unacceptable when Bakugo's similar mindset is portrayed as sympathetic and admirable? Midoriya himself says that Bakugo's aspirations aren't wrong and that no one is saying that; because Bakugo is a poorly written character.

Pretty much everyone who tries to communicate with Bakugo gets belittled. He has been bullying and belittling Midoriya for years, because his ego got accidentally bruised by him in kindergarden, even going as far as destroying his notes and inciting him to commit suicide. Even still, everyone, including Midoriya himself, for some reason still wants to befriend Bakugo and gain his approval. This is a cliche' bad writing trope, which is on the same level of annoying as: "if I intentionally kill this mass murdering psycho trying to kill me I'll be as bad as him" or "this person murdered my family and friends in cold blood, but he just said that he regrets it, so now we're cool".
 
Bakugou has been progressing and learning since the actual fight against Midoriya. He's a stubborn unbearable motherf***er, but he learns from his enviroment and the people around him.

In fact, his attittude is the exact same way a person would be if he's overglorified since childhood. If anything, it's brilliantly written.
 
People complimenting Bakugou despite this is actually a problem of coherence of the people. They're the stupid ones.
 
People seem to be pretty OK with the ambition of being a hero to kick ass and be awesome as long as Bakugou is the one doing upholding it, even post-Stein. But if an other character tries to pull this off they'll probably immediately be told that this is wrong and that they should learn to become more mature first in order to be a hero. Being a narrative blackhole that causes characters to become uncharacteristically stupid for no reason is bad writing (and something associated with mary sues).

Just imagine if Bakugou got lectured by others half as much as Midoriya does.

EmperorRorepme said:
This is... brilliant.
Fate/stay night characters should be here.
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Which ones?
 
Yes, but it's not enough to Grant him a spot here since it's not only a realistic personality but he's growing to become a better person.

Midoriya is awful, but he doesn't deserve to be here either.
 
Itachi is a deep character but it's so stupidly overpowered due to plot convenience that he'd fit in a Top 10 at the very least.
 
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