Meta: Characters

History needs no heroes. Heroes are born and die every day without accomplishing anything. History needs villains, so that the heroes may be justified in their existence, so they may lead the masses, already united in their hatred for the villains, to a better tomorrow.

List of favorite characters, sorted by franchise.

Note: names are given according to Western conventions (i.e. Latin transliterations, and with given names preceding family names).

Korra, Avatar series

"I'm the Avatar! You gotta deal with it!"

C.C., Code Geass

"The power of kings will condemn you to a life of loneliness."

Lelouch vi Britannia, Code Geass

"I am Zero! The man who destroys worlds - and the man who creates them!"

Light Yagami, Death Note

"If we catch Kira, then Kira is evil. If Kira takes control of the world, then Kira is justice."

Yūko "Isako" Amasawa, Dennō Coil

"There's a distance between people...but if I search carefully, I may be able to find a path that shortens this distance."

Balthier, Final Fantasy XII

"I hope you haven't forgotten my role in this little story. I'm the leading man. You know what they say about the leading man: he never dies."

Edward Elric, Fullmetal Alchemist

"Alchemists are scientists, so God is something ambiguous that we don't believe in. It's ironic, since we're the ones who are closest to being gods."

Luna Lovegood, Harry Potter

"I missed the DA. It was like having friends."

Severus Snape, Harry Potter

"Always."

Kino, Kino's Journey

"If I was asked 'why do you go on journeys?' I would answer 'I go on journeys because I'm a traveler'."

Maxine "Max" Caulfield, Life is Strange

"I wish I could stay in this moment forever. I guess I actually can now, but then it wouldn't be a moment."

Chloe Elizabeth Price, Life is Strange

"Everybody pretends to care until they don't."

Alarak, StarCraft

"Freedom is a delusion granted to the weak by the strong."

Yuri Lowell, Tales of Vesperia

"The laws have always been the tools of whoever happens to hold all the chips."

The Joker, The Dark Knight

"I believe whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you...stranger."

April Ryan, The Longest Journey

"Life should carry a big yellow caution sticker. It's certain to kill you sooner or later."

Clementine, The Walking Dead

"You should probably think about being nicer to me. That's just my advice..."