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An Anti Hero is basically a good guy who is kinda bad, or does good things for bad reasons. Deadpool's a classic example of an Anti Hero

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[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 3 points 10 months ago
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

todd the wraith, and probably magneto. deadpool not really, he doesnt really do close to bad to consider it, hes still to moral.

[–] lukaro@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago

I'll second Todd!

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[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago
[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago
[–] ramsgrl909@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Peacemaker!

[–] Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Darrow from the Red Rising series. I think he fits the bill a bit, but he does flip flop between hero, anti hero, and villain, so maybe not a complete fit.

[–] nik9000@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I got halfway through the second book and it just wasn't what I wanted anymore. My brother told me to keep going but it's been a while.

[–] Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

To be honest, I've only read the first three. I was very happy with how it left off and my gf says that the other two are hard reads. I still make sure she doesn't spoil anything, but I'm unsure if I want to leave it where it is and be ignorantly happy, or read further and see what happens.

I may revisit them when the series is complete.

[–] Denjin@lemmings.world 3 points 10 months ago
[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Sam Spade, Wolverine are a couple that first come to mind; often portrayed as the cynical gunfighter private eye and war weary samurai

[–] Diva@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

Homura Akemi 😌

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Does Agent Venom count? I've only read a little about the character, but enjoyed what I saw.

In - I think - the first issue, he ends up carrying an armed grenade in his mouth for most of it; I remember there being some pretty funny quips about it.

[–] Yareckt@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 10 months ago

Woyzeck. Such an obviously bad character who is weirdly relatable.

[–] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Fred Flintstone Garfield

[–] m4xie@lemmy.ca 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] moakley@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Which one?

The Irredeemable Ant-Man is an interesting one - he's a low level, lazy SHIELD worker who steals an Ant-Man suit and uses it for selfish things. But you probably meant Scott Lang. I'd say Scott is more of a regular hero.

[–] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Which one?

Pym, I'd assume. I mean, the guy beat his wife, created Ultron, and is generally even more of an asshole than Stark...

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

That was technically a Skrull who beat Hank Pym's wife. A perfect replica of his personality, tendencies, and mental well-being, but still not technically Hank Pym himself. This failed to redeem him, I think.

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[–] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

That's not what an anti-hero is. The anti-hero is when the main character is the bad guy. Think Walter White or to a certain extent Dexter Morgan.

[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Often the clumsy fool with a pure heart is the anti hero. For example Forrest Gump

[–] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You're half right. An anti-hero is someone doing bad things for a good reasons. While dexter only killing criminals could count, White is a different case as he is in no way making meth for a good cause.

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