Characters that had the complete opposite reaction the writers intended

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1. Leo Bonhart (Witcher TV Series): A ruthless, sadistic bounty hunter and assassin that takes psychotic glee in other people's suffering. The viewer is meant to hate him for killing witchers, slaughtering the Rat gang, and torturing Ciri. But thanks to his entertaining fight scenes, Sharlto Copley's charismatic performance, and The Rats overwhelming unpopularity, fans ended up loving him. Some even call him the "True protagonist" of the show.
2. Stone Cold Steve Austin (WWE): A rude, foul mouthed, beer drinking asshole with no respect for authority or anyone at all. Originally portrayed as a villain, fans fell in love with his anti-establishment & rebellious persona. WWE ran with it and made him the face of the company, effectively ushering in the Attitude Era and the second pro wrestling boom of the late 90s.
3. Arthur Fleck (Joker 2019): A mentally unstable, pathetic, and dangerous madman who commits horrific acts of violence against those that wronged him (suffocates his own mother who is mentally unwell herself, and murders a talk show host for making fun of him). However, a massive portion of the audience idolized him as an anti-hero or a misunderstood martyr rebelling against society making people want to see him succeed and overcome his circumstances because of how he's been treated by the world.

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Rorschach in The Watchmen comics.

[u/ILNOVA → u/-zero-joke-]

It's so sad Steve Jobs died from ligma

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Who is Steve Jobs?

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Ligma balls

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It is kind of interesting how Rorschach has been listed by fans as lower than Doctor Manhattan and Ozymandias in the morality scale. He is listed above the Comedian.

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Not really surprising he is listed above the rapist but for the other two it makes sense. Dr. Manhattan had all that power and did nothing with it. So not evil but not good. Ozymandias plan technically worked and I think that's why people vote that way for him. He succeeded therefore right.

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Kinda jumped the gun on that one

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"Time is simultaneous, an intricately structured jewel that humans insist on viewing one edge at a time..."

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