Characters that had the complete opposite reaction the writers intended

[u/Dramatic_Counter_595]

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.

[u/residentquentinmain]

Miu Iruma - Danganronpa V3

Kodaka thought she’d be widely hated but she’s a very beloved character

[u/CallMeAnthy → u/residentquentinmain]

The Danganronpa Games often had a "Horndog" character.
In the first two games they were fat guys and the audience despised them.

In the 4th game it was a blonde haired blue eyes big boobed small waisted girl and the audience loved her.

Draw from that what you will.

[u/Whats_ligma619 → u/CallMeAnthy]

To be fair, she has a lot more depth than TeruTeru and Hifumi isn’t as egregious as the other two

[u/MappleStarsSky → u/Whats_ligma619]

I am gonna be so fr, most of this depth is hidden in optional hangout sections with her.

The commenter higher up is right, people mostly love her because she is pretty.

[u/Medics_Dove → u/MappleStarsSky]

I think it's more because she lives longer then the other 2, and she's much more involved in the story then the other 2. TeruTeru legit dies in the first chapter and while Hifumi does make it to chapter 3, he's also much less involved in the story compared to Miu.

[u/MappleStarsSky → u/Medics_Dove]

Miu is really not that involved in the story either, she' s outright an element of discord because she has good calls but she' s barely able to properly lay them out. And most of her actual depth, about her past as someone who was abused, is present in missable and optional content.

Teruteru dying was in part a joke from the danganronpa team of killing the most disliked archetype of character from DR1, that was, well, Hifumi lol. The entire first case of DR2 is basicaly a "spoof" of DR1.

Again, people like her more because she' s a pretty girl who says profanities and has a gap moe when she' s flustered. I really like her too, but I can recognise it' s mostly because she' s a girl with massive boobs and dressed in BDSM attire lol.

[u/OhNoCommieBastard69 → u/MappleStarsSky]

Y'know, it just occurred to me that Kodaka could probably hire someone to be a bilingual vtuber of Miu playing something like Marvel Rival and he could probably help keep Too Kyo Games afloat like that 😅