Favorite character archetype

I'm not entirely sure if a thread like this exists already since I'm fairly new here (the account itself anyways, I've been reading articles on here for a while), but to get to the point-Favorite archetype? I happen to be quite fond of The Black Knight, Berserker, and Necromancer myself. (Those trope titles would've redirected to their respective pages, but I'm still learning how exactly everything works.) ...Oh, and if this thread is completely pointless, feel free to delete it.

edited 19th Feb '13 9:45:32 PM by wargarble123

Unfazed Everyman. There's something inherently likable about a normal person who just shrugs their shoulders at all the weird stuff going on around them.

The Ace.

What a guy.

Knight in Sour Armor

I'm with topographic.

Is there a trope for the self-aware asshole? Because I love that guy.

Manipulative Bastard.

The Trickster / It Amused Me

Lawful Evil.

edited 21st Feb '13 3:06:08 PM by Boxen

Complete Monster s are the most interesting I find,...the more Blue-and-Orange Morality,the better.

edited 22nd Feb '13 10:34:59 AM by terlwyth

Personally, I like Anti-Hero or The Lancer

edited 27th Feb '13 9:07:18 PM by Blackfyre

The Chessmaster.

Fallen Hero.

That's an archetype, right?

If done right:

• Only Sane Man
• Deadpan Snarker
• Tomboy

I will always like the Badass Normal . Its the kind of character I play, given a choice.

The Comically Serious / Unfazed Everyman are fun. Blue-and-Orange Morality guys are pretty great too...

What are we defining character archetype as? Things from this index? This one?

I think I'm being stupid and confusing tropes about characters with archetypes.

edited 2nd Mar '13 3:34:42 PM by Hermiethefrog

Doesn't really matter, whichever you want. I don't plan on making strict rules for this thread.

In that case, Jerkass Woobie.

Manipulative Bastard, Lovable Rogue, Deadpan Snarker, Stepford Smiler. All of it with a side-order of Not So Stoic. When I run across a character that combines all of those in a heroic version, I'm having a party.
If it's a woman, a main character and the book is good on top of it all, I'm building an altar to worship the author.

edited 5th Mar '13 10:23:39 PM by montmorencey

The only one that immediately comes to mind for me (and it's a weird one) is The Voiceless or The Silent Bob.

Samus was a better character when she didn't speak. Lots of characters in video games are. Whether heroic or not, I believe the biggest badasses are the ones that don't say anything, because of the absence of embarrassing one-liners and the fact that it enables the audience to fill in the silence with whatever they think the character MIGHT say, without an actual script getting in the way. It works for all mediums, not just video games, though literature might spoil the effect if there is an internal/mental dialogue present for the silent character.

Wow, I really wasn't expecting this to be so popular, heh. (Yeah, I know, I'm doing some thread necromancy right now since the last post was a while ago, but...LOOK AT MY AVATAR.) Forgot to add something else I happen to like- The Paladin! I'm not sure why, but there's always been something cool to me about how despite all of the characters trying to be dark and edgy and nineties comic book-ey, that there's still a character who's the shining paragon of all that is good and such. It also probably helps that they tend to get really awesome looking armor. (See: Judgement set, World of Warcraft.)

I'm a big fan of the Action Survivor and the Only Sane Man. Deadpan Snarkers can be nice too, but I find that many authors take them too far.

Evil Is Hammy.

That, Hot-Blooded, and an Only Sane Man's always good.