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* ComicBook/ThePunisher has had three failed movie adaptions and among comic book fans was widely seen as a dated relic of the UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks, despite predating it by about 15 years. Then came his stint in the second season of ''Series/Daredevil2015'', which heavily emphasized his moral ambiguity, leaving both characters and viewers skeptical about where the lines between understanding him, sympathizing with him, and/or condoning his actions lay. A particularly powerful performance by Creator/JonBernthal also gave it emotional weight that the previous ones lacked. This has had the effect of winning over both mainstream audiences and comic fans alike. He was eventually even greenlit for [[Series/ThePunisher2017 his own show]].

* ''Fanfic/TheBlackEmperor'' does this for [[Franchise/CodeGeass Nina Einstein]]. Thanks to [[ForWantOfANail things playing out differently than they did in canon]], she's [[CharacterDevelopment making an effort to grow out of her xenophobia]] and isn't obsessed with Princess Euphemia. The reception to these changes has been ''very'' positive. [[spoiler:Joining the Black Knights and getting a Geass only helped in this regard]].

** Things continued to improve for Roboute Guilliman once he was reintroduced into the universe at the end of 7th Edition leading into 8th. Instead of the impossibly brilliant CreatorsPet Matt Ward created him and his Chapter into, Guilliman is shown to be surprisingly insecure about his position and perfectly open to criticism. Additionally, he spends a good chunk of ''Rise of the Primarch'' weeping over how bad things got after the Heresy, even going as far as to say it would have been better for Horus to have won instead of the Imperium becoming a theocratic hellhole.

* ''WebAnimation/AFoxInSpace'' turned Andrew Oikonny from a SmugSnake who was obsessed with his EvilUncle to a much more laid-back former friend of the main character, which many fans felt was a much more interesting backstory. His SmallNameBigEgo personality is changed to that of an AffablyEvil EvilFormerFriend who seems genuinely saddened with the fact that he and Fox are on opposing sides. Andrew’s personality change is much bigger then the other characters, who are still relatively the same but slightly altered. Andrew has only shown up in two short scenes but is already seen as a fan favourite.

* ''WebVideo/AFoxInSpace'' turned Andrew Oikonny from a SmugSnake who was obsessed with his EvilUncle to a much more laid-back former friend of the main character, which many fans felt was a much more interesting backstory. His SmallNameBigEgo personality is changed to that of an AffablyEvil EvilFormerFriend who seems genuinely saddened with the fact that he and Fox are on opposing sides. Andrew’s personality change is much bigger then the other characters, who are still relatively the same but slightly altered. Andrew has only shown up in two short scenes but is already seen as a fan favourite.

* Marigold from ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' . During her first appearances, she was your stereotypical otaku/gamer nerd: far less attractive than any other character, a virgin, ridiculously slobby, a stereotypical YaoiFanGirl with bad skin and NoSocialSkills. The first story arc she was used in involved her lusting after a guy who wanted another girl (one of the main characters) instead and was written in such a clumsy way that implied [[UnfortunateImplications otaku/geek-girls are untouchable]]. Lately, she's become a lot more likable (and less offensive), with her appearance being updated ( [[ArtEvolution or to be more accurate, "completely changed"]]), quickly getting over her crush after she learns it wasn't viable and being less mopey and self-obsessed than most of other main characters.

* ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'':
** Jar Jar Binks is turned into a likable character...by making him the imaginative product (and character) of a nine-year-old girl playing an RPG. The authors also deliberately tried to invert this by making R2-D2 into TheScrappy in his stead (making him the character of an annoying {{Munchkin}}), though fans generally enjoyed the new take regardless.
** A [=FanEdit=] of Episode I titled ''Balance of the Force'' vastly improves Jar Jar by redubbing his dialogue in an alien language and subtitled to make him into a DeadpanSnarker JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
** ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' is hard at work with this, upplaying his slapstick ButtMonkey nature, beastmastery, and acrobatics while downplaying everything else.

** Bristlefrost was criticized in the second half of ''Literature/WarriorCatsTheBrokenCode'' for being a SatelliteLoveInterest for Rootspring whose POV was only there as a camera for other events and often considered the weakest of the three perspective characters. Come the last book of the series, ''A Light In the Mist'', she shows the clever and brave personality people initially liked her for by getting some of the Dark Forrest cats to side with her and [[spoiler: her HeroicSacrifice being a major [[AwesomeMoments Awesome Moment]] and TearJerker for lots of fans]] and she has become very popular with the fandom.

** [[TabletopGame/{{Dragonlance}} Kender]] were notoriously one of the most hated races in any D&D setting prior to 5th Edition. Their [[StickyFingers kleptomaniac tendencies]] and lack of a concept of private property enabled uncooperative players to steal from their party members, justifying it as "what their character would do". Additionally, they were a textbook CreatorsPet, being talked up by both sourcebooks and novels as the purest and most innocent of races. With the race's transition to 5th Edition in TabletopGame/DragonlanceShadowOfTheDragonQueen, however, both of these qualities have been removed, their kleptomania instead replaced with a tendency to collect odd knickknacks and the "pure and innocent" bit dropped entirely, earning them a much warmer reception.

** [[TabletopGame/{{Dragonlance}} Kender]] were notoriously one of the most hated races in any D&D setting prior to 5th Edition. Their [[StickyFingers kleptomaniac tendencies]] and lack of a concept of private property enabled uncooperative players to steal from their party members, justifying it as "what their character would do". Additionally, they were a textbook CreatorsPet, being talked up by both sourcebooks and novels as the purest and most innocent of races. With the race's transition to 5th Edition in TabletopGame/DragonlanceShadowOfTheDragonQueen, however, both of these qualities are nowhere to be found, their kleptomania instead replaced with a tendency to collect odd knickknacks. This has led to a much warmer reception for the race.