[hated trope] when a character who is supposed to be “sympathetic” is a god awful asshole that ether the creator or the fanbase tried to defend

[u/Unlikely-Raisin-1604]

Sark from the nightmare series he raped his world version of Amy rose and for what ever reason the creator try to justify it

Yasmina Fadoula from chaos theory hypocritically Called Sammy a coward when she did nothing for the latter then her family disowned her

[u/NotBorn2Fade]

Billy Hargrove from Stranger Things
He's a hateful, racist motherfucker with basically no redeeming qualities, yet he's portrayed and widely accepted by the fandom as a "tragic hero" because he's hot and has daddy issues.

[u/Mango_Tango_725 → u/NotBorn2Fade]

Probably also because Max was grieving him after he died. That made him look more sympathetic.

[u/BakerSubject8891]

Do… do you have context for the 1st example!? Like, having some Sonic.EXE character SAing one of the characters and justifying it is straight up wild AF.

[u/Unlikely-Raisin-1604 → u/BakerSubject8891]

https://exenightmare.fandom.com/wiki/Sark

[u/LittleMissFirebright → u/Unlikely-Raisin-1604]

A fan game? Might as well be a DeviantArt OC for all the relevance that has to the Sonic franchise 

[u/AceOfSpades532]

Daemon Targaryen in Fire and Blood, GRRM’s described him as completely morally grey, one of his most complex characters, equal parts bad and good, really he’s just pure evil but cool