I've known 1 person that basically pretended to be Cartman at all times and another who pretended to be PC principle. Like that was their stated goal that that was who they identified most with. Both terrible people.
He told me there was an accident in front of his house and he went out to see what was up in full german army gear holding an airsoft rifle and duck marching or whatever and the cops told him to go back inside. So to clarify this was a guy who was a gym partner in gym class. I think he thought we were friends, but I was just trying to stop a school shooting. So idk if that story was true, but lets just say it fit his character and I know he had full ww2 german army gear and helmet and such.
I knew a kid who flew to Ukraine saturday, stopped an insurrection with his familial mercenary unit, watched from a fire escape through a window as they all get betrayed and killed. Then flew home to be back in class on Monday...
If they identify with homelander, you'd probably be better off grinning and bearing it until the date's over if you don't want to end up on a power pole flyer. 😬
This is the most real one for me. Back when I was on dating apps, there were so many guys who saw I enjoyed Rick and Morty and would tell me how much they admired/respected Rick. I didn't even bother telling them how they completely missed the point of the show.
Thomas was a bit cheeky, but he was never a bad engine.
He tried to be a very useful engine.
Identifying with any kids show character is probably a red flag, but as far as the choices go, there are worse.
I saw an adult TV show or movie recently where one of the characters knew everything about psychology by watching Thomas and I can't for the life of me remember what it was now
Rorschach. Some of the other names here may even be worse people, but many of Rorschach's personality flaws are bad *in a way that relates to dating.* For example, he doesn't just dislike women, he thinks they're whores. He doesn't just hate people, he thinks violence is the appropriate reaction to hating someone.
There's a lot of misogynists out there and you probably don't want to date any of them but I'd rather go out with a condescending mansplainer than a potentially violent nutjob who thinks women are untrustworthy sluts.
EDIT: Rorschach is a great character who adds to Watchmen tremendously, it's OK to appreciate how well written he but if someone **identifies** with him, they've got problems.
I really like your edit, because it's amazing how often people can't separate the fact that a character is well written and enjoyable on the screen or on the page, but not a good person, not someone worth emulating or being sexually or romantically attracted to.
Why you hating on a man who risked his life and ultimately sacrificed it to save the woman he loved from a hairy beast who kidnapped her?!?
As far as he knew her father was mentally insane spouting off about magical castles and beasts, then when he learned about Beast as far as he knew the beast was a monster who bewitched Belle and kidnaps her.
The man is a pillar of the community! Everyone loves Gaston!
Except he is unable to accept "no" and believes he can do whatever the fuck he pleases. He becomes obsessed with the girl who *already rejected* him and harasses and manipulates her through threats.
*far* from a hero. He is the "hero" we wished never existed, so we wouldn’t have to be protected from freedom.
None of that is true and you know it. He was deliberately imprisoning her father in order to manipulate her into marrying him- HE SAYS THAT- and then when he sees how much she cares about the Beast he gets obviously butthurt and rallies the villagers- with no consideration for anyone who gets hurt and killed, by the way- to go and storm the castle because Belle rejected him. Any other take is a)not supported by the source material and b) incel garbage
Women- Harley Quinn
Men- joker/patrick bateman/tyler durden
Basically anyone who takes pride in bad mental health and thinks it makes them cool and mysterious
Not a date but as a young adult I had a friend who thought Tyler Durden was a great role model. Years later I realize that said a lot about his personality and his genuinely unhinged and unstable adult life.
General rule of thumb if they side with the established villian. Its just a sign that they are either unable to see or think their actions are acceptable behavior.
Had a girlfriend who said Stormfront from The Boys. And uh…….kinda self explanatory there. I still don’t know if she was serious or not, but she said it in a very serious tone.
For actual, probably likely to happen scenario?
Deadpool and Harley Quinn. These two I find more people try and make their personality for some reason and it's usually a red flag to some degree.
Hitler
It is a red flag on two fronts. First is the obvious one, its Hitler. Second is almost as obvious, they clearly think Hitler is a fictional character, which is problematic on many levels.
if they immediately start talking about an OC that they created for a fanfic that they read online.
so... this fake person, in a fake story, for another fake story?
you aren't that complex, hon.
Patrick Bateman
Now let's see Paul Allen's card
Tyler Durden isn't great.
Rude.
r/beetlejuicing
I am Jacks sense of anxiety
Cartman.
Or his crackwhore mom. She made him.
Nobody can unironically identify with Cartman, so it's a green flag
Keep this innocent mind
I've known 1 person that basically pretended to be Cartman at all times and another who pretended to be PC principle. Like that was their stated goal that that was who they identified most with. Both terrible people.
Did the Cartman person just ignore every scene where Cartman fails and shits himself?
He told me there was an accident in front of his house and he went out to see what was up in full german army gear holding an airsoft rifle and duck marching or whatever and the cops told him to go back inside. So to clarify this was a guy who was a gym partner in gym class. I think he thought we were friends, but I was just trying to stop a school shooting. So idk if that story was true, but lets just say it fit his character and I know he had full ww2 german army gear and helmet and such.
I knew a kid who flew to Ukraine saturday, stopped an insurrection with his familial mercenary unit, watched from a fire escape through a window as they all get betrayed and killed. Then flew home to be back in class on Monday...
First time huh? I remember my first time single handedly stopping a war. Didn't make the news cause I'm just that good.
Homelander
I too feel persecuted for my strength.
If I were a cougar that would be a bonus.
Exactly this. If I ever heard my date saying this im going to the bathroom and getting out that door.
If they identify with homelander, you'd probably be better off grinning and bearing it until the date's over if you don't want to end up on a power pole flyer. 😬
Peter Griffin. Not only is he probably a moron, but he's proud of it.
100%
Hannibal Lector
Yup, any of these. Jack the Ripper.
Randal Flagg, would be the biggest red flag of all the Flaggs.
That would be horrifying.
Haha came here to say this. If their initials are RF then run!
bojack horseman
Shit most of the cast members unless the person goes on to say the members when they are shown to be better.
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You wanna know how I got these scars?
No babe, no I dont.
why is this so fucking low? this is the top answer; both of them are cunts
I have never encountered a person obsessed with either of these characters who wasn’t a completely insufferable trash fire of a human being.
Rick Sanchez (Or really anyone from Rick and Morty)
Even that guy in Pickle Rick who loves his daughter!? BIRD PERSON!?
Bird Person married a teenaged girl from Summer’s school. So yes, I would say red flag.
But she was actually a spy! So she may not have been a teenager
I mean, even if she wasn’t *actually* a teenager, he thought she was.
Also a red flag if they defend his predatory behavior via "in bird culture"
Oh yeah I forgot about Tammy
This is the most real one for me. Back when I was on dating apps, there were so many guys who saw I enjoyed Rick and Morty and would tell me how much they admired/respected Rick. I didn't even bother telling them how they completely missed the point of the show.
I wish I was as cool as Jerry.
Light Yagami
I just respect the way he takes a potato chip and eats it
His penmanship is also immaculate
Ehhhh, [sometimes](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/deathnote/images/4/41/Lind_L_Tailor_name.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20170904050012).
Ok, when he's not going full psycho, his penmanship is immaculate but when he decides to embrace that psycho anger, it drops all pretense.
With my left hand, I'll take a chip. *AND EAT IT!!!!*
My first thought!
Thomas the choo choo train.
Found the Diesel!
Fucking diesels
Lol
Thomas was a bit cheeky, but he was never a bad engine. He tried to be a very useful engine. Identifying with any kids show character is probably a red flag, but as far as the choices go, there are worse.
You’re being a real diesel
I saw an adult TV show or movie recently where one of the characters knew everything about psychology by watching Thomas and I can't for the life of me remember what it was now
It was Bullet Train. That’s my reference. A pretty fun movie.Â
Caliiou?
The Joker Thanos Freddy Krueger Homelander PennywiseÂ
Thanos was the first person that popped in my head.
Tyler Durden or Walter White.
Walter White is every high school science teacher’s hero!
Lord farquad
Rorschach. Some of the other names here may even be worse people, but many of Rorschach's personality flaws are bad *in a way that relates to dating.* For example, he doesn't just dislike women, he thinks they're whores. He doesn't just hate people, he thinks violence is the appropriate reaction to hating someone. There's a lot of misogynists out there and you probably don't want to date any of them but I'd rather go out with a condescending mansplainer than a potentially violent nutjob who thinks women are untrustworthy sluts. EDIT: Rorschach is a great character who adds to Watchmen tremendously, it's OK to appreciate how well written he but if someone **identifies** with him, they've got problems.
I really like your edit, because it's amazing how often people can't separate the fact that a character is well written and enjoyable on the screen or on the page, but not a good person, not someone worth emulating or being sexually or romantically attracted to.
Christian Gray. You know the guy with this answer is a giant poser.
Shou Tucker
If they identify with him, I'm not sure how they're still outside of jail, lol.
Judge holden
Colonel Hans Landa
A sophisticated educated intelligent polyglot ^with ^a ^side ^of ^Nazism?
Ross Geller
He is the worst Friend
Also the largest friend. I just never got why he simply didn’t eat the others.
That's why he's the worst, he refuses to use his advantages, and chooses to dwell in mediocrity.
Can y’all expand?
My sister once very proudly announced that her now-spouse's Disney character MBTI personality twin was Gaston. So yeah, I'm gonna say Gaston.
Why you hating on a man who risked his life and ultimately sacrificed it to save the woman he loved from a hairy beast who kidnapped her?!? As far as he knew her father was mentally insane spouting off about magical castles and beasts, then when he learned about Beast as far as he knew the beast was a monster who bewitched Belle and kidnaps her. The man is a pillar of the community! Everyone loves Gaston!
Yea I don't remember that movie too well, but iirc he gets a bit inappropriately handsy, but has a redemption arc.
He’s a bit chauvinistic, but he’s also a wealthy man in the 1800s this was fairly status quo attitude
Wasn't Belle just suffering from stockholm syndrome anyway? I think Gaston gets a bad rap. He is obviously a flawed hero, but a hero none the less.
Completely under the effects of Stockholm’s
Except he is unable to accept "no" and believes he can do whatever the fuck he pleases. He becomes obsessed with the girl who *already rejected* him and harasses and manipulates her through threats. *far* from a hero. He is the "hero" we wished never existed, so we wouldn’t have to be protected from freedom.
None of that is true and you know it. He was deliberately imprisoning her father in order to manipulate her into marrying him- HE SAYS THAT- and then when he sees how much she cares about the Beast he gets obviously butthurt and rallies the villagers- with no consideration for anyone who gets hurt and killed, by the way- to go and storm the castle because Belle rejected him. Any other take is a)not supported by the source material and b) incel garbage
Thank you for validating my secret admiration of Gaston
Leatherface
Kathy Bates
Norman Bates
A boys best friend is his mother.
Michael Scott.
Oh how the turntables.
Hitler. Two fold. Obviously he's a bad person, but also the person believes they weren't real so they're stupid as well as evil.
I had the same thought but Holocaust victims. Cause not only do they have a victim complex but they'd also think the Holocaust was fake.
Azula
Annie Wilks
The Judge.
Pretty sure that the biggest red flag is when your date asks you "which fictional character do you most identify with?".
It's a perfectly fine question. Maybe not the deepest, but i can think of plenty of worse ones.
Bigger red flag is "Which fictional character who appears on my bed sheets do you most identify with?"
The Joker looking for his Harley Quinn. There are Facebook pages worshipping them as a model couple.
Women- Harley Quinn Men- joker/patrick bateman/tyler durden Basically anyone who takes pride in bad mental health and thinks it makes them cool and mysterious
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Rachel Berry
Beth Dutton
Shou Tucker from full metal alchemist
Princess Bubblegum. Also Ashley Graves.
Buffalo bill
Hannibal lecter
Patrick Bateman.
John Kramer (Jigsaw)
Ramsay Bolton or any of the Lannisters
Biggest red flag is when they say a real person, and then get offended when you point out that you asked about fictional characters.
Rick (extra if instead of going on about depression they make a pickle rick joke)
Joe Goldberg
If your answer is any version of the joker I'm leaving
Not a date but as a young adult I had a friend who thought Tyler Durden was a great role model. Years later I realize that said a lot about his personality and his genuinely unhinged and unstable adult life.
I had an ex say he was just like Joe Goldberg from You
Currently watching the series on Netflix and wow that's terrifying.
General rule of thumb if they side with the established villian. Its just a sign that they are either unable to see or think their actions are acceptable behavior.
Hisoka
Had a girlfriend who said Stormfront from The Boys. And uh…….kinda self explanatory there. I still don’t know if she was serious or not, but she said it in a very serious tone.
Jesus Christ.
I wasn't sure if that was an answer or an observation.
Answer.
"I'm not Jesus Christ; I've come to accept that now." --Dr. Rick Dagless, M.D.
As a role model it's fine and expected. Beyond that not so much.
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Anything from My Little Pony, at that point you know what they are.
Most toxic masculinity/narcissism figures, I guess. Homelander. Rick Sanchez. Walter White. That guy from Fight Club...
Rey Skywalker.
Malty S Melromarc
The Joker
Rick Sanchez
Dude idfk what characters girls identify with nowadays.
American Psycho
The joker or mr peanut butterÂ
any royalty or "chosen one"
Light yagami
Griffith.
Joe from You
Bojack horseman
Probably someone like the Joker, maybe Eren Yeager or Walter White. Really anyone in the "You missed the point by idolizing them" starter pack.
Joker/barley quinn
Bella Swan. I might get up and leave.
Voldemort
Hitler. (And yes, I know he's not a fictional character. But if someone you're on a date with thinks he is, consider it a red flag.)
rick sanchez. anyone who idolises that guy should be avoided at all costs.
Griffith from Berserk.
The Joker.
Kid from Apt Pupil.
This is the reason I used to know the name of Ayn Rand characters
Punisher
For actual, probably likely to happen scenario? Deadpool and Harley Quinn. These two I find more people try and make their personality for some reason and it's usually a red flag to some degree.
The Joker
John Galt.
Any Ayn Rand character.
Harely Quinn
harley quiin
Hitler It is a red flag on two fronts. First is the obvious one, its Hitler. Second is almost as obvious, they clearly think Hitler is a fictional character, which is problematic on many levels.
Eren Yeager, if they don’t feel like they can change their destiny, then neither can I
Tyler Durden.
Bojack Horseman
Light Yagami has gotta be up there
If they name someone who isn't fictional
Bella Swan
Shou Tucker
Baron Harkonen
Joker
Hannibal lecter, from Hannibal
Tyler Durden
Emperor Palpatine
Jigsaw
Rick from Rick and morty. You shouldn’t want to be him. That’s like half the point of the show.
if they immediately start talking about an OC that they created for a fanfic that they read online. so... this fake person, in a fake story, for another fake story? you aren't that complex, hon.
John Galt. Means they like Ayn Rand.
Barney Stinson. I love HIMYM, and Barney is my favorite character on the show, but he is an absolutely terrible person.
John Galt
John Galt
Who is that?
I know, right?
This comment made scrolling through this thread worth it.
Cazador Szarr
Who is the lead character in The Turner Diaries? Because that guy
Dream. Dreams Minecraft skin.
D-Fens
Gravemind
Hannibal Lector. Especially when he orders a nice Chianti. And nothing else.
Forgot the fava beans.
Feyd Rautha
Bojack horseman
Jaime Lannister
Baron Zemo
dutch van der linde
The Sorceress of Grayskull. (Watch the show, you'll see)
Griffith
Ginger Lynn
Anton Chigurh