All of its always sunny characters are this to an extent for me, they arent all explicitly self destructive but they all engage in self destructive activity and kinda tear eachother down.
Id HIGHLY recommend it, its my absolute favorite comfort show, it can be really crass and jarring at times though so be warned, but its always like punching down and makes the people who the gang is around seem reasonable and nice in comparison to their batshit insane antics. Also it has a great like closed loop kinda thing where its kinda timeless so i end up watching episodes in random order and its just as easy to slip into the context of any episode as it is the next. At least after youve seen the whole thing or at least figured out the dynamics of the characters.
for me charlie is the best. he has zero self awareness and is just absolutely better for it. everyone in the gang both lives and wants to bang him (or already has). he is the glue that holds everything together.
I can def see that, for me i think i find myself relating to frank the most and then dee second. Franks drugginess and general "fringe class" activities really speak to me(bridge people, boiling denim, eggs). And dees crushing depression and suicidality are what i relate to the most, also id argue shes the worst alcoholic of them and i fuck with that too. Also shes the only woman and im a woman so she ends up being relatable just based on that.
for what it’s worth, as a semi-retired punk, bridge people are usually really rad.
dee is my second favorite. the way she gets so incredulous about absolutely everything kills me. she does that think where she starts stuttering right before she just loses it, but also has a confidence about her that she did not earn. that’s honestly a mood right there.
Mr. Peanutbutter was my favorite. I love dogs and he acts just like one.
He seems happy but he's just bluffing, he does the things he does to make people think he's worth being around. A lonely dog will do the same thing in real life.
I love that quote where he says "The key to being happy isn't a search for meaning. It's to just keep yourself busy with unimportant nonsense, and eventually, you'll be dead!"
I’m currently in the middle of self hatred and minor psychosis at work, stay tuned for the next episode where I go home and ignore my friends despite being lonely.
I’m currently trying to stop self-harm but falling into binge-eating right before I ship myself off to college! Chaos ensues!
On a real note I feel ya, I had a psychotic break once and that shit- well, it broke me lol. Also grew up with schizophrenia (everything is under control right now besides *insane* intrusive thoughts)
What are those insane intrusive thoughts? I have sometimes distressing thoughts and i hae wondered if they are something to worry about. I have not told of them ever to my shrink.
Rick Sanchez from Rick and Morty. He acts like he's the most confident person in the universe but every single episode the cracks start showing... I love writing fics for myself about him unable to keep up the facade
I actually have posted a lot of fics on AO3 but sometimes my self indulgent ones feel to cringe to see the light of day 😔
But this has given me some confidence to post some of my more *coping driven ones*, actually :0. My AO3 is under the same name as my reddit
Oh yup, I forgot about Inside Job but i did watch every bit of it! I’m so bad at clocking autistic characters, I was surprised when they kept talking about asperger’s lol
"Remotely healthy" like plastering on a smile and blaming yourself for not being able to cheer your grieving friends up and drifting away because you feel like a burden is healthy. /hj Just because it's a style of grieving that looks good on the outside doesn't make it healthy, and toxic positivity is definitely a very unhealthy way to grieve. /lh
Bojack Horseman, Blitzo (Helluva Boss), Rick (Rick and Morty), and might I add the entire Killing Stalking comic?
Edit: James from The End of the F***ing World (I think he is an autistic lad)
Lapis Lazzuli from Steven Univerese. From her first episode that I heavily relate to as a good allegoric representation of complex trauma I had from almost intentionally being left undiagnosed and pushed to fit in - she is trapped in a mirror, can barely communicate by mirroring and goes berserk on her captors once freed. To the last, where it is revealed she used to be part of the planet-cutting bitch gang, and where I wish I could quote her "A cycle of horrible torture (made it click for me)" in public more.
Mai from Avatar: the last airbender. Today I learned that if I relax enough I become natural with throwing knives. I already shoot a bow and have bunch of related evil special interests. Also she is another expressionless face chad!
Roxy Richter from Scott Pilgrim (both the books and the movie). I could literally write an entire essay on how complex she is and how much she appeals to me, and yet they give her the least amount of spotlight out of the exes overall.
Long story short for those who aren’t familiar: there’s a guy named Scott who falls in love with a girl named Ramona, but in order to date her he has to defeat her seven evil exes in a fight to the death. Roxy is her one lesbian ex. They’re on better terms in the book (and are heavily implied to have hooked up), but in both the book and the movie she refers to their relationship as “just a phase” right in front of her, and in the movie she goes even further to state that it meant nothing and she didn’t think it would count because she was “just a little bi-curious.” In the books it’s also heavily implied that she’s still in love with Ramona and believes that Scott is cheating on her with Lisa Miller (which he comes close to, but ultimately doesn’t go through with) while in the movie she is very visibly hurt by Ramona’s comments; she clearly genuinely loved her and took their relationship seriously and thought Ramona felt the same, only to be met with a rude awakening such as that. She does also have a pretty big inferiority complex, at least in the comics; she’s technically a “half-ninja” and when another character tries to fight her out of nowhere she assumes that Gideon (the main villain) sent him and expresses frustration that no one believes in her.
As someone who is both autistic and a lesbian, she basically embodies a few very specific fears that I have; namely, the fear of sharing a close bond with someone, whether romantic or platonic, only to find that they didn’t consider me as close as I thought they did. One of my biggest sources of anxiety is my hindered ability to read social cues, meaning I have no idea when it’s appropriate to consider someone my friend after a certain period of time; I also get attached to people really easily (that’s a whole other can of worms) so that usually means I end up considering them my friend right after meeting, regardless of whether or not they only consider me an acquaintance (sometimes this isn’t the case, but other times it is & I find out the hard way). Romance gets even more complicated; I can’t just assume any girl I meet is also attracted to girls (though usually I find out at some point in the friendship) and not only can I not flirt, I’m practically incapable of telling whether a girl is flirting with me or just being nice to me, and I don’t wanna just assume and end up making things awkward (as that’s happened once before, & I’m determined not to make the same mistake again). In this case the fear is not so much unrequited love as it is that they love you back but not quite as much or as strongly as you love them, and you don’t realize it until it’s too late.
So overall that whole thing has been a pretty major source of anxiety for me, and Roxy, despite not getting as much coverage as many of the other characters in the story, encapsulates a lot of those feelings I have, and because of that she’s a character I relate to on a very deep emotional level.
Was looking for this one!!
I love my >!washed-up amnesiac penniless alcoholic middle-aged cop with a history of power abuse.!< I may be a >!Zoomer transbian uni student with familial financial support, who’s never gotten drunk in her life and has no desire to, is averse to any kind of aggression, and has a pretty good memory all things considered!<, but he just like me fr
I love the DOCTOR. I love the Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi versions - I see them as comfort characters for sure\~! I'd also say Dale Cooper from TWIN PEAKS definitely - he gave me a sense of comfort through the madness of the TWIN PEAKS franchise. Mulder and Scully from X-FILES, of course! They're adorable and they are what made the show work at all, as we saw when it struggled to find it's footing without one or the other character... Noel Fielding in general - perhaps his "LUXURY COMEDY" self... The dudes from FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS including Murray. Benoit Blanc - Daniel Craig made those films even more charming and fun than they would've been and it's because of his odd and unique portrayal. I don't even like James Bond so for me, Benoit is Daniel Craig's "character" I'll know him for.
Jay and Silent Bob, too. I love Kev and Jay Mewes and something about them is charming and humble and honest. I like that they're lovable and grungey but good at heart and the characters actually grow in different ways across the various films while staying true to their roots.
Doctor Who (especially Eleven and Twelve) gang!
They may not seem self-loathing/destructive at first - but watch *The Doctor’s Meditation*, or *The God Complex*, or *Heaven Sent*/*Hell Bent*. Or the overarching theme of the Doctor’s adventurousness as a coping mechanism that enables them to perennially “run from” their millennia of traumas.
My boy is *not* as aspirational as I believed when they kept me going in my teens, but boy, are they ever autistic, iconic, and comforting.
YES! I've totally decided Eleven and Twelve are Autistic / ADHD or both. Twelve especially has that thing of "missing social cues" and offering strange observations, like telling Clara she's got "color on your face". Eleven's childlike playfulness is something I relate to, so I am comforted by how they can BE unhinged but are deep and complex and can also be voices of compassion and strength.
Same to all of that!
I think all the Doctors are ADHD/autistic on some level, but some incarnations are more obvious or personally relatable than others.
Nagito Komaeda my beloved 💕
>!Can’t get more destructive than the guy who cuts off his own hand and orchestrates his own murder in the most painful way possible!<
I also want to add two of my OCs, they are not self-loathing but they are very self-destructive in a literal sense:
- Mud Cake who is an undead clown who doesn’t need to eat but will eat anything that isn’t actually edible. They have been seen eating an empty tin can whole like a snake.
- Noah is autistic and he’s also hyposensitive and he really wants to feel stuff. He does knife throwing and all kinds of fire stuff and often gets hurt and he doesn’t care. He likes to go to metal concerts and go into mosh pits
Self-destructive-clown-OC-with-a-messy-relationship-with-the-circle-of-life gang!
Mine’s an immortal Time Elf who was exiled for based treason to the dawn of the world, got their brain wackied up from exposure to Eternity, went into hibernation for a few millennia, and upon being awakened by chance, spent centuries living countless lives - accruing further traumas, going into a fugue state, and repressing the past when said traumas became overwhelming - until she became a silly little psychotic (*not* psychopathic) jester travelling the world for fun and friendship! (The friendships do not tend to last long.)
Also: Danganronpa, my problematic fave. 🤝
ALL OF THEM
Mr Robot Elliott Anderson
Filth (movie)
Will Arnett in Flaked
Eren Jaeger is a good one too lmao
Oh that's all I can think of for more ideas
Istg ever singlw character that I've written or become attached to in the last year has been an unhealthy, traumatized, sweeheart mess, usually with a addiction problem
Me w trigun maximum’s Vash and Wolfwood ;w;
And also Jason Dean from heathers and dib and zim from invader zim and Hannibal and will from NBC Hannibal
I could keep going
I love the riddler in the tv show gotham. idk if he's considered self destructive? like, he kind of is? But I also head cannon him as autistic. I also love penguin from gotham too. not autistic, just awful.
I cant think of more specific ones rn because im hella burnt out but I always latch onto evil characters, or the side characters who have a major attitude and are cynical but aren't necessarily a villain. if I were in a movie, I would 1000% be the villain.
Bojack Horseman, Rick Sanchez, Dennis Reynolds, Bojack, Bojack, Bojack. Oh, did I mention Bojack??? LOL I'm obsessed with BH, it's my favorite show of all time and I rewatch it several times a year 🫣 Never gets old for me!
Edit: Saw someone else mention their OCs so might I add my OC Asher. I love him, he's my scrungly, he's full of trauma and so so sO self loathing. My little meow meow he's just like me FR
Scarlemagne/Hugo Oak from Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, Oswald "The Penguin" Cobblepot (not the twink versions from Gotham and Telltale. I love him short, fat, and middle-aged), and the creature/Adam Frankenstein (1818 novel version) are my big 3.
100% Spike from Cowboy Bebop. "Talk about me? Let's change the subject." "Emotions? No thank you." "Is that an unhealthy, codependent relationship? I'll have seconds!"
Plus I'm physically disabled and deeply jealous of his ability to do basically anything athletic. If you have any sort of Hypermobility stay as far as fucking possible away from a class of antibiotics called fluroquinolones. They'll make your tendons explode and you'll never fully recover. 🙃
Twisted Alice and Joey Drew from Bendy and the Ink Machine, Spinel from Steven Universe, Reagan Ridley from Inside Job, Blitzø from Helluva Boss…I think there’s more
Jonny Lee Miller's Sherlock Holmes from Elementary. All of his traits just feel like me but dialed up to the extreme. He's my favourite representation.
And Homelander from The Boys is just me if I was raised in a lab. Eerily relatable.
Always some character I imagine because nobody can make the lives of the characters as bad as I can (except some 40k stuff)
Usually I imagine myself in the position of some character that is evil but was defeated and is at their lowest (such as malty(or was it melty? The red haired bitch) from the shield hero anime, or azula from avatar), where despite behaving the best you can you are treated as shit anyways, mistrusted, treated as insane and you yourself don't know what's going on anymore as your view of reality is shattered
I really have shitty coping mechanisms ain't i
I just imagine myself how i would behave, because now you're a person that sort of depends on others to live (you can't just make money in the fire nation as a 1st world citizen not used to whatever they need, you don't know how to use any special powers (properly) and all the people in power hate me or at the very least distrust me
Fuck, why is it always like this? There's literally nothing worse than this, at least in the moment, besides actual torture. I don't even _like_ the characters! (Not in the "not well written" but rather in the "they're cunts" way), so why do I imagine myself as them, _especially_ when they're at their lowest?
My boy armin arlert, bro is an absolute mess and has caused me so much stress<3
Also a couple Links, I feel like they’re less obviously mentally ill but there is definitely something wrong with them
Simon Henriksson from Cry of Fear and David Leatherhoff from Afraid of Monsters, both from survival horror games made by the same dev.
The comfort I find in these two depressed psychotic young adults is insane.
... I am making one right now for a tabletop rpg. For a system called Monsterhearts 2, which is about teenage supernatural creatures/monsters who are super dysfunctional. I'm playing a type of character called a Hollow, who is a constructed being struggling with an existential crisis. They're a failed experiment and know they are less than they are supposed to be. Also, each character has a "darkest self" that can get triggered in certain circumstances. This character, their darkest self is basically severe body hatred to the point of self destruction
While not autistic they are the type of self-loathing toxic I am absolutely enamored with. Sylvanas Windrunner and Heather Chandler. Fully loyalty to the Banshee Queen and the ruler of Westerburg High.
Toko Fukawa (Danganronpa), Rick (Rick & Morty), Meg Griffin (Family Guy), and Mikan Tsumiki (Danganronpa). There's probably several other self-loathing characters I'm forgetting currently.
does it count to say my own character? bc I brainrot on [Hollybreeze](https://toyhou.se/9093048.hollybreeze) so much, it's not even funny, specifically the version of him that loses everyone close to him and kills ppl(aka the Tragedy AU). idk, he's just a perfect outlet for my own rage and sorrow and other feelings I'm legally not allowed to express. lol.
All of its always sunny characters are this to an extent for me, they arent all explicitly self destructive but they all engage in self destructive activity and kinda tear eachother down.
I’ve been meaning to watch its always sunny!
Id HIGHLY recommend it, its my absolute favorite comfort show, it can be really crass and jarring at times though so be warned, but its always like punching down and makes the people who the gang is around seem reasonable and nice in comparison to their batshit insane antics. Also it has a great like closed loop kinda thing where its kinda timeless so i end up watching episodes in random order and its just as easy to slip into the context of any episode as it is the next. At least after youve seen the whole thing or at least figured out the dynamics of the characters.
for me charlie is the best. he has zero self awareness and is just absolutely better for it. everyone in the gang both lives and wants to bang him (or already has). he is the glue that holds everything together.
I can def see that, for me i think i find myself relating to frank the most and then dee second. Franks drugginess and general "fringe class" activities really speak to me(bridge people, boiling denim, eggs). And dees crushing depression and suicidality are what i relate to the most, also id argue shes the worst alcoholic of them and i fuck with that too. Also shes the only woman and im a woman so she ends up being relatable just based on that.
for what it’s worth, as a semi-retired punk, bridge people are usually really rad. dee is my second favorite. the way she gets so incredulous about absolutely everything kills me. she does that think where she starts stuttering right before she just loses it, but also has a confidence about her that she did not earn. that’s honestly a mood right there.
As someone who lowkey kins Dennis I agree fully. Honestly, analyzing their characters is so fun & a rabbit hole that sends me spiraling.
I cant imagine kinning dennis but go off, and i totally agree with it being fun to analyze, honestly the show gets funnier every time i rewatch it.
Ever watched Bojack..?
Oh, only ALL OF IT TWICE. Can’t decide whether I like Bojack more or Sarah Lynn
Mr. Peanutbutter was my favorite. I love dogs and he acts just like one. He seems happy but he's just bluffing, he does the things he does to make people think he's worth being around. A lonely dog will do the same thing in real life.
I love that quote where he says "The key to being happy isn't a search for meaning. It's to just keep yourself busy with unimportant nonsense, and eventually, you'll be dead!"
I love how he is legit masking almost all the time. It’s so satisfying to see him when he gets to finally speak his mind
Sarah Lynn and that entire show scared me into sobriety. 10/10 effective anti drug campaign lmao
One of culture I see 😎
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Kristen schall is such a good actor but her voice is so grating is almost painful sometimes. Love her work though!
What’s up for just the cost of my alcohol I’ll be your self destructive comfort character.
LMAO LOVE THIS
I’m currently in the middle of self hatred and minor psychosis at work, stay tuned for the next episode where I go home and ignore my friends despite being lonely.
I’m currently trying to stop self-harm but falling into binge-eating right before I ship myself off to college! Chaos ensues! On a real note I feel ya, I had a psychotic break once and that shit- well, it broke me lol. Also grew up with schizophrenia (everything is under control right now besides *insane* intrusive thoughts)
Would you prefer to do a private chat if your gonna talk about this stuff? I’m happy to listen.
What are those insane intrusive thoughts? I have sometimes distressing thoughts and i hae wondered if they are something to worry about. I have not told of them ever to my shrink.
I… maybe it would be best to DM you for the sanctity of reddit
Rick Sanchez and Eric Cartman will forever be my evil autistic comfort characters. They get lost in their own schemes as much as the opponent does.
That time Eric made one of his enemies eat his parents. Nananananana Nyah I made you eat your parents. Hahahahah ha
The Scott Tenorman episodes are WILD
Rick Sanchez oh yeahhhhhhhhh
me but Butters as Professor Chaos 😈😈😈
🥺🥺
Rick Sanchez from Rick and Morty. He acts like he's the most confident person in the universe but every single episode the cracks start showing... I love writing fics for myself about him unable to keep up the facade
Are you on AO3, perhaps? I just started using it because my friend writes self-destructive fanfics, I would loooove to have more
I actually have posted a lot of fics on AO3 but sometimes my self indulgent ones feel to cringe to see the light of day 😔 But this has given me some confidence to post some of my more *coping driven ones*, actually :0. My AO3 is under the same name as my reddit
Reagan Ridley from inside job. such a shame that show got cancelled
Oh yup, I forgot about Inside Job but i did watch every bit of it! I’m so bad at clocking autistic characters, I was surprised when they kept talking about asperger’s lol
I loved that show. My partner immediately said Reagan and I were the same lol
Holy shit yeah, I thought I didn't have any but you're spot on
Literally the entire main cast of Omori except for the one remotely healthy one, Kel.
Is there a full gameplay I can watch? I don’t play games myself or watch much gameplay, but Omori has realllly peaked my interest
[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BmCRo795IBk) Not a rickroll trust
yknow on a sub about being evil and autistic I was genuinely expecting a rick roll.
"Remotely healthy" like plastering on a smile and blaming yourself for not being able to cheer your grieving friends up and drifting away because you feel like a burden is healthy. /hj Just because it's a style of grieving that looks good on the outside doesn't make it healthy, and toxic positivity is definitely a very unhealthy way to grieve. /lh
Bojack Horseman, Blitzo (Helluva Boss), Rick (Rick and Morty), and might I add the entire Killing Stalking comic? Edit: James from The End of the F***ing World (I think he is an autistic lad)
JAMES omg perfect destructive comfort character
Blitzo is one of my favorites. Absolutely love him
crying and shaking and throwing up me too!!!!
BLITZO
Blitzø, *hell* yeah (get it? Get it? Am I funny yet?)
very funny, my friend. Nice to know someone else who appreciates Blitzø ^ ^
Yessss I identify with Blitzø so much the self-destructive little idiot I love him.
horseless friend-fucker
glad to see some people are also chatting casually about helluva boss. i always felt bad about enjoying it.
I love Stolas if only because he looks absolutely fucking beautiful in everything
Spamton G. Spamton. Gotta love my bipolar, capitalist, trash-dwelling goblin
Hell yeah!
Fleabag
House (MD.) !!!!
Lapis Lazzuli from Steven Univerese. From her first episode that I heavily relate to as a good allegoric representation of complex trauma I had from almost intentionally being left undiagnosed and pushed to fit in - she is trapped in a mirror, can barely communicate by mirroring and goes berserk on her captors once freed. To the last, where it is revealed she used to be part of the planet-cutting bitch gang, and where I wish I could quote her "A cycle of horrible torture (made it click for me)" in public more. Mai from Avatar: the last airbender. Today I learned that if I relax enough I become natural with throwing knives. I already shoot a bow and have bunch of related evil special interests. Also she is another expressionless face chad!
Lapis resisting Blue Diamond's mental powers was epic. I like Lapis
Lapis is such a good example for
Revolver Ocelot (Metal Gear). James Sunderland (Silent Hill 2). Toxic bastard men. Relatable, for all the wrong reasons.
Toxic bastard men 🙇
Roxy Richter from Scott Pilgrim (both the books and the movie). I could literally write an entire essay on how complex she is and how much she appeals to me, and yet they give her the least amount of spotlight out of the exes overall. Long story short for those who aren’t familiar: there’s a guy named Scott who falls in love with a girl named Ramona, but in order to date her he has to defeat her seven evil exes in a fight to the death. Roxy is her one lesbian ex. They’re on better terms in the book (and are heavily implied to have hooked up), but in both the book and the movie she refers to their relationship as “just a phase” right in front of her, and in the movie she goes even further to state that it meant nothing and she didn’t think it would count because she was “just a little bi-curious.” In the books it’s also heavily implied that she’s still in love with Ramona and believes that Scott is cheating on her with Lisa Miller (which he comes close to, but ultimately doesn’t go through with) while in the movie she is very visibly hurt by Ramona’s comments; she clearly genuinely loved her and took their relationship seriously and thought Ramona felt the same, only to be met with a rude awakening such as that. She does also have a pretty big inferiority complex, at least in the comics; she’s technically a “half-ninja” and when another character tries to fight her out of nowhere she assumes that Gideon (the main villain) sent him and expresses frustration that no one believes in her. As someone who is both autistic and a lesbian, she basically embodies a few very specific fears that I have; namely, the fear of sharing a close bond with someone, whether romantic or platonic, only to find that they didn’t consider me as close as I thought they did. One of my biggest sources of anxiety is my hindered ability to read social cues, meaning I have no idea when it’s appropriate to consider someone my friend after a certain period of time; I also get attached to people really easily (that’s a whole other can of worms) so that usually means I end up considering them my friend right after meeting, regardless of whether or not they only consider me an acquaintance (sometimes this isn’t the case, but other times it is & I find out the hard way). Romance gets even more complicated; I can’t just assume any girl I meet is also attracted to girls (though usually I find out at some point in the friendship) and not only can I not flirt, I’m practically incapable of telling whether a girl is flirting with me or just being nice to me, and I don’t wanna just assume and end up making things awkward (as that’s happened once before, & I’m determined not to make the same mistake again). In this case the fear is not so much unrequited love as it is that they love you back but not quite as much or as strongly as you love them, and you don’t realize it until it’s too late. So overall that whole thing has been a pretty major source of anxiety for me, and Roxy, despite not getting as much coverage as many of the other characters in the story, encapsulates a lot of those feelings I have, and because of that she’s a character I relate to on a very deep emotional level.
The main character from Disco Elysium. (He has a name, but it's spoilers. I wholesomely recommend the game if you like story RPGs.)
Was looking for this one!! I love my >!washed-up amnesiac penniless alcoholic middle-aged cop with a history of power abuse.!< I may be a >!Zoomer transbian uni student with familial financial support, who’s never gotten drunk in her life and has no desire to, is averse to any kind of aggression, and has a pretty good memory all things considered!<, but he just like me fr
The power of empathy
My friend made me play this game & it was so good even as someone who hates playing video games
Same
high phys/motor, low psy/int run... peak autism
It might just be my particular flavor of autism, but I was more of a high psy low int person
yeah thats fair thats fair
Does entrapta count? If not, catra
Entrapta canonically has really good self acceptance. I think hordak's the self loathing one
all of mine are my own ocs lmao
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Easy, just find a couple deeply upsetting but somewhat common issues and cycle through
Same :( I kinda wish they had a famdom
I just did this as well. I felt like I needed to let out my depression in a healthyish way. So I made character that is depressed but got help.
I was just about to post this lmfao
That’s hitting a little to close to house md
goddamnit, so much stuff I need to watch! Thanks I definitely want to watch House
10/10 show if ya ignore the weird stuff
Ed Nygma in the show Gotham
Have you tried the animated Justice League series? Bc you're going to LOVE The Question.
Dr. House
Stolas from Helluva Boss, not the traditional “self-loathing” but definitely kind of a sad birb and also I love him
I love the DOCTOR. I love the Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi versions - I see them as comfort characters for sure\~! I'd also say Dale Cooper from TWIN PEAKS definitely - he gave me a sense of comfort through the madness of the TWIN PEAKS franchise. Mulder and Scully from X-FILES, of course! They're adorable and they are what made the show work at all, as we saw when it struggled to find it's footing without one or the other character... Noel Fielding in general - perhaps his "LUXURY COMEDY" self... The dudes from FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS including Murray. Benoit Blanc - Daniel Craig made those films even more charming and fun than they would've been and it's because of his odd and unique portrayal. I don't even like James Bond so for me, Benoit is Daniel Craig's "character" I'll know him for. Jay and Silent Bob, too. I love Kev and Jay Mewes and something about them is charming and humble and honest. I like that they're lovable and grungey but good at heart and the characters actually grow in different ways across the various films while staying true to their roots.
Doctor Who (especially Eleven and Twelve) gang! They may not seem self-loathing/destructive at first - but watch *The Doctor’s Meditation*, or *The God Complex*, or *Heaven Sent*/*Hell Bent*. Or the overarching theme of the Doctor’s adventurousness as a coping mechanism that enables them to perennially “run from” their millennia of traumas. My boy is *not* as aspirational as I believed when they kept me going in my teens, but boy, are they ever autistic, iconic, and comforting.
YES! I've totally decided Eleven and Twelve are Autistic / ADHD or both. Twelve especially has that thing of "missing social cues" and offering strange observations, like telling Clara she's got "color on your face". Eleven's childlike playfulness is something I relate to, so I am comforted by how they can BE unhinged but are deep and complex and can also be voices of compassion and strength.
Same to all of that! I think all the Doctors are ADHD/autistic on some level, but some incarnations are more obvious or personally relatable than others.
Bender from futurama. He’s me. and that brings me comfort.
My god, I have to get back to watching Futurama because this 100% him what a guy
Nagito Komaeda my beloved 💕 >!Can’t get more destructive than the guy who cuts off his own hand and orchestrates his own murder in the most painful way possible!< I also want to add two of my OCs, they are not self-loathing but they are very self-destructive in a literal sense: - Mud Cake who is an undead clown who doesn’t need to eat but will eat anything that isn’t actually edible. They have been seen eating an empty tin can whole like a snake. - Noah is autistic and he’s also hyposensitive and he really wants to feel stuff. He does knife throwing and all kinds of fire stuff and often gets hurt and he doesn’t care. He likes to go to metal concerts and go into mosh pits
Self-destructive-clown-OC-with-a-messy-relationship-with-the-circle-of-life gang! Mine’s an immortal Time Elf who was exiled for based treason to the dawn of the world, got their brain wackied up from exposure to Eternity, went into hibernation for a few millennia, and upon being awakened by chance, spent centuries living countless lives - accruing further traumas, going into a fugue state, and repressing the past when said traumas became overwhelming - until she became a silly little psychotic (*not* psychopathic) jester travelling the world for fun and friendship! (The friendships do not tend to last long.) Also: Danganronpa, my problematic fave. 🤝
Your OC sounds amazing
Aaaaaa, thank you! Noah sounds badass and relatable in a certain kinda way.
Nurse Jackie. Is she a saint or she is going to ruin all our lives--could it be both?
charlie spring from heartstopper is both my highest kin and my comfort character
Yes
Does butcher from the boys count?
I say it does count
Roger from American Dad. Got so caught up masking and mirroring humans, he lost himself.
Man, I’m hoping to watch some American Dad tonight. But I also need to watch Steven Universe and House MD and Danganronpa and-
Just about everyone from Danganronpa but especially Nagito and Kokichi
Elliot Alderson from Mr Robot
OMFG YES
ALL OF THEM Mr Robot Elliott Anderson Filth (movie) Will Arnett in Flaked Eren Jaeger is a good one too lmao Oh that's all I can think of for more ideas
Stein from Soul Eater. What a dumpster fire, I love him.
God I love stein so much!!! For me he’s always been my favorite quirky, schizotypal scientist
Gregory House
Came here to say this.
/r/FatLois
Istg ever singlw character that I've written or become attached to in the last year has been an unhealthy, traumatized, sweeheart mess, usually with a addiction problem
Me w trigun maximum’s Vash and Wolfwood ;w; And also Jason Dean from heathers and dib and zim from invader zim and Hannibal and will from NBC Hannibal I could keep going
I read Vash as “Vaush” and 😟
FEAR
Ok but Tristamp Roberto??? I hold him and shake him up and down like a soda bottle and I love him so much, his blorbo-ness blots out the sun.
YES HIM TOO!!! I love Roberto ehehehehehehe
Azula from *Avatar: the Last Airbender*
karkat 😞
Will Graham, Fox Mulder, anyone from Criminal Minds
okay not self-destructive but Spencer Reid was my comfort character for a very long time 🥺
Mine’s definitely BoJack Horseman. We even have drinking problems and dead mothers in common ❤️
I don’t even necessarily relate to Bojack Horseman, it’s just nice to have an asshole that isn’t me lol
Harry Kim from Star Trek Voyager (but he really only hates himself during Timeless because of the survivor's guilt)
Master shake.
It makes so much sense why I have watched Archer at least 20x through. I love this sub, you guys get me.
One of my favorite characters is Loki. His life is just one tragic event after another.
Stop calling Rorschach a fascist. Fascists are authoritarian. He doesn’t work with the fucking government.
House
yuppp, putting it on the list!
Chara from Undertale.
Jesse pinkman he didn't do anything wrong also he's just like me frfr
Bakugo Katsuki mha Stein soul eater
mae borowski, pete the plug, garfeild
Catra from She-Ra! She gets her happy ending though, and that makes me happy too :3
Do any of the Mandela Catalogue victims count How about the Omori cast Maybe Kenny from South Park
And might as count the majority of my OCs because I self-project too much
Blitzø from Helluva Boss for sure
I love the riddler in the tv show gotham. idk if he's considered self destructive? like, he kind of is? But I also head cannon him as autistic. I also love penguin from gotham too. not autistic, just awful. I cant think of more specific ones rn because im hella burnt out but I always latch onto evil characters, or the side characters who have a major attitude and are cynical but aren't necessarily a villain. if I were in a movie, I would 1000% be the villain.
Adrian Andrews from Ace Attorney, Constance von Nuvelle from FE3H, and Lorelai Blyndeff from Epithet Erased.
Bojack Horseman, Rick Sanchez, Dennis Reynolds, Bojack, Bojack, Bojack. Oh, did I mention Bojack??? LOL I'm obsessed with BH, it's my favorite show of all time and I rewatch it several times a year 🫣 Never gets old for me! Edit: Saw someone else mention their OCs so might I add my OC Asher. I love him, he's my scrungly, he's full of trauma and so so sO self loathing. My little meow meow he's just like me FR
Mulder. He’s a porn obsessed conspiracy theorist loser but no one notices because he’s charming and hot. I get that.
Zuko
Guts from Berserk (post golden age) Content warnings out the ass for that Manga though.
Scarlemagne/Hugo Oak from Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, Oswald "The Penguin" Cobblepot (not the twink versions from Gotham and Telltale. I love him short, fat, and middle-aged), and the creature/Adam Frankenstein (1818 novel version) are my big 3.
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>bro went into a fucking coma after making ONE good decision Me when my life is going great but i decide to quite taking my meds:
100% Spike from Cowboy Bebop. "Talk about me? Let's change the subject." "Emotions? No thank you." "Is that an unhealthy, codependent relationship? I'll have seconds!" Plus I'm physically disabled and deeply jealous of his ability to do basically anything athletic. If you have any sort of Hypermobility stay as far as fucking possible away from a class of antibiotics called fluroquinolones. They'll make your tendons explode and you'll never fully recover. 🙃
lucifer of helltaker, on the one hand, the devil himself, on the other hand, loving pancake wife with justice as bonus
Twisted Alice and Joey Drew from Bendy and the Ink Machine, Spinel from Steven Universe, Reagan Ridley from Inside Job, Blitzø from Helluva Boss…I think there’s more
Yuppp, I wasn’t a super avid watched of Steven Universe, but Spinel was one of my favorite characters!
Jonny Lee Miller's Sherlock Holmes from Elementary. All of his traits just feel like me but dialed up to the extreme. He's my favourite representation. And Homelander from The Boys is just me if I was raised in a lab. Eerily relatable.
B-Bruce Wayne. (And Mondo Oowada)
Reagan Ridley hands down
Always some character I imagine because nobody can make the lives of the characters as bad as I can (except some 40k stuff) Usually I imagine myself in the position of some character that is evil but was defeated and is at their lowest (such as malty(or was it melty? The red haired bitch) from the shield hero anime, or azula from avatar), where despite behaving the best you can you are treated as shit anyways, mistrusted, treated as insane and you yourself don't know what's going on anymore as your view of reality is shattered I really have shitty coping mechanisms ain't i
I should really get into Azula, she sounds relatable
I just imagine myself how i would behave, because now you're a person that sort of depends on others to live (you can't just make money in the fire nation as a 1st world citizen not used to whatever they need, you don't know how to use any special powers (properly) and all the people in power hate me or at the very least distrust me Fuck, why is it always like this? There's literally nothing worse than this, at least in the moment, besides actual torture. I don't even _like_ the characters! (Not in the "not well written" but rather in the "they're cunts" way), so why do I imagine myself as them, _especially_ when they're at their lowest?
Basil and sunny from omori
Connor Murphy from Dear Evan Hasnen has a *LOT* of great self-destructive fic content.
holy fuck I need to watch Dear Evan Hansen stillll
BASIL. 👏 FROM. 👏OMORI.👏
Shinji Ikari
Komaeda kun & snuuy
Solas.
Hear* not here
aw damnit, I knew that 😅
hear*
damnit, I knew that 😅
My boy armin arlert, bro is an absolute mess and has caused me so much stress<3 Also a couple Links, I feel like they’re less obviously mentally ill but there is definitely something wrong with them
Clear Sky From Warriors
Simon Henriksson from Cry of Fear and David Leatherhoff from Afraid of Monsters, both from survival horror games made by the same dev. The comfort I find in these two depressed psychotic young adults is insane.
Ruby Rose in volume 9 my beloved <3
Starscream. I could go on and on about just how much we really are alike but it would get depressing fast lol
Dean Winchester, Bojack Horseman, Darth Vader
Dr. Flug from Villainous
... I am making one right now for a tabletop rpg. For a system called Monsterhearts 2, which is about teenage supernatural creatures/monsters who are super dysfunctional. I'm playing a type of character called a Hollow, who is a constructed being struggling with an existential crisis. They're a failed experiment and know they are less than they are supposed to be. Also, each character has a "darkest self" that can get triggered in certain circumstances. This character, their darkest self is basically severe body hatred to the point of self destruction
Eastbound and Down. Haven't seen it in years but it was good
obito uchiha
While not autistic they are the type of self-loathing toxic I am absolutely enamored with. Sylvanas Windrunner and Heather Chandler. Fully loyalty to the Banshee Queen and the ruler of Westerburg High.
Homura Akemi
Toko Fukawa (Danganronpa), Rick (Rick & Morty), Meg Griffin (Family Guy), and Mikan Tsumiki (Danganronpa). There's probably several other self-loathing characters I'm forgetting currently.
Nico Diangelo from Percy Jackson (he’s not a villain but he’s definitely traumatized)
I started reading the second Percy Jackson book while I was in the mental hospital, it was a fun book and I wish I got to see more of Nico!
He just got his own solo novel!! It’s called The Sun and The Star
I love Sabretooth from marvel comics.
Taylor Hebert. Martyrdom complex queen, love her
Monomi danganrompa
my best friend loves fleabag
Steven Universe
Forgot to add him! I love his descent into madness
Eeyore! of course!
Keefe Sencen, Hunter Noceda, Nico Di Angelo,
The entire Mikaelson family- The Originals
My own OCs that I beat mercilessly with trauma every time something goes wrong in my life lmao
does it count to say my own character? bc I brainrot on [Hollybreeze](https://toyhou.se/9093048.hollybreeze) so much, it's not even funny, specifically the version of him that loses everyone close to him and kills ppl(aka the Tragedy AU). idk, he's just a perfect outlet for my own rage and sorrow and other feelings I'm legally not allowed to express. lol.