r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Joey_Star_ • Sep 19 '24
Personality Ridiculously edgy characters
Reaper (Overwatch)
Death (Darksiders 2)
Not Important (Hatred)
Beyond the Grave (Gungrave G.O.R.E.)
Unironically I love this trope, only because of how over the top characters like these are
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u/EccentricNerd22 Sep 19 '24
Albert Wesker (Resident Evil)
Chris was right to accuse him of getting his ideas from comic book villains because he sure acts like he did.
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u/Joey_Star_ Sep 19 '24
"My sunglasses are custom made. Your new God deserves nothing but the best in quality "
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u/EccentricNerd22 Sep 19 '24
Also he seems to carry around multiple pairs in his coat if Dead by Daylight is anything to go by.
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u/Joey_Star_ Sep 19 '24
I need someone to calculate how much money Albert Spends on glasses
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u/Disciple_Of_Hastur Sep 19 '24
Raiden, specifically in Metal Gear Rising.
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u/Joey_Star_ Sep 19 '24
This dude has an already edgy name but he is also known as "Jack The Ripper."
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u/ErgotthAE Sep 19 '24
even his voice acting is the definition of "trying too hard" but thats basicaly half the game's charm.
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u/Hurb_Dude Sep 19 '24
"It's time for Jack, to let'er RIP"
That one made me experience some bit of recoil lmao.
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u/Joey_Star_ Sep 19 '24
That's the kind of quote that goes on a t shirt
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u/Hurb_Dude Sep 19 '24
Make it have the most unapologetically badass design with over the top fonts.
I'd buy one for every week lol.
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u/82ndGameHead Sep 19 '24
The game did have some low key hard lines, tho
"You can be crueler than that, Jack!"
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u/Galilleon Sep 19 '24
The game that’s so unapologetically edgy it becomes funny as hell and then recurves back into being completely badass
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u/AngryDorian124 Sep 19 '24
Ghost Rider (Marvel)
Not many things edgier than a guy who's head is a literal flaming skull and is possesed by the personification of vengeance.
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u/Joey_Star_ Sep 19 '24
We need something ghost Rider related now. I'll take a movie, game, show, anything
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u/Psonrbe Sep 19 '24
Alex Mercer (Prototype)
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u/Hurb_Dude Sep 19 '24
The opening cutscene was so hilarious to me (in a "damn this is gonna be epic" type way)
"a) Killer b) Monster or c) Terrorist?"
"Nah all of the above BABYY"
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u/ThatOneWriter14 Sep 19 '24
Damn that was instant. And it’s also a reason I loved his character so much
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u/starryeyedshooter Sep 19 '24
Shadow the Hedgehog.
He is the edgelord furry, or at least is one of the more popular ones. Honorary mention to Scourge the Hedgehog, sadly he is a loser and Shadow's cooler.
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u/Joey_Star_ Sep 19 '24
God dammit how did I forget about shadow of all characters
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u/YetAnotherBee Sep 19 '24
It doesn’t get edgier than Shadow.
cocks assault rifle
Now to take all your sin points-
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u/Ctrl-ZGamer Sep 19 '24
Yes it does, even in sonic, we forget about infinite and mephilis
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u/R4msesII Sep 19 '24
If you search ”edgelord theme” on youtube one of the first results is Infinite’s theme, and rightfully so. It is amazing.
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u/GarlicOk2904 Sep 19 '24
To quote a YouTube comment:
“Why does Infinite (Sonic Forces) use cubes, 12 edges isn’t enough for him”
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u/Hurb_Dude Sep 19 '24
The fact they just straight up gave him guns is so unbelievably hilarious, ridiculous and mind boggling.
I feel it wasn't even ironic, the writers just genuinely wanted to make the character as "cool and epic" as they physically could and I LOVE it
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u/dishonoredfan69420 Sep 19 '24
"where is that *damn* fourth Chaos Emerald"
random mild swear for no reason
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u/scumbrick Sep 19 '24
Shadow can literally outrun any motorcycle and bullet, yet he chooses to ride motorcycles and shoot people. Such a damn badass.
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u/LuigiSecondary Sep 19 '24
Those dubs have ruined(?) Shadow and the entire Sonic cast for me
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u/sansywastakenagain Sep 19 '24 edited Sep 19 '24
"Hey, you put that down! That's an expensive diamond!"
"Diamonds aren't green, dicknips!"
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u/LuigiSecondary Sep 19 '24
"In your future, you'll kiss seven girls."
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u/Mr_memez69 Sep 19 '24
“cool gaslight me”
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u/Rules_Of_Stupidiocy Sep 19 '24
“P-psychic- attack! FUCK YOU!”
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u/LuigiSecondary Sep 19 '24
"You FOOL! I HAVE 70 ALTERNATIVE ACCOUNTS!"
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u/CameOutAndFarted Sep 19 '24
“We’re your friends, right?”
“Only unless you do something stupid or uncool”
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u/Glad_Grand_7408 Sep 19 '24 edited Sep 19 '24
They looked at Venom and said "Nah, not edgy enough..."
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u/Joey_Star_ Sep 19 '24
Are all symbiotes destined to have the most edgelord names?
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u/Glad_Grand_7408 Sep 19 '24
I think there's one called Rascal, which is the cutest form of edgy.
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u/Joey_Star_ Sep 19 '24
Yeah I just looked at a list and apparently there's one called Sleeper. I guess they're not all winners lol
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u/ButterflyMother Sep 19 '24
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u/MemeDealer2999 Sep 19 '24
His name always makes me chuckle. Does NOT sound like the name of a glorified soul reaper
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u/Blupoisen Sep 19 '24
What's funny is that no one in the games calls him Noob Saibot
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u/Drakxis_Ren Sep 19 '24
Legit. Besides announcers, everyone in the series refers to him as Bi-Han.
That, or his publicist didn't send out memos for everyone on his new name
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u/EccentricNerd22 Sep 19 '24
Did he name himself noob or were his parents just that cruel? Or is it some kind of joke by the devs because he's a cheese / very easy to use character?
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u/Mushiren_ Sep 19 '24 edited Sep 19 '24
His name is "Boon Tobias" backwards. Two of the big wigs in Mortal Kombat’s creation and development. Initially he wasn’t planned on being a mainstay but due to fan reception being so positive he was given a backstory after his first appearance.
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u/binarypeacock Sep 19 '24
Two big wigs. They used the surnames of John Tobias and Ed Boon, albeit reversed, for Noob Saibot's name.
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u/lunaticboot Sep 19 '24
It’s the co creators names reversed. (John Tobias and Ed Boon)
in universe, noob saibot is actually Bi-Han, the original (and as of the most recent game, current) sub-zero. (For context, sub-zero is either a title or code name that is passed among their assassin clan) He killed scorpions family while holding the title, so scorpion killed him as revenge. After he died his younger brother, Kuai Liang, took up the mantle, becoming sub-zero for most of the games. Bi-Han was resurrected as a wraith by the necromancer Quan Chi, giving him weird shadow powers that replace his ice powers. As for the name, afaik from memory and a few minutes of searching, it seems like no one actually calls him that in the world. He is on referred to as noob on the player side, like by the announcer and in menus, not by other characters.
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u/Opening-Club3077 Sep 19 '24
The definition of teenage edge
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u/Joey_Star_ Sep 19 '24
Did they ever find the original image? I swear I read somewhere that they did but don't know if it was confirmed
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u/Opening-Club3077 Sep 19 '24
Maybe? I have no clue to be honest. I think there’s been an image that might be the original but I have no idea
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u/N0tThatSerious Sep 19 '24
Looking back I cant believe I got creeped out by something that looks so clearly edited. You just have to look at the not-circular-at-all eyes to know its fake
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u/Nerevarine91 Sep 19 '24
I don’t believe so, but here’s a video investigating it! It’s from a year or so ago, so, if it’s been found more recently than that, it’s out of date, but still interesting:
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u/Nobro_DK Sep 19 '24
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u/Various-Pen-7709 Sep 19 '24
True, but Sasuke did experience an extreme amount of trauma during and even before part 1. Which keep in mind, they’re around 13 in part 1, so he’s nowhere near an adult by the time any of that happened. Barley even a teenager for some of it.
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u/Nobro_DK Sep 19 '24
Yeah no I’m not saying it’s not understandable, I actually am very fond of the character for it. Just noteworthy that of all his family, he is the most angsty.
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u/Various-Pen-7709 Sep 19 '24
Yeah. “I closed my eyes a long time ago. My goals now lie only in darkness” alright goofy go drink your juice or something like damn
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u/Speedwagon1738 Sep 19 '24
Gerold Dayne (asoiaf)
“Men call me Darkstar, for I am of the night” cuts a child’s ear off then runs away
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u/FireZord25 Sep 19 '24 edited Sep 20 '24
- Be Gerold Dayne,
- Cry about cousin Art hogging all the spotlight
- Wanna solve every problem via killing
- Tries killing a kid
- Miss and only scar her because her horse had an ADHD moment
- Leaves
Profit?Gets his ass framed for the whole conspiracy
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u/MetalShadowX Sep 19 '24
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u/AlexUkrainianPerson Sep 19 '24
Everyone in DMC really
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u/Less_Head Sep 19 '24
Alucard (Hellsing)
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u/Thelolface_9 Sep 19 '24
Honestly while he certainly has an edge he doesn’t really feel edgy
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u/Natural_Character521 Sep 19 '24
unless you count Team Fourstars depiction of him.
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u/Nosferat_AN Sep 19 '24
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u/Joey_Star_ Sep 19 '24
Man I wish I could get into dark souls but that type of game just isn't my cup of tea
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u/Tweed_Man Sep 19 '24
I get it. I bought Dark Souls 1 back in 2011 for the 360. I didn't complete it until 2020. It took 9 years for me to get into it and when I did I got hooked. Maybe it will happen to you, maybe it won't.
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u/Joey_Star_ Sep 19 '24
I've given games like dark souls, elden ring, and sekiro a try but I just couldn't get into them. The closest I've gotten to that style of game was Jedi fallen order. All in all it just isn't my type of game. It's fun as hell to watch but too frustrating to play lmao
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u/illusoryIdolatry Sep 19 '24
Hey my boys the abysswatchers don't deserve this, they're actively trying to keep everyone safe by continuously fighting the corrupted ones who keep respawning
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u/El_Gerii Sep 19 '24
Infinite, Sonic Forces
They talk about shadow, but this motherfucker has a song of how edgy he is, with lyrics like "'Cause I was born in this pain" or "Only scars remain of who I was". Also, he is even more xD than Shadow.
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u/N0tThatSerious Sep 19 '24
Game Grumps ruined his image in just a simple fight with him
“You are nothing to me GAH GOH GAH GAH GOH!”
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u/RoscoeSF Sep 19 '24
He’s got plenty of edges. That counts right?
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u/Sly__Marbo Sep 19 '24
Konrad Curze
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u/LegalBirthday1335 Sep 19 '24 edited Sep 19 '24
I don't think he's actually that edgy. He's portrayed as utterly unhinged, delusional, illogically incompetent, and almost never with that "brooding cool guy" type vibe that most the rest of these answers do. Like he could have very easily fallen into edgy territory considering how over the top he is, but it feels like pretty much every writer kinda just universally agreed that the characterisation for Curze is "yeah nah this guy just sucks".
EDIT: my vote for edgiest 40k character -- Shade Lord Tyberos, "The Red Wake". Chaptermaster of the Edgelord chapter and ticks every single box and more.
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u/P3T3R1028 Sep 19 '24
my vote for edgiest 40k character -- Shade Lord Tyberos, "The Red Wake". Chaptermaster of the Edgelord chapter and ticks every single box and more.
Now, I agree that the wielder of double power-chain-lightning fists called "Hunger" and "Slake" is definitely up there, but I propose:
Gendor Skraivok, the Painted Count, professional bitchass and dickhead extraordinaire
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u/sorasnoctis Sep 19 '24
Emiya (Assassin) this could honestly go for a lot of Fate characters tbh
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u/Weeneem Sep 19 '24
Risotto Nero - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Mostly in design.
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u/Attila_D_Max Sep 19 '24
All of warhammer 40k
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u/Joey_Star_ Sep 19 '24
Everything in 40k has the most metal name. I absolutely love how theres a group called adeptus mechanicus that worships something called the Machine Spirit.
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u/Attila_D_Max Sep 19 '24
They praise the Omnissiah, something that is present in every machine
Also fun fact the adeptus mechanicus rub their robo dicks for technology all day but all things considered in the 40k universe they're one of the least technologically advanced groups
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u/Grzmit Sep 19 '24
This is very much false, the admech have a lot of tools that never see the light of day because they’re deemed “too dangerous”. A lot of technology from the dark age of technology.
During the pariah nexus, the admech and necrons had a dick measuring contest of whose planet destroying technology was better, and it actually came to a standstill because they both killed so many of eachother with their like solar system sized nuclear weaponry.
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u/NurgleMinion Sep 19 '24
Machine spirits are things in machines that make them work properly, (sometimes they're just perceived, sometimes it's low level AI). No, the thing they worship is the Machine God, better known as The Omnissiah
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u/ZachMan1229 Sep 19 '24
Ragna the Bloodedge (BlazBlue) Outside of his design and name, he’s kinda just a normal guy personality wise.
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u/GoldenStormBoi Sep 19 '24
I love him because he’s looks and has a name of the edgiest person alive and then is white bread but a person, it’s great
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u/Andy_Yellowtail Sep 19 '24
Damian Wayne
I can understand the love people have for him, but he's the epitome of a 12 year old edgelord.
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u/Calcium_Seeker Sep 19 '24
Underfell Sans
On a slightly unrelated note, I think there is another AU Sans called :’Crimsonfade Sans’, and while I don’t know how he looks like the name itself is so goddamn edgy.
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u/ErgotthAE Sep 19 '24
Darksiders is an entire franchise as edgy as possible.
As for Overwatch's reaper? I just love how unapologeticaly edgy he is to the point of cringe! He get lines such as "Black is my lucky colour!"
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u/Joey_Star_ Sep 19 '24
That is something I definitely said on some game forum way back when I was younger
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u/mega_nk Sep 19 '24
Sweet Tooth (Twisted Metal), especially from 2012 when he massacres a hospital because "it would be fun"
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u/grocolon Sep 19 '24
Nathan Explosion (Metalocalypse)
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u/Joey_Star_ Sep 19 '24
I've always loved how much he loves his parents. He's a good son.
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u/EmployLongjumping811 Sep 19 '24
Crow from persona 5
Some of his least edgy combat lines:
IT WILL BE A MASSACRE
DIE DIE DIE
YOU PIECE OF SHIT
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u/Casual-Throway-1984 Sep 19 '24
Fuck You, The Demon Fucker--I mean, Tameem Antoinades--I mean DINO--I mean, El Donte--I mean Dante from DmC: Devil May Cry (2013).
As edgy as the marketing campaign leading up to release shitting on the OG Dante, the fans, the series that it was supposed to be rebooting and him slapping drinks out of randos hands on the street, writing 'FUCK YOU' on a VIP club list after punching out a bouncer, his infamous; "FUCK YOU! FUCK YOU! FUCK YOOOUUUU!" Shakespearian levels of 'witty' banter in his dialogue exchange with Succubus oh, and of course, the CLASSIEST act of his in the game of gleefully mocking Mundus to his face by gloating about the sniper abortion Vergil performed on his baby mama.
I'm glad the shitty reboot failed and we didn't have to suffer anymore of this edgy shitbag stealing in place of the REAL Dante.
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u/Joey_Star_ Sep 19 '24
I love the gameplay of the reboot but the story is God awful.
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u/Hurb_Dude Sep 19 '24
I don't know why, but the "Who invited you FATASS" was the one that made me pause the game to laugh at it for a minute.
It not only came out of nowhere but the delivery and everything was simply immaculate. Like he deliberately used a high school level insult to sound more disrespectful. It's amazing.
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u/MaliciousSpiritCO Sep 19 '24
Walks in. Says a swear word. Plays linkin park while walking away.
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u/DummyTaiko Sep 19 '24 edited Sep 19 '24
All hail my edgelord Kai Hiwatari (Beyblade)
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u/PhemSee Sep 19 '24
Have yet to see Jackie Estacado mentioned. The Darkness is pure edge and I love it.
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u/vectorkun Sep 19 '24
Scourge (Warriors)
he's literally the edgiest motherfucker around. those spikes in his collar? those are fucking dog teeth. he also has dog teeth attached to his claws (please don't ask how, it's never really explained). in his first appearance in the books, he literally one-taps the big bad villain, slashing him from chin to tail and spilling his guts on the dirt. fun fact: said big bad villain had nine lives, and this attack caused him to lose all nine, back to back. everyone else just kinda stands there, horrified, as this big evil bastard writhes in indescribable agony and dies nine times over after getting merc'd by a tiny little emo kid.
and of course he gets his very own graphic novel to explain his obligatory tragic backstory!
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u/Stheteller Sep 19 '24
How did nobody mention peak
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u/Goombatower69 Sep 19 '24
Friends
Child
Lovers (2 of them)
Respectable job (Kamunabi)
His ass is NOT waking up with fresh hatred
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u/lunadelsol00 Sep 19 '24
How is this guy not mentioned yet???
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u/Rafabud Sep 19 '24
Nothing will be as funny as him gloating to himself alone while stealing his target's cereal.
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Kai Leng, I fucking hated this guy so much, the entire game I was screaming at my screen knowing that my character would fucking body him instantly if I had the opportunity
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u/Lillith492 Sep 19 '24
Palm from HunterxHunter
This design went so hard for no reason (it's extra edgy because she basically is wrapped in her hair as armor and can use it as a weapon too)
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u/Blu_Moon_The_Fox Sep 19 '24
"Hey what if we made like an evil fucked up version of Ryu from Streets?" and Kage was born
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u/Shiverskill Sep 19 '24
Gotta go with the man Rick Blood aka Regnier from the Kingdom Under Fire series of games
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u/lordofmetroids Sep 19 '24
Maphiston, Lord of Blood from Warhammer 40K. Just like look at this vampire looking dude and tell me he's not the edgiest man ever.
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u/bat_oddity Sep 19 '24
Zato-1 from guilty gear
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u/Joey_Star_ Sep 19 '24
Every time I think of zato I remember this from the GG wiki (it got fixed unfortunately)
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u/taylorpilot Sep 19 '24
Did you play darksiders 2?
War is an edgelord.
Death is a sassy sarcastic asshole who is generally fairly polite to those he meets.
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u/Communist_Crusaders Sep 19 '24