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Most Iconic Characters of All Time day 18, Hello Kitty won day 17
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Most Iconic Characters of All Time day 18, Hello Kitty won day 17

Rules:

  1. Name a character from any media (Myths, books, comics, cartoons, movies, anime, games, live action shows, etc) or era, and the one with the most comments and upvotes wins the day.

  2. No "either/or" choices; even if you name more than one character you admire, be specific and choose only ONE.

  3. One character per day.

  4. Suggest works (films, games, series, comics, etc.) that you like most about that character.

  5. Only fictional characters are eligible.

The winner and those who almost won.

  1. Hello Kitty - 102

  2. Tom and Jerry - 94

  3. Sherlock Holmes - 37

  4. Wolverine - 29

  5. Link - 27

  6. Eric Cartman - 23

  7. Garfield - 22

  8. Iron Man - 22

  9. Peter Griffin - 22

  10. Harry Potter - 15

  11. Hercules - 14

  12. Wonder Woman - 14

  13. Captain Jack Sparrow - 8

  14. Joker - 8

  15. T-Rex - 8

  16. Ben 10 - 7

  17. Naruto Uzumaki - 7

  18. Hulk - 6

  19. Sans - 6

  20. Count Dracula - 5

  21. Fred Flinstone - 5

  22. Michael Myers - 5

Winners of each day:

  1. Spider-Man (Peter Parker, 1962, Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, Marvel Comics)

  2. Batman (Bruce Wayne, 1939, Bob Kane and Bill Finger, DC Comics)

  3. Superman (Kal-El, 1938, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, DC Comics)

  4. Darth Vader (Anakin Skywalker, 1977, George Lucas, Star Wars franchise)

  5. Mario (1981, Shigeru Miyamoto, Super Mario franchise)

  6. Mickey Mouse (Michael Theodore Mouse, 1928, Walt Disney and Urb Iwerks, Walt Disney Studios)

  7. Pikachu (1996, Atsuko Nishida and Ken Sugimori, Pokemon franchise)

  8. Bugs Bunny (1940, Tex Avery, Robert McKimson, Ben Hardaway and Mel Blanc, Looney Tunes franchise)

  9. Sonic (1991, Naoto Ohshima, Yuji Naka and Hirokazu Yasuhara, Sonic The Hedgehog franchise)

  10. Homer J. Simpson (1987, Matt Groening, The Simpsons)

  11. Godzilla (1954, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Ishirō Honda and Eiji Tsuburaya, Godzilla franchise)

  12. SpongeBob (1999, Stephen Hillenburg, SpongeBob Squarepants)

  13. Son Goku (Kakarot, 1984, Akira Toriyama, Dragon Ball franchise)

  14. Barbie (Barbara Millicent Roberts, 1959, Ruth Handler, Barbie franchise)

  15. Scooby-Doo (Scoobert Cornelius Doo, 1969, Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, Scooby-Doo franchise)

  16. Optimus Prime (Orion Pax, 1984, Ono Kojin, Bob Budiansky and Diacione Team, TransFormers franchise)

  17. Hello Kitty (1975, Yuko Shimizu, Hello Kitty franchise)

u/Remote-Leg6143 — 8 hours ago
Day 5: Most Iconic Protagonists of All Time
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Day 5: Most Iconic Protagonists of All Time

Day 4 winner was Superman! Just need for Spider-Man to win eventually to have the superhero trifecta lol.

My pick for today is Harry Potter

u/Decent_Section6974 — 4 hours ago
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Characters from different media that went through Emotional Parentification.

Emotional Parentification is a dysfunctional family dynamic where a child is forced to become the emotional caretaker, confidant, or counselor for their parent, reversing the traditional caregiving role.

The child often acts as a therapist or mediator, bearing the weight of their parent's worries, emotional instability, or marital conflicts.

This happens for either of these reasons;

A: The parent treats the child as an adult friend, sharing adult fears, traumas, or financial stresses.

B: The child fills the emotional void left by a missing or absent partner, becoming a "surrogate spouse".

C: The child is forced to intervene in arguments between parents or manage a parent's rage to keep the peace.

D: The child feels responsible for making the parent happy or soothing them when they are distressed.

E: Parents force children to keep adult secrets, which forces them to act as partners rather than children.

Here are examples of fictional characters from different media who have Emotional Parentification;

Nani from the 2002 Lilo and Stitch movie.

Leo and Karai respectively from the 2012 TMNT series.

Mako from The Legend of Korra.

Katara from Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Prue Halliwell and Piper Halliwell respectively from Charmed.

Spencer Reid and Emily Prentiss respectively from Criminal Minds.

Bruce Wayne/Batman from the DC Animated Universe.

Adora, Bow, Glimmer and Catra respectively from She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.

Olivia Benson, Elliot Stabler, and Amanda Rollins respectively from Law and Order: SVU.

u/Full-Art3439 — 6 hours ago
Aang has won day 2 with 20 upvotes. Best Nickelodeon Characters Day 3
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Aang has won day 2 with 20 upvotes. Best Nickelodeon Characters Day 3

Vote one NICKELODEON character per person

Spin A Wheel For A Tiebreaker

u/KingDJ_150 — 22 hours ago
Image 1 — I've seen that several people have shown their fictional crushes, so? What does my type say about me?
Image 2 — I've seen that several people have shown their fictional crushes, so? What does my type say about me?
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I've seen that several people have shown their fictional crushes, so? What does my type say about me?

-Supergirl

-Violet evergarden

I have other characters I find attractive, but I don't connect with them enough to consider them crushes, unlike them, who if they existed I'd marry a million times over 😜

u/Adventurous_Dust7748 — 19 hours ago
Image 1 — My true and only fictional Crush, what do you think?
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My true and only fictional Crush, what do you think?

hey guys like everyone here is posting this, I wanted to post my true fictional Crush.

I know she is unknown for a lot of people but what do you think about her?

She is from Final Fantasy 13 and her name is Sarah Farron, she can fight with a sword-bow and use magic, she is a Time traveller too and an oracle whole sacrifices herself to save the timeline 🥲

u/Soft-Mycologist-3097 — 15 hours ago
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