Because you like Eli in Let the Right One In

Yuki Cross is a cheerful, funny, bold young woman with hidden insecurities. See them in Vampire Knight.

Arwen has to choose between a life of loneliness or love and inevitible death, both rather unfortunate options. See them in The Lord of the Rings.

Emily Gilmore is the DAR chair, proud grandmother, and full of opinions. See them in Gilmore Girls.

Greg Heffley will be famous someday, but now he's stuck in class with morons. See them in Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

Steven Universe is an excitable youth who likes junk food and trying to save the world. See them in Steven Universe.

Charlie Kelmeckis is a wallflower who's starting to blossom into something more. See them in The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

Lois Lane's journalistic success is the result of her tenacity. She will doggedly pursue her leads until discovering the information she needs. See them in DC Extended Universe.

Winry Rockbell is an energetic tomboy mechanic with an empathetic streak. See them in Fullmetal Alchemist.

General of the formidable Dora Milaje, Okoye is forced to make the difficult choice of staying loyal by the king’s side, or to her good friend who was overthrown. See them in Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Genetically and cybernetically enhanced, Gamora was trained from birth to be one of the deadliest women in the galaxy. See them in Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Ponyboy Curtis is a "Greaser" on the surface, but he's a sensitive poet underneath. See them in The Outsiders.