Because you like Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Jacob Kowalski is just a baker caught up in an otherworldly adventure. See them in Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them.
A suave manipulator, Sebastian Valmont is valiantly fighting off a developing conscience. See them in Cruel Intentions.
All it takes to change the course of history is the will of a single man called John Price. See them in Call of Duty Series.
Stan Marsh is a fourth grader who is the ladies man of his classroom. See them in South Park.
Tifa Lockhart is part mother hen, part martial arts bad-ass. See them in Final Fantasy Series.
Chuck Bass is notorious for his flamboyant sense of style and love of partying. See them in Gossip Girl.
Toby Cavanaugh has trouble avoiding being manipulated. See them in Pretty Little Liars.
Steven Universe is an excitable youth who likes junk food and trying to save the world. See them in Steven Universe.
Lelouch vi Britannia is a high school student by day, masked destroyer of tyrannical empires by night. See them in Code Geass.
Leslie Knope can accomplish anything, literally anything, with a little grit and help from her office. See them in Parks and Recreation.