Because you like Dan Dreiberg in Watchmen

John Wick is a widowed former Navy Seal who becomes a notoriously effective hitman, killing over 124 people with gunshots alone. See them in John Wick.

A suave manipulator, Sebastian Valmont is valiantly fighting off a developing conscience. See them in Cruel Intentions.

A Silurian lizard woman, Madame Vastra has a penchant for puzzles and interspecies romance. See them in Doctor Who.

Lady Macbeth takes being a powerful woman to a whole other level. See them in Macbeth.

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

Donkey is proof that if you're annoying enough you can change the world; he's the reason that his friend Shrek does, well, anything. See them in Shrek.

Shuri is a genius-level inventor with a wicked sense of humor. See them in Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Carol Peletier's credo: your strength comes from who you are, not who you used to be. See them in The Walking Dead.

She's mostly doom and gloom, but you'd get nowhere without Sadness. See them in Inside Out.

Topanga Lawrence has been a put-together intellectual since basically the moment she could talk. See them in Boy Meets World.

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

Derek Morgan is thoughtful and kind, but he won't say no to knocking the occasional door down when he gets the chance. See them in Criminal Minds.