Because you like Stephen Dedalus in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Wanderer is a Soul, a parasite sent into a host to take over their body, extracting information from them and colonizing their species. See them in The Host.
Armed guards, FBI agents, notorious serial killers – Hannibal Lecter has bested them all, with time to finish dessert afterwards. See them in The Silence of the Lambs.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Elizabeth Bennet doesn't suffer fools or prideful men. See them in Pride & Prejudice.
If anyone can stay optimistic and friendly under harsh alien rule, it's Alyx Vance. See them in Half-Life 2.
Chicken resterauntier by day and drug overlord by night, Gus Fring doesn't let the stress of living a double life get to him. See them in Breaking Bad.
Ultron is security software turned evil mastermind. See them in Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Although Thomas Sharpe is an English baronet, he doesn't have a Shilling to his name. He's in America to sell his invention and marry rich. See them in Crimson Peak.
An undercover DEA agent, Max Payne is too focused on avenging the past to plan for the future. See them in Max Payne.
If Lisbeth Salander can hurt a bastard who deserves it by digging up stuff about him, she feels good. See them in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
