Because you like Artemis Fowl in Artemis Fowl
Ratchet is a shoot-first, ask-questions-later, and then-shoot-again kind of lombax. See them in Ratchet & Clank.
Resourceful and pragmatic, Selina Kyle always keeps in mind her number one priority: herself. See them in Gotham.
Gollum is slimy and seething with hatred, the last person you would want to meet in a dark cave. See them in The Lord of the Rings.
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.
Ethan Hunt's mission, should he chose to accept it, is to save the world from impossible threats. See them in Mission: Impossible.
Romantic, tortured, and at times cruel, Heathcliff is an intense man. See them in Wuthering Heights.
Whether he's fighting or flirting, Jace Wayland is all swagger. See them in City of Bones.
Francis Freeman may be impervious to pain, but he sure knows how to inflict it. See them in Deadpool.
After surviving a CIA mission that was supposed to kill him, ex-military man John Reese bets it all on a chance to redeem himself. See them in Person of Interest.
A conflicted small-town preacher, Jesse Custer leaves an unexpectedly bloody path in his wake. See them in Preacher.