Because you like Laurel Castillo in How to Get Away with Murder

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Handsome Jack is wearing a mask of his own face to hide his scarred real one. See them in Borderlands Series.

Joel is a hardened, jaded survivor who keeps finding things to fight for. See them in The Last of Us.

Ichigo Momomiya is a bubbly student by day, magical cat-powered superhero by night. See them in Tokyo Mew Mew.

If only real life were as easy for Abed Nadir to understand as he knows pop culture. See them in Community.

A believer in the pursuit of justice, Garrus Vakarian hates it when bad guys slip through the cracks of the bureaucratic justice system. See them in Mass Effect.

Altair Ibn-La'Ahad is as much a philosopher and detective as he is a killer. He takes nothing at face value and continually searches for deeper truths. See them in Assassin's Creed Series.

Sterling Archer is a fun-loving, car-driving spy extraordinaire. But one can tell his mother didn't hug him as a child. See them in Archer.

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Aldous Snow is a rock star who plays hard and parties harder. See them in Get Him to the Greek.

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