Because you like Meggie Folchart in Inkheart
Jo Wilson is an accomplished doctor who's getting over her past. See them in Grey's Anatomy.
Jim Hopper is a weary and beaten down police officer who numbs his pain through beer, pills, and cigarettes. See them in Stranger Things.
Louis de Pointe du Lac is wanting to find a way of living that doesn't make him miserable. See them in Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles.
There's more to this sweet, caring landlady than meets the eye. See them in Sherlock.
Quinn Fabray can become a monster when there is something she wants. See them in Glee.
Charismatic, sociopathic, and dramatic, Charlie Bronson wants nothing more than to be famous. See them in Bronson.
Leonard "Bones" McCoy is passionate, moral, and ready to stitch you back together. See them in Star Trek.
A brilliant intelligence officer, Eve Polastri seems more like Bridget Jones than James Bond. See them in Killing Eve.
Part archaeologist, part philosopher, part politician, Jean-Luc Picard is an unashamed intellectual who runs a tight ship. See them in Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Hoban Washburne shows you can be a hotshot space pilot *and* play with dinosaurs. See them in Firefly.
Jeff Winger thinks he's too cool for school, which is a problem because he just enrolled in community college. See them in Community.