Because you like Hikaru Sulu in Star Trek

Just like half of L.A., Mia Dolan is working a dead end job until she hits the big screens. See them in La La Land.

A crabby troll, Karkat Vantas is perpetually angry about his lot in life. See them in Homestuck.

What Ron Weasley lacks in motivation and book smarts, he makes up for in loyalty and street smarts. See them in Harry Potter Series.

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

Mikasa Ackerman is a near-perfect soldier who won't break her stone-faced expression whether she's killing foes or protecting loved ones. See them in Attack on Titan.

He's an eccentric pirate making it up as he goes along. He's Jack Sparrow, savvy? See them in Pirates of the Caribbean: the Curse of the Black Pearl.

Light Yagami has a plan to make a better world, and morals won't stop him. See them in Death Note.

There are certain souls the surprisingly sensitive Death would rather not reap. See them in The Book Thief.

The only thing that can match Rose's looks are her hot temper and free spirit. See them in Titanic.

Everyone is just a chess piece, and Izaya Orihara is a master player. See them in Durarara!!.

Convinced that the world is conspiring against him, Tatsuhiro's reconciled himself to his fate as a shut-in. See them in Welcome to the NHK.