Because you like Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation

Count Olaf is a traveling actor, except he can't act and his homicidal tendencies make finding work pretty difficult. See them in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.

Ellen Ripley defines the word "badass." When she's not leading her crew on an interstellar voyage, she's slaying terrifying creatures. See them in Alien.

Frederick Frankenstein is an eccentric (O.K., maybe a little insane) professor who is excited to be delving into his family's past. See them in Young Frankenstein.

Mitchell Pritchett prefers to have a place for everything and everything in its place. See them in Modern Family.

Gordie Lachance never had any friends later on like the ones he had when I was twelve. See them in Stand By Me.

Charlie is a Type A theater director dealing with something out of his control: a painful divorce. See them in Marriage Story.

Liu Kang spends his days training his body and spirit, seeking to become the ultimate warrior. See them in Mortal Kombat.

N'Jadaka is a righteous man with a violent agenda. See them in Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Riley Blue is trying to outrun her bad luck, but she might not be fast enough. See them in Sense8.

Point the fun-loving Pippin Took towards second breakfast, and he's one happy hobbit. See them in The Lord of the Rings.

A few millennia in the mortal realm have caused DEATH to be quite enamored of life. See them in Discworld.