After that rant last night, I began thinking of other characters who are also major jerks but girls fangasm over them anyways. Here's the top five douchebags, you may or may not agree. I picked them based on the popularity of both the series and the characters. Also, this list idea came about thanks to the hilarious site
Cracked.Com.
Please don't take this too seriously, it was done out of fun! ♥
#5 - Riku from the Kingdom Hearts Series
Why Is He a Douchebag? Riku makes the list because of his actions in Kingdom Hearts I. From the beginning, he acts like he's God's gift to humanity and feels the need to 'compete' with Sora to win Kairi's love. Way to be a douchebag, Riku. And he just gets worse from there, after Sora's and Riku's first reunioun he is easily convinced my Malificent that Sora no longer needs him and that he has better friends. So, Riku gets jealous even though Sora has been desperately searching worlds to find both Riku and Kairi. Riku doesn't even take the time to hear if Sora really has been searching for him and just assumes he's been replaced by a talking duck and dog.
But wait! It gets better! By the time you get to Neverland, he has decided that Sora no longer cares about Kairi and makes you fight yourself and steals some puppet...and a lot of other asshole-ish things. And, when he gets the Keyblade, he does it in a completely douchebaggy manner by throwing Sora's wooden sword at his feet. Lastly, he gives himself up to "The Darkness" as to acquire more power.
However, Riku turns himself around by the end of the game and is no longer a douchebag.
Why Do Girls Love Him? I can understand the fan support of him during KH2 (I never played CoM ), but there were many who loved him in the first one. The only reason I can see people liking him is because he is a sexy bunch of pixels. That's probably it. Remember, it's okay for guys to be assholes as long as they are hot!
Level of Douchebagginess? I'll give him a 4 out of 10 since he redeems himself.
#4 - Draco Malfoy from the Harry Potter Series
Why Is He a Douchebag? Honestly, I think this one is pretty self-explanatory, but let's start from when he first meet him. Draco is introduced as that asshole who belittles the lady making his robe and basically says how he is better than everyone since he is a pure-blood...or Aryan depending on what era we're talking about.
Going into detail with Draco would take too long, so I'll mention some major points. He steals from geeky, little Neville. He stomps on Harry's nose on the train. He constantly calls Hermione a "mud-blood". He makes fun of poor people like the Weasleys. And in the end, he turns out to be a coward. He, my friends, is a fine example of a douchebag.
Why Do Girls Love Him? I think most of his fans are those who have only watched the movies and haven't seen just how much of a jerk he really is. They like him because, as mentioned, he isn't too horrible in the movies and his actor, Tom Felton, is a sexy beast. Again, another case of it's okay for a guy to be an asshole as long as he's attractive.
Level of Douchebagginess? 7/10.
#3 - Yagami Raito from Death Note
Why Is He a Douchebag? Well, he considers himself a "God" which automatically makes him a douche. But, let's elborate on why he is number three.
Throughout the series, Raito uses people without any remorse. He believes he is justified in these actions because it will better the world in the long run. Poor Misa, she honestly loves him and thinks he loves her back yet that is not the case - Raito only loves himself. And while Misa is the main person to be used by this epic d-bag, there are others like Mikami Teru, Takada Kiyomi, the police force, his father, his fans, the world...you get the idea.
Raito can also be classified as "insane". If you watch his transition from the beginning of the series to the end, you'll definitely see he isn't right in the head anymore. The power got to his already inflated ego and he thought he was indestructible. Yet, he had one major flaw - he underestimated Near and friends.
In conclusion, he's a douchebag because he uses people and kills them so he can gain more influence in society. He lets his father die and barely feels bad and he thinks he's a "God".
Why Do Girls Love Him? Like the previous two, I'm going with they think he's "hot". Way to go, ladies, you want a man who would not hesitate to kill you if it meant he could gain the upperhand. Oh yeah, and he can easily be paired with L and everyone loves L so they most love Raito, too.
Level of Douchebagginess? 9/10.
#2 - Uchiha Sasuke from Naruto
Why Is He a Douchebag? Heads up, major spoilers for this lovely fellow.
He should be number one, he really should, but he's not because he isn't as terrible as ther winner of this contest. I will come out and say that I hate Sasuke, which is amazing since I don't usually hate anime characters. Let me begin with saying at one point I did really enjoy his character, but that's when I first watched/read the series. Recently, I re-watched part one and realized he is a total asshole who doesn't deserve all the fan support he has. He's constantly putting down his teammates, he thinks he's better than everyone, and he is a very one-dimensional character who is permenately set on revenge. Plus, look at that picture. Doesn't it just scream complete jerk?
He is a douche because he betrays his village for power and basically says, "Fuck you, everyone who made an attempt to save me!" That's right, he was completely callous when Naruto told him that everyone fought to rescue him. But that doesn't matter because Sasuke is just too important and better than them anyways to feel anything. It doesn't matter that Chouji and Neji almost died, or that Orochimaru killed the Hokage. None of that matters as long as Sasuke can get power and defeat his evil brother who *gasp* isn't even evil!
That's right, it was recently revealed that Itachi destroyed the Uchiha clan because they were planning an attack on Konoha. Itachi killed them to save everyone else. And what does Sasuke do when he hears this? Oh, y'know, he just plans on destorying the village his brother worked to protect. Makes a lot of sense, right? His brother had to make an extremely difficult decision to protect the village he loved and now Sasuke wants revenge...again!
Sasuke doesn't care about anyone but himself and he doesn't care about anything other than revenge. That is his whole character development. Even when Naruto and Sakura find him in Part II, he tells them he has no relationship or feelings for them anymore.
What a fantastic guy!
Why Do Girls Love Him? This is a common theme, but they like him because he's a hottie. That's all they see. They don't notice what a jerk he is, or how he has very little characterization...they only care about his looks. Geez, girls are fucked up these days.
Level of Douchbagginess? 10/10. Should be higher.
#1 - Edward Cullen from the Twilight Series
Why Is He a Douchebag? You should've seen this one coming. The ultimate douche is the perfect Edward.
Why? Because he's a mentally abusive boyfriend that girls wish they had. He steals the motor out of Bella's car so she can't see Jacob, he has her kidnapped for the same reason, he's constantly commanding her to tell him what she's thinking, and he "suggests" that she no longers hangs with her human friends.
I haven't read this series, so I can't expand more, but any guy who does that to a girl is a d-bag.
Why Do Girls Love Him? Because, according to Bella, he's a "Greek-God" and he's "romantic" and "perfect" and every other amazing thing like that. These girls don't take into account anything other than his looks and they are led to believe that crazy, obessive, stalker guys are the ideal boyfriend.
Level of Douchebagginess? Cannot compute that level of douchebaggery.
Today's lesson? Girls are just as shallow as guys are. It doesn't matter if a guy is a total d-bag who is abusive, uncaring, wouldn't hesitate to kill you, stomps on people's faces, and is overly jealous, as long as they are attractive.
To demonstrate this, I created a graph that shows how the attractiveness of the guy directly affects how acceptible it is to be a d-bag.
Remember this information well, ladies! ♥