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** Vaarsuvius, {{spoiler|especially after using some very nasty black magic to save hir family, and all they do is look at V in utter disgust.}}
** [[The Scrappy]], Miko Miyazaki, however, takes the cake. She's a fanatical [[Lawful Good]] paladin who takes many morally questionable actions ({{spoiler|but doesn't lose her Paladin status until she kills Lord Shojo}}), and has a holier-than-thou attitude that causes her to be almost universally disliked even by her own allies. It's not until {{spoiler|her [[Heel Realization]] / [[
** Redcloak. Though it doesn't come across as much in the online strips, Start of Darkness reveals that he has some pretty sympathetic motivations, but has made some absolutely ''horrible'' choices.
** Gannji and Enor are amoral bounty hunters who attacked the main characters, but get a [[Tear Jerker]]/[[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other]] moment during the [[Gladiator Games]], when they're scheduled to fight each other and try desperately to get out of it. To quote Roy:
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** Tsukiko has no patience for living beings, only the Undead, and positively bullies Redcloak. But the Monster in the Dark knows that at least half the reason for this is that she's always been treated badly by the living, and she can trust the Undead. As he comments after {{spoiler|Redcloak has her killed and eaten by her "children"}} Tsukiko just wants to be loved.
* ''[[
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20091227131605/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=67 Syphile], Ariel's abusive older sister.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20100815125448/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?id=0 Sil'lice], who suffers from acute [[Fantastic Racism]].
** Her mother, the Val'Sharess Diva'ratrika, is, by most counts, not an especially nice person, but very few people think that {{spoiler|she deserved to be betrayed by three of her own daughters and left to die in her throne room}}.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20190928082848/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?id=1646 Shinae], Chrys' "[https://web.archive.org/web/20190928082848/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?id=1326 protector twin"].
** Given that this is a [[Crapsack World]] where even small children are expected to know how to fight to death if need be...
* Jamie in ''[[Khaos Komix]]''. Behaves like a total jerk, which is partly a facade. Somehow, he hasn't completely driven all his friends away. His backstory is especially troubled.
* ''[[Dan and
* Candy from ''[[Girls
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* Veser from ''[[Hanna Is Not a
* ''[[String Theory (
▲* Speaking of ''[[Something Positive (Webcomic)|Something Positive]]'', the fact that Mike holding this status can be considered [[Character Development]] tells you what an utter asshole he used to be.
* [[Tsunshun|Yuudai]] from ''[[Sakana]]'' may be an absolute [[Jerkass]] who makes his coworkers' lives as awful as possible (especially poor [[Loser Protagonist|Jiro]]), but Good Lord, does his life ''suck!'' Between having a sick mom, a harsh relationship with his dad, having grown in poverty all his life, and ''especially'' {{spoiler|being subjected to a five year long [[Domestic Abuse|abusive relationship]] by a particularly awful [[Bastard Boyfriend]], which only ended recently when the bastard [[Moral Event Horizon|slammed a bottle into his face]] (which explains how he got his scar)}}; many fans just want to give him a hug. Thankfully, he gets better when he meets [[Nice Guy|Taisei]], whose [[Because You Were Nice to Me|unrelenting kindness]] causes him to [[Defrosting Ice King|defrost a little]] {{spoiler|and even [[Ho Yay|gain a huge crush on him]].}}
* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court (Webcomic)|Gunnerkrigg Court]]''▼
** While not as extreme, "Angry Lady" {{spoiler|aka Mori Yamamoto}} also fits. She [[Used to Be a Sweet Kid]], until {{spoiler|she caught her fiancé [[Your Cheating Heart|cheating on her]], and the breakup was so awful she had to move in with her little sister Chie.}} The trauma led her to become the [[Jerkass|rude]], [[Grumpy Bear|antisocial]] woman seen in the present day. It's made clear she's a [[Broken Bird|deeply wounded woman]] [[Tsunshun|underneath all her anger]], as seen when she explains why of her affinity to flowers: "They don't [[Et Tu, Brute?|betray]] you". Sheesh.
** And then there's the brothers' [[Jerkass]] cousin Genji, who suffers from an astounding case of [[No Social Skills]], has a [[Trapped by Gambling Debts|gambling addiction]], and definitely doesn't deserve being screwed over by [[Yakuza|Nishimura and his gang]].
* Similarly, [[The Bully|Mitch]] [[Knife Nut|Mueller]] from ''Long Exposure''. While this hasn't come up much in the comic proper, [[Word of God]] confirms he has an horrid [[Dark and Troubled Past]]. {{spoiler|He comes from a broken home, with his mom and him suffering at the hands of an abusive stepfather, which only ended when he stabbed his stepfather to save his mom, landing him into juvie. This led to him suffering severe PTSD and eating disorders, which he tries to cover behind his fearsome reputation.}} Worse, his bullying of [[Lovable Nerd|Jonas]] is because [[Straight Gay|he]] [[Loving Bully|has a crush on him]] but [[No Social Skills|doesn't know]] how to express it properly. And the origin of said crush? [[Because You Were Nice to Me|Jonas told him he liked him in one of his lowest moments, being the only one to do so]]. With all that trainwreck, he's lucky he and Jonas becoming an [[Official Couple]] is a [[Foregone Conclusion]].
** Zimmy, who viciously lashes out at random people. But then, she's constantly under strain, [[The Insomniac|never sleeps]], and stuck with an [[Power Incontinence|uncontrollable]] ability she expects to last until she dies. And there are two other students she cares about.
** Recently, {{spoiler|Ysengrin, of all forest people}}, was moved close to it.
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** Jeanne. {{spoiler|She's separated from her lover and turned into a human sacrifice by her friends, meets her lover again only for him to be murdered right in front of her, lies at the bottom of a river alone until she dies, and is forced to guard the river as a ghost until her ''soul'' rots away.}} Her reaction to seeing a genuinely happy teenage girl is to assume she's mocking her and try to kill her.
* Luka of ''[[
* Most of the trolls in ''[[
** Then he sees {{spoiler|an alternate universe version of his mentor destroy Prospit right after he finally wakes up, watches his team fall apart, eventually culminating in Eridan killing two of Karkat's friends and blinding another, and the nicest troll of them all goes insane and decides to kill everybody.}} The poor guy really needs to be cut a break. (His comments about [[Foe Yay|certain elements]] of troll romance make it clear that he thinks no one will ever be able to hate him as much as he hates himself.)
** Vriska is another big one. When she's introduced, she's the [[Token Evil Teammate]], a sociopathic [[Smug Snake]] who [[Kick the Dog|does horrible things]] and seems to have few to no redeeming qualities. Then we find out [[Abusive Parents|how she got]] [[Trauma Conga Line|that way]]. Even her obnoxious demeanor can traced back to {{spoiler|repressed guilt and self-loathing}}.
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** [[Big Bad|Fructose Rioflavin]], when his [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20100831.html origin is revealed.] Even prior to that, he could inspire some sympathy for his [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20070327.html pitiful desperation over his continual failures.]
** And Galatea certainly [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20080719.html has her moments.]
* Gwynn in ''[[
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