Category:The Scrappy

No hero is intentionally developed to be despised by the audience, right? There may be exceptions, but this is almost never the point when developing a good character. However, anti-heroic, antagonistic or even good characteristics that were given to the character in order to make him heroic, can make the audience feel angry at that character, hate him, find him boring. This doesn't just happen with villains and that's why we have this category, It's difficult to see a heroic character being developed to be a Hate Sink because this is not the intention of a trully heroic character.

Camila, from Laços de Família is a good example of this. She was probably not designed to be hated by the public (or maybe she is, but since she is a hero character, it is easier to remember Iris, who is a villain, as the most despicable character and Hate Sink), but her attitudes towards her mother ended up generating the public's contempt and in the 2020 reprise, the public even asked for a remake of the soap opera without her [1 ].

As I said, there can be exceptions and sometimes (rarely) a hero is really developed to be a Hate Sink, but this is something very unusual when developing a hero, it is usually given to villains and when it is given to the hero, he is usually the anti-hero / anti-villain, who will redeem himself previously or antagonist, even if he is not evil or villain. Not infrequently, this anti-hero / anti-villain or antagonist will also have a page on the villains wiki.

The good countpart of Hate Sinks and the opposite of Love Exalted.

Antagonists, Heroic Jerks fall frequently in this category for extension. Very hardly, a Pure of Heart can have this category, but considering that characters can generate public disgust due to the characteristics that were given to him to make him even more good, it cannot be said that it is something impossible.