# Characters you had to warm up to... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 7, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-you-had-to-warm-up-to/695040 "2014-08-07T15:26:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-you-had-to-warm-up-to/695040/21 "2014-08-08T04:41:46Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > . I wasn’t a huge fan of Donna Noble on Doctor Who, but she really stood her ground and impressed me as a character as she went on. I seen that single episode that she had, post Rose and I cried out loud, we lost Rose for this Ditz. When she came back, she sorta just grew into a meh companion, not as annoying as that first ep. Declan ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-you-had-to-warm-up-to/695040/22 "2014-08-08T04:43:44Z")
For me it was Logan Echolls on Veronica Mars, hated the guy at first but he progressed enough through the show to become one of my favourites. Declan ---
**Author:** ![tavalla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tavalla/32/89_2.png) [@tavalla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tavalla)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-you-had-to-warm-up-to/695040/23 "2014-08-08T05:26:05Z")
Donna Noble. She didn’t grab me in the Runaway Bride - but by the time she left the show, I was ready to murder the writers for what they did to her. More than any other companion, she grew and changed, and became a much better person - and then they took it all away from her. Bastards. ---
**Author:** ![here\_and\_there](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f07891/32.png) [@here\_and\_there](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/here_and_there)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-you-had-to-warm-up-to/695040/24 "2014-08-08T12:16:21Z")
Keith Lemon. The guy is very funny but such a jerk. Saw many shows on youtube… I even felt guilty for laughing with his jokes, because I really disliked the guy… I had no idea that… ( no I am not going to spoil it 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-you-had-to-warm-up-to/695040/25 "2014-08-08T12:24:16Z")
Second Jaime Lannister, and also Sandor Clegane (the Hound). This is from the books – by the time the show came about, my opinions of the characters had already “warmed up” because I was caught up with the books. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-you-had-to-warm-up-to/695040/26 "2014-08-09T13:13:48Z")
Seven of Nine. …I mean, okay, granted, it didn’t take very _long_, but I WAS _still_ ticked off about Kes getting booted off the show! ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-you-had-to-warm-up-to/695040/27 "2014-08-09T13:30:32Z")
Daisy. Daisy Adair. But I’m pretty sure it was completely intentional. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-you-had-to-warm-up-to/695040/28 "2014-08-09T13:32:56Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > Shaun Spencer on Psych. I almost stopped watching because the lead was so obnoxious. Either they toned it down or I grew used to it. > > StG Funny, I’d say the opposite. Shawn was annoying from the start, but I put up with it due to the rest of the plot being well written, but they just ramped his annoyance factor up every year before I quit due to Shawn overload. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-you-had-to-warm-up-to/695040/29 "2014-08-09T13:36:53Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Daisy. Daisy Adair. But I’m pretty sure it was completely intentional. Yeah, Daisy was a pill, but on the rare occasions when she let her guard down, she became endearing. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-you-had-to-warm-up-to/695040/30 "2014-08-09T15:22:41Z")
Darryl Dixon on The Walking Dead. The first season and a half, he was just plain obnoxious. He had moments when he would soften a bit and I’d start thinking well he might be alright, and then he’d do something to make me dislike him again, like the scene in the barn where he called Carol a stupid bitch for caring about him. He’s a pretty good guy now. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-you-had-to-warm-up-to/695040/31 "2014-08-09T15:30:32Z")
**PapSett** - Did you see the email I sent you last week about the setters in the local shelter? StG ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-you-had-to-warm-up-to/695040/32 "2014-08-09T21:17:32Z")
Ben Wyatt in _Parks and Recreation_. But only because the actor who played him was such a dick to his brother (and his wife) in _Stepbrothers_. ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-you-had-to-warm-up-to/695040/33 "2014-08-09T21:29:28Z")
I’m going to nominate Agent John Doggett from X-Files. The first time through the series, I disliked that character. I think some of that dislike was just frustration over the train wreck the series was becoming in those later seasons. After re-watching the series a few years later, I think he’s actually become my favorite character from the X-files, especially once Scully’s character has a stupid alien hybrid baby and stops being the skeptic. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-you-had-to-warm-up-to/695040/34 "2014-08-09T23:58:11Z")
> [@dracoi](#): > > I’m going to nominate Agent John Doggett from X-Files. The first time through the series, I disliked that character. I think some of that dislike was just frustration over the train wreck the series was becoming in those later seasons. After re-watching the series a few years later, I think he’s actually become my favorite character from the X-files, especially once Scully’s character has a stupid alien hybrid baby and stops being the skeptic. Doggett is a pretty good guy and I have no problem with him or how he was played by Robert Patrick. A spinoff/sequel with him and Reyes might have been an OK show, actually. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-you-had-to-warm-up-to/695040.md?page=1)