Top Ten Most Frustrating Characters Ever (8)

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish

Guys, I'm the kind of girl who will get so very angry with a person for totally legitimate (and not so legitimate) reasons, take a nap, run into said person and COMPLETELY forget I was ever even mad at them. I'll be mid-big-smiley-hugging-greeting before I remember I'm supposed to be giving them the cold shoulder and then all of my righteous (or not so righteous) anger is completely invalidated. So you can imagine how hard it is for me to think of my Top Ten Must Frustrating Characters Ever. But I'll try.

1. BELLA FREAKING SWAN from The Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyer

Okay, this was one was easy. She makes me soooooooooo mad for a bajillion reasons. Mostly because she's the lamest protagonist to ever exist. But also because she actually wants to die for a boy. For realz. Guys. This girl singlehandedly sets women's rights back like 100 years. Now, I'm not such a huge feminist all the time and I occasionally want to tell Lindy West to just sit down and chill, but even I cannot stand for Bella's uselessness. But I think you all saw this one coming.

2. Edward Cullen from The Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyer
I think it's important to note that I'm not only anti-Bella but anti-Edward too. He's a creep. There's really nothing appealing to him except his money and the fact that he literally dazzles. If I ever met him I'd probably turn around and run right into Jacob's arms because he's warm. And alive. Which clearly make him the superior choice.

3. Ron Weasley from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

OKAY HEAR ME OUT. In book 4, right at the start when he gets all shirty with Harry, I got all shirty with him and I don't think I ever got over it. Ron, I strongly believe redheads are soulful, lovely people, but you ruined it by being disloyal to Harry. Loyalty is number 1 in my books and there's nothing your hair color can do to fix it, so get over yourself, stop breaking my heart and HELP YOUR FREAKING FRIEND.

4. Clary from The Mortal Instruments Series by Cassandra Clare

I know people really like this series but I don't and I kind of just want to shake Clary a lot of the time. It's like, bro, really, stop pining after Jace and leading Simon on and GET SOME ANSWERS WOULD YOU?

5. Catherine Earnshaw from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

I want to punch her for a lot of this book. And yet, this book is still in my Top Five Favorite Classics. So y'know, this just goes to show that I can love a book even though I want to punch the characters.

6. Adelice from Crewel by Gennifer Albin

I just read and reviewed this one, so it's really on my mind. She did NOTHING for like 350 pages and I'm still all kind of mad and frustrated with her. Not to mention she's super needy on the guy front, which is frustrating on an entirely new level.

7. America Singer from The Selection by Kiera Cass
I think she makes me angry because she has the ultimate good guy and even though she KNOWS IT she still basically treats him like garbage. I think I can generally stomach it when girls behave poorly when they don't know how great a guy is, but once they do and they still act awful, it's too much for me.

8. Albus Dumbledore from Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
I don't really want to get into this, mostly because I think everyone disagrees with me here, but Dumbledore made me very mad for most of that series. Yeah, he has some great, wise one-liners, but he also let Harry rot at the Dursley's for 10 years, knew ALL OF THE THINGS that could have actually helped Harry in Hogwarts but didn't tell him because he wanted to perserve the childhood he effectively destroyed when he left Harry at 11 Privet Drive AND couldn't be bothered to do a background test on ANY teacher in his school ever before hiring them. And those are just my top 3 issues. I get his role and all that, and I suppose at this point in my life I appreciate him as a character, I just can't forgive him for letting a tiny baby go through 10 years of emotional abuse only to put said grown-up baby through 6 years of DANGER AT EVERY TURN.

9. Emma from The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler
I wanted to love this book. It sounded so amazing. But Emma kind of ruined it for me. Granted, I don't know what I would do if I were in her place, but the whole time I just wanted to be like "SO KISS ALREADY" and have it over with.

10. Ana from The Fifty Shades Series by E.L. James
I can't think of anyone else who truly makes me angry, so I figured I'd bookend this post with the obvious choices: Bella and her twin, Ana. I recently skimmed Fifty Shades because my library has the eBook and I was like: Why not? I'll tell you why not: Ana's ridiculous and there's not even really a story there. The end.

My list consists mostly of a few characters I love despite how much they annoy me sometimes AND a whole slew of people who I'm super thankful only exist in fiction because: LOOK AT YOUR LIFE, LOOK AT YOUR CHOICES. Who's on your list? Is it also a mix? Let me know in the comments below!