Originally posted by WolverineX25
Just off the Top of my head I have to go with:5. Batman
4. Wolverine
3. Thanos
2. Spawn (Al Simmons)
1. The Silver Surfer
Wanted to expand on this:
Batman
-Death of his parents at an early age
-Isolation from society, secret identity causes constant interference in his life
-Romantic attachments to unstable women such as Catwoman
-Romantic attachments to evil woman such as Talia al Ghul
-His son Damian hated him for a long time
-Lost many loved ones along the way (Jason Todd)
-Never sees eye to eye with the rest of the Justice League
-Wants peace, but can't bring himself to kill dangerous enemies like the Joker
-Feels completely responsible for the safety of Gotham City
-May not be entirely mentally stable himself
-Possible confusion over his own sexuality, but that's debatable...
Harley Quinn
-Unstable to begin with, never had any real friends
-Has never fit into society, has never been understood
-In love with the Joker, a complete psychopath
-Suffers from abusive stockholm syndrome
-In denial of her own insanity and relationship with the Joker
-Fell in love with Poison Ivy, another psychopath
-Has never really achieved anything close to mental stability
Wolverine
-Has lived longer than he's wanted to, and has seen many loved ones die
-Hates Cyclops, has a love hate relationship with Xavier
-Loves Jean Grey, even though that was a tormenting relationship
-Has been physically tortured numerous times
-Has been through emotional torture his entire life
-Has never found peace
-Has faced discrimination as a mutant his whole life
-Has been treated as an experiment / animal by powerful forces
-The X-Men do not understand him, neither for the Avengers
-He's been a lone wolf most of his life
-Died a painful and lonely death
Thanos
-Born with Deviant Syndrome and thus was an outcast on Titan
-Fell in the shadow of his favored brother Eros
-Never understand why he existed or why Life was so painful
-Fell in love with Mistress Death, an entity who can never truly love him back
-Committed genocide against his own people
-Killed his own mother, the only person who ever really loved him
(and he knows that)
-Has died multiple times
-Has achieved Godhood several times, and STILL has no happiness
-Subconciously feels unworthy of existence
-Hates himself, and always has
-Tried to change, to become a good person, and failed
-Regrets leaving offspring behind on several worlds
-Is virtually immortal and does not want to be
Spawn (Al Simmons)
- Suffers from severe PTSD from his brutal military past
- Suffers subconscious PTSD from killing his unborn child
- Has been to Hell and back numerous times
- Has died numerous times
- Rejected by Heaven, and hunted by Heaven many times
- Has always wanted Wanda Blake, but never truly had her
- Has been harassed, stalked, and tormented by the forces of Heaven and Hell
- Held prisoner by the Greenworld several times
- Met God only to find out that God was evil (was retconned since)
- Loses every woman he loves
- Lost his best friend Terry Fitzgerald
- His unborn daughter turned out to be a demon (Morana)
- His mother belonged to a demonic cult
- His brothers were pawns in a demonic plot
- His father never really knew him, didn't care about him either
- Wanda Blake, the love of his life, died in a riot
- Angela, his angelic lover, was killed by Malebolgia (before Marvel bought her)
- He has no one, not even himself
- No matter how many times he dies, he is never FREE, not may he ever be
- He knows the Universe doesn't care about him, that he's just a pawn and nothing more...
The Silver Surfer
- Gave up his cherished life in order to save his world
- Lives with the torment of killing hundreds of worlds while he served Galactus
- Lost Shalla Bal, the love of his life, too many times
- Was harassed and tormented by the demon Mephisto endlessly
- Has been harassed and tormented by the Mad Titan Thanos too many times
- The people of Zenn-La hate him
- He was caught up on the Kree / Skrull conflict for years
- He lost Nova, another herald whom he loved
- He lost the Mantis, a cosmic entity whom he loved
- He's lived longer than he's wanted to
- He lived in so much torment, he asked Galactus to wipe his memory clean
- His empathy levels make him far more susceptible to pain than normal
- He already achieved Enlightenment on Zenn-La, and even that was not enough to free him of his tormented life
- He is so tormented that even Moondragon admitted she never met anyone with more suffering than the Silver Surfer in all her travels
- He is so tormented that Adam Warlock tried numerous times to help him find peace, even though Warlock has his own torment
- He is so tormented, that even the psychopath Thanos felt sorry for him