PredeconInferno

Okay, who do you think is the biggest badass in any story you've heard/read?

Mutant powers, force powers, and any type of magic powers is out. It has to be sheer human skill. Also, tell us a little about him.

If such is the case, my vote is on Aragorn. Granted, he had longevity, but he was a frickin' <B>ranger</B> I mean, c'mon. He was a badass.

If you don't think aragorn qualifies, I'd say that Raven (Dmytri Ravinoff) from <U>Snowcrash</U> is the biggest baddest badass.

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eric draven from the crow.

the way he talks, the way he hunts, the way he kills.

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Edit: i did a remarkably poor job of reading. In terms of stories, I would have to go with Ivan Dalroi, Transfinite Man. He's one sick motherfucker.

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Acheron Hades (sic) From The Eyre Affair - he has a lot of really cool powers.

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Sos the Rope - from Piers Anthony's "Battle Circle" books. Unbelievably badass...

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Thomas while he is possesed as a Valheru, in Raymond E Feist's Riftwar saga. At one point he dismembers a bunch of slaves, just because he wants to. If you ever read them, you will note that the Valheru in him would kill other valheru, and drink their blood, to gain their power.

Fun stuff.

Charlatan

My two biggest bad asses are already here:

Raven (anyone who has his own nuke is badass this guy would be bad ass even if he didn't have the nuke)
Aragorn (he is still mortal)

I don't think The Crow or Thomas count as their power is mystical in origin.

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Cohen the Barbarian from Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels.

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Huor, the greatest mortal warrior ever! Even though he was eventually captured and a curse was placed upon his family...

(from Tolkein's The Silmarillion)

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Solid Snake of Metal Gear Solid - he's not quite fully human, as there's the whole genetics thing, and the inability to reproduce. However, fucking badass.

And to follow up on the people above, I'll have to go with Raven as well. I love Snow Crash, awesome book. And just the fact that he cruises around with a nuke wired to him, very nicely done.

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does it have to be from a book? Cause I'd say Shaft.

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I'd go with Artemis Entreri from "The Dark Elf" series. Definitely the most bad ass human character in any book I've ever read.

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The greatest Dwarf ever! Gimli son of Gloin! although Thorin was pretty badass too

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Shaft.


Ma'Fucker.

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Raven is the quintesential badass, for sure. The obsedion blade and the forhead tattoo ("Poor Impulse Control") are a great touch.

krwlz

Hmm... debatable. DOes he have to be badass all the time? Cuz Wulfgar kicks some serious ass.

Yea, I missed the mystical part, Thomas doesnt count.

titsmurf

Well, if we don't count Leroy Brown, I'd have to say Sean Connery in "The Rock" is the biggest badass.

WarWagon

Henry Rollins.

skysooner

Jason Bourne from the Robert Ludlum books.

BuddyHawks

John Preston
Equilibrium

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I think for me it would have to be Doc Holiday from Tombstone. To be that cool while still dying from TB...

yakimushi

Case, from Neuromancer (by Wm. Gibson).

Cyber badass.

VitaminH

How about Casey Jones from Ninja Turtles??? Anyone? HE WAS SO TOUGH!

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Mutant: I'd go with Magneto and Charles X-savier? (can't spell..sorry) and Jean Grey, Pheonix baby!!

I'd say Legolas would kick Aragorn's ass if they got into a fight.

Oh yeah..and Jet Li in Lethal Weapon 4. Did you see the part where he take Mel Gibson's gun apart in one swift move?

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Shaft. No doubt.

PredeconInferno

Some of you people are cheating! NO POWERS!!!!!!!!!! (that means no elves, they're too mystical, makes it unfair for the human boys)

Oh, I just thought of another badass:

Jason Isaacs

Did you see him in "The Patriot?" my god he was bad ass. One awesome villain.

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Leon the Professional
Conan the Barbarian/Destroyer/Librarian
Snake Plisskin from EFNY
Ash from Evil Dead
Leonard Smalls from Rasing Arizona
Man with No Name from Dollars Trilogy
are all bad asses but I'll go with
Harmonica From Once upun a time in the west

high_way

ahh shit i just re-read the first post... i said eric draven cause i had just watched the movie....
i withdraw my previous answer


probs bolo yeung in blood sport

or uma thurman in kill bill

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Conan the Barbarian. Who tells their own god to go to hell? A fucking badass, that's who.

But in terms of sheer human skill (this is actually more fictional), I'll go with the leader of the kingsguard in a song of ice and fire, the old guy, I don't remember his name. But he kicked ass.

Edit - Ser Barristen Selmy. Woo, hurray for remembering.

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HugAPug

Roland the Gunslinger from Stephen King's Dark Tower series.

Biggest badass ever.

2kids1headache

There have been many an exceptional badass mentioned here. A recap of my favorites:

Roland, the Gunslinger
Snake Plissken
Leon, the Professional
Doc Holliday
Jason Bourne
Henry Rollins

Snake is the one that came to my mind first. He's a complete badass. Who else would have the balls to shut down the power for the entire world?

Ripsaw

Batman. He kicked Superman's ass. A mix of techincal know-how, physical skills, and deductive reasoning that makes him a formidable opponent.

My second would also probably be Artemis Entreri, but we can start a new thread to begin the RA Salvatore character debate.

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I got all the way to the third to last post without seeing Roland Deschain's name, and I was honestly quite frightened and appalled.

But thank all that's good and holy, HugAPug and 2kids1headache know what's up.

Everyone who mentioned someone other than Roland of Gilead should kick their own asses. For shame!

EDIT: After trying to see other points of view for a few minutes, I still have to say that Roland is the preeminent hero, Romantic or otherwise.

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Daval

I would concur with this.

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Can't belive it took that long for Batman to come up. Finally.

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Howard Roark from Ayn Rand's "the Fountainhead." A different kind of badass

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That Shaft is one bad mutha......

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Batman

Raven

Bobby Shaftoe - From Cryptonomicon, a good ol' all american badass.

Terry Funk, in real life. The dude was like 60 and pulling moonsaults

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Can't believe none of you have mentioned Chopper Reed! (or is it Reeve?) Australian Hitman, he once (well, I guess you can only do a thing like that once) chopped off his own ears to get transferred to a different cell block. Truly as bad of an ass as they come. One of Gibson's characters is based on him, too.

edit: its's Reed.

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