Board 8 > Rate the Character Day 30: Kylo Ren (Star Wars)

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Welcome to the most must-see recurring daily poll series on Board 8. I'm your host scarletspeed7 and this is Rate the Character. I choose a category, you pick a character. I post the character you rate them. These are characters, you are raters, and this is Rate the Character.

Yesterday, Hermione Granger was unable to dethrone Snape as top Potter character with her 7.592 average.

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Today's character is Kylo Ren, the featured villain in Star Wars Episode VII.



Current Top Ten:
1) Han Solo (Star Wars) - 8.394
2) Scarecrow (DC Comics) - 8.293
3) Tyrion Lannister (Game of Thrones) - 8.141
4) Severus Snape (Harry Potter) - 7.962
5) Bowser (Super Mario) - 7.937
6) Leon Kennedy (Resident Evil) - 7.921
7) Doctor Strange (Marvel Comics) - 7.893
8) James T. Kirk (Star Trek) - 7.891
9) Darth Vader (Star Wars) - 7.817
10) Kevin Owens (WWE) - 7.708

Current Placement:
11) Deathstroke (DC Comics) - 7.708
12) L (Death Note) - 7.659
13) Hermione Granger (Harry Potter) - 7.592
14) Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy) - 7.367
15) Dracula (Dracula) - 7.156
16) Michael Scott (The Office) - 6.959
17) Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic) - 6.946
18) Boromir (Lord of the Rings) - 6.767
19) Will Smith (Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) - 6.663

Current Bottom Ten:
20) Midna (Legend of Zelda) - 6.694
21) Sabrina (Pokemon) - 6.468
22) Poseidon (Greek Mythology) - 6.357
23) Link (Legend of Zelda) - 6.167
24) Donkey Kong (Super Mario) - 6.128
25) Phil Dunphy (Modern Family) - 6.036
26) Randy Marsh (South Park) - 5.792
27) Bugs Bunny (Looney Tunes) - 5.447
28) John Cena (WWE) - 4.957
29) Akinator (Akinator) - 2.915

Hi MI.
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Hard to fully rate with the two movies left to come but I love how shit he is. I liked Franziska Von Karma too and I think Kylo is a lot like her (with Vader being MVK).

But Manfred and Vader are both 10s, probably.

Kylo gets an 8/10.
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4 out of 10

Not a fan of CW-in-2005 tier villains.
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6.5/10

He's got room to improve though.
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7/10

He's a really annoying whiny crybaby but it kind of works when paired with other characters.
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2
Why is he the bad guy in the recent Star Wars movies, what a waste
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This is really hard since it's judging a character based off of a third of what they are going to be.

But for now I feel comfortable giving him a 7.
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4

Was not impressed.
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XIII_rocks posted...

I love how shit he is.

This. I usually don't go for comic relief villains but he's the exception. 7/10

(change my Darth Vader score to 8 though)
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I...don't think Kylo is supposed to be comic relief.

although that might be how it played out in Episode VII
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Maybe he wasn't supposed to be, but he was hilarious anyway. If I were rating him as a Serious Villain he'd get like 2/10.
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6
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7
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Wow, MI didn't say Hi today after I said Hi
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oh geez i'm the worst =(

Hi scarlet
Hola scarlet
Bonjour scarlet
Guten Tag scarlet
Namaste scarlet

5 hellos to make up for it.
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Gatarix posted...

Maybe he wasn't supposed to be, but he was hilarious anyway. If I were rating him as a Serious Villain he'd get like 2/10.

I feel like you'll be disappointed with him going forward because I don't expect him to be that in Episode VIII.
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2.5 since he apparently wasn't supposed to be comic relief
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4
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Never did watch Episode VII, lol.
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My Immortal posted...

oh geez i'm the worst =(

Hi scarlet
Hola scarlet
Bonjour scarlet
Guten Tag scarlet
Namaste scarlet

5 hellos to make up for it.

Ty sir.
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LeonhartFour posted...

Gatarix posted...

Maybe he wasn't supposed to be, but he was hilarious anyway. If I were rating him as a Serious Villain he'd get like 2/10.

I feel like you'll be disappointed with him going forward because I don't expect him to be that in Episode VIII.

I wouldn't be surprised, but I'll enjoy it while it lasts.
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5/10
It'll probably be a better score after the new trilogy is finished.

4/10 he looked hella weak.
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7/10

He's the most interesting new face in Star Wars but I think a more menacing villain would better suit the franchise.

2

He's hysterical but so poorly written and non-threatening. I particularly love him wearing a mask and changing his voice for presimably no reason other than him knowing he looks and sounds like a bitch.
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2

What Olivia said.
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