Chaotic Good

I've always identified with anti-heroes. Something about perfect heroes strikes me as incredibly arrogant. Superman, Captain America, Cyclops always seemed to me as holier then thou pricks with their stubborn upholding of a code imposed on themselves. These kind of people seem to be disconnected from the world and truly what's going on around them. Not to mention how easy it must be to ignore everyone else's sense of justice for your own.

A perfect hero is the other extreme to evil madmen.

Some of my favorite protagonists are, I'm proud to say, bastards, but at their core they're the people you want on your side. I will take a bet my list of lovable rogues will destroy your list of do-gooders any day of the week and I'll even put them along side their counterparts to prove the point.

Han Solo - Luke Skywalker
Han ends up with the girl, saves Luke numerous times and seems to have a healthy social life (Wooki and all). Luke is a moaning loner who got romantically involved with his sister before having his arm taken off in the ultimate metaphor for daddy issues. It was only when Luke showed a darker side he was able to get anywhere or be nearly as badass as Han.

Dr.Gregory House - Dr.Eric Foreman
House does whatever it takes to get the job done. While he is mostly a douche bag, he has good intentions and seems intent to do whatever it takes to solve the case, even tricking his patients into getting healed. Meanwhile Foreman will not step out of line of his own moral compass even if it stands in the way of him doing good. If you've seen the show then you know that both Foreman and House can be pricks, but House is far more endearing.

Jack Bauer, Rorschach, Dr.Cox (Scrubs), Michael Westin (Burn Notice), Deadpool, Hank Moody, Eric (True Blood) and Indiana Jones all share their chaotic natures balanced by the will to do good...mostly.

In the world today one cannot think if terms of black and white, but grey. Evil kills while good prevents, but I think the reason rebels tend to be so popular is because sometimes we all wish we could train a gun on the bad guy and just blow them away.

At the very least they make for the most compelling heroes.