Daniel vs Mandus

[LuckyBlackCatXIII]

I didn't include Justine in this poll, but I actually like her character a lot. Despite being more fragile than the likes of the men, she at least manages to keep her faculties when confronted by monsters and, just like Daniel, she can be played as a selfless, compassionate person. The only problem is that she never attempts redemption like Oswald or Danny. She revels in her evil, rather than coming up with silly rationalizations or trying to stick her head in the sand.

Just wanted to ask for elaboration on this part: "more fragile than the likes of men?" Justine's not even my favorite character, and this isn't some sort of GURL POWER attack, but that seems a little off. Even if she is a woman, in Victorian times no less, she never came off as fragile. She's highly (even dangerously) self confident, manipulative, has a sense of control on anything she wants to take hold of and comfortable with her power over men. Enough to even play the part of the 'weak wimmens' role ("Wine is for helpless women, like myself!") just to get what she wants.

Unless you mean to apply that comment to the self-inflicted Amnesiac version of Justine or her childhood self? Then I can agree, she does come off as fragile then.

And to stay on topic with the thread: Daniel wins hands down. More human, more alive as a character, more depth than Mandus. Just plain more likable as well.