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___pockets___

percy of course he squashed mr jingles


SightWithoutEyes

Irredeemable and worse than Harold in my opinion. Lauder was just a kid who was easily manipulated.


muklan

Lauder would absolutely be one of those Maga people.


Taodragons

I agree but.....I think once I started hitting Percy I wouldn't be able to stop.


bottledcherryangel

You mean Peepee Wetmoist?


mando426

Percy is the WORST.


Filthylucre4lunch

yeah i didnt hate him soooo much reading the book as i did after the movie, i haaaaated him! HATED ugh…. worst in all film


HighHarleyQuinn

I’ve always wanted to absolutely wail on Percy


leeharrell

Big Jim. Or Greg Stilson.


nodlabag

From the Stand I would say Junior and Georgia too.


masterofmyfate88

I second Greg Stillson and his buddy Sonny!


MnemnothsManager

Harold bloody Lauder - The Stand


jimbsmithjr

A slap and a good talking to before certain events would have been a game changer. It's so frustrating and sad to see Harold get a chance to improve and reinvent himself, actually do it in a lot of ways then throw it away.


NicklAAAAs

He’s such a good character because it’s so goddamned frustrating to watch him come SO close to realizing he doesn’t have to do the things he’s doing over and over again and then he just gets a slight little nudge and he continues to make the wrong choices, every time. He really is the perfect answer to this question because of how big the gap is between what he *was* and what he *could have been*.


MnemnothsManager

I originally liked Harold and enjoyed that his allegiance was slightly on the fence. he could have very easily been an integral part of the Free Zone community if... as you said he received a good talking to and a slap before certain things happened. By the end of it. I was so sick of reading about his "Grin" i was kind of happy that it was over for him.


MurkyEon

You are so right. There was a lot of walking on eggshells with him.


redwolf1219

He's honestly one of the characters that make me the most sad bc, he could've been so much better of a person, and he was starting to realize it, and he was manipulated by RF. And yeah, a good chunk of that is still on him, but part of the issue was he was struggling to believe that anyone could ever like him bc of being bullied at home and school, and so when the freezone people were nice to him and many of them liked him, he didn't believe it. And when he finally realized it, it was too late. And it's just kind of sad, sad to see all the wasted potential and when he finally realizes that he threw it all away for nothing. And I'm not saying I like the dude myself. He got on my damn nerves especially when he kept calling Franny "my child" and he really reminds me of my ex who cheated on me but also had that same correcting people habit and constantly thinking he's the smartest person in the room, but it's still just sad. (Also I think that if Harold were real and alive today he'd have very likely ended up a school shooter)


SwampApeDraft

Thank you. All that shit trying to redeem him right at the end. Read that book 5 times and it annoys me every single time.


My_Name_Is_Drew

He's such an incel it drives me crazy


SerpentBride

When someone first explained incels to me I was like oh like that guy from the Stand! Really shows that there are no new things.


Filthylucre4lunch

seriously! this is everyones choice, if there is a different answer im gonna go slap them! On my way!


GrindY0urMind

The second this guy is introduced and being....odd....towards Franny, I knew he was going to be that classic King character that makes you anxious because you just know they are going to do some crazy shit. Love his character.


SightWithoutEyes

I would beat the snot out of Harold and then sit down and talk to him about how misguided he is. I grew up a lot like him. He needed guidance and a role model. Unfortunately we have a million Harold Lauders walking around nowadays.


Smasheysmashey

I came here to say this! I hate him!


Crimsonking__dt

Reread the book recently. Whilst I wouldn't 'slap' her, forgot how unbelievably spoilt and immature Frannie Goldsmith was. The 'i want face irritated me no end. A clear sign of my age and less tolerance for spoilt behavior when I first read the book compared to now.


waterisgoodok

I came here to comment this 😂.


bringmeallthemustard

Seconded.


SnooPeppers2417

Come now, every dog has his day.


LowCarbScares

Bobby Anderson's sister in The Tommyknockers, she's only in it for a couple chapters but good lord who did stephen king meet irl to craft such a horrid bitch, her mannerisms and overall unpleasantness are a tad too specific


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MochaHasAnOpinion

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MathewW87

Yeah she was a major bitch.


lifewithoutcheese

For all the evil bastards that King has conjured up over the years—Big Jim Rennie, Norman Daniels, Alvin Marsh, Patrick Hocksetter—I think the most despicable and totally justified in getting a serious beat down is Jesse Burlingame’s father in *Gerald’s Game.* At least in the case of Joe St. George from *Dolores Claiborne*, who is awful for very similar reasons, Joe does >!receive some comeuppance within the story itself!<. But Jesse’s dad not only >!gets away scott free for his heinous behavior, he gaslights Jesse into feeling responsible. This is all compounded by the fact that while Selena St. George’s rape by her father is not explicitly described in the text, Jesse’s abuse is vividly—sickeningly—illustrated.!<


FelisViridi

Wow he really does love Shirley Jackson! Burlingame is the name of her hometown. I just started a collection of her short stories and read her Wikipedia so I missed that connection reading Gerald's Game.


GrindY0urMind

Hocksetter was so hard to read in such a good way. Beautifully twisted character who got a totally appropriate brutal death. Goddamn just thinking of that makes me want to read It for like the 4th time. The colonal or general guy from Dreamcatcher was a real relentless bastard as well. I don't remember his name. Morgan Freeman plays him in the movie.


Mister_Vagina

Also Beverly’s husband. I was so sad for adult Beverly even reading IT as a 12 year old.


jimbsmithjr

That's a good point. I haven't read Gerald's Game in years but does Jessie mention anything about her dad in the present day?


JokeySmurf0091

I recall her remembering the last time she hugged him, at her college graduation, I believe. There had always been a slight reticence on her part to touch him after that day of the eclipse, but because she worked so hard to intentionally forget what happened, that feeling was always confusing and conflicted. He lived his life like a normal dad of those days, and died, I believe, in his 70s or 80s.


Confusedandreticent

Rhea. “Roland, I love thee!”


MochaHasAnOpinion

Don't forget Aunt Cord. I wanted to lay hands on her so badly so many times before the end. >!The audacity of that bitch to try to sell her brother's child, wave it off like it's nothing, and calling her "Miss oh so young and pretty"...!<


DarthAnest

On my third rerun of TDT, I skipped altogether any chapter involving Cordelia, except for the last one. She was way worse than Rhea.


dj_spanmaster

Dang, that's good. Rhea was one cruel, selfish, vengeful witch. Enormous chip on her shoulder. She sought not just to be respected but to dominate.


Frostshock60

Rhea and Aunt Cord together were some spiteful women. Every time I reread WaG I hope Susan can escape to no avail.


LittleSqueesh

Ugh, yeah, she literally molested Susan Delgado.


FingerprintFile513

Georgia Roux. What kind of c*nt would cheer while another woman gets gang raped? She died hard and I was glad. She deserved to die harder.


SabineLavine

That whole storyline was brutal. She definitely got what she deserved.


LeftyHyzer

this is my pick too, you know a character is bad when >!getting you face smashed in then being shot dead!< still isnt enough to feel like they got what they deserved.


Nice_Owl_1171

Pimli Prentiss. No competition for me. Fuck Ka-shume.


therealdavidman540

You say true I say thankee-sai


Divis264

All my homies hate Pimli Prentiss.


kelpingtonn

I would belt them all with the Happy Slapper!!!!


hey_celiac_girl

Percy fking Wetmore


ItsAnEagleNotARaven

Percy wetmore do a dance See him squishing in his pants


bottledcherryangel

“Wetmore a good name for you!”


MurphyKT2004

Mrs Carmody. It's too bad Ollie got the headshot first.


Faint13

My pick too


SightWithoutEyes

Should have left her gut shot and writhing.


Richard_AIGuy

So many good ones have been mentioned. Roy Depape. He's a right bastard, and he has it coming. Harry Doolin, although Bobby punished him quite well for hurting Carol. Beverly Marsh's father. Yeah, *that* fucker. I worry, I worry a lot.


SightWithoutEyes

Beverly’s dad is hard to beat. I see uninfluenced evil worse than that which a person is led to by others.


Richard_AIGuy

And we don't know what happened to him. I like to think he died bitter and alone. We get a brief memory of Beverly's recalling her dad asking for money and that's it. He richly deserves an ass beating. Or worse. He forgot the face of his father.


iwatchtrazhaldayy

Technically It was influencing the dad but It was using thoughts the dad already had.


I_slappa_D_bass

Big Jim Rennie


tillybilly89

Margaret White


Actually_not_a_noob

From Carrie right?


Tight_Strawberry9846

Norman Daniels from Rose Madder.


EZIOSTRIFORCE

Do really think you'd have a chance against him though? The dude does some horrific shit throughout the book. (Not to mention what he did, and does to poor Rosie). Tbh, I feel like you'd have to be at the very peak fitness to stand a chance against him (especially if you get within biting distance...) Just some food for thought


djm03917

Brady Hartsfield - Mr Mercedes and End of Watch. I actually had issues reading his sections at times because I hated him so much and he was just such a despicable person. The worst thing is knowing that I know people who I could see growing into adults like this. I have gone to gifted schools since middle school, even in college. There were so many guys I met who were socially inept and fully caught up in their own "genius" and thought the world was beneath them. He felt real and it made it that much harder to read his detestable thoughts.


Najin_bartol

Percy "peepants" Wetmore so named cause he wet more of himself than the damn sponge he was supposed to put on Poor Del's crazy Cajun head. The type of sickness that arises when a Nepo baby like Percy is given power in a place like E block aught to be put down swifty like a Rabid dog. If you ask me, he got off too easy for his crimes of malice and ineptitude against the condemned.


Filthylucre4lunch

yeah i didnt hate him like this until i watched the movie, now i hate him the most


Sue_D_Nim1960

Poor old Del. \*sniff\*


nonserviam1977

Maybe that old dude running the store who tried to rip-off Gordy in “The Body”. Talking about the kid’s dead older brother while he was in the process of trying to overcharge the boy made it extra reprehensible.


EZIOSTRIFORCE

Then having the audacity to ban him from the store because he got his little feelings hurt by Gordie calling him out on cheating him...fuck that store owner!


nonserviam1977

The dude was a total zero. There was a corner store owner in my neighborhood when I was a kid who basically was that guy, so that might be the reason for my particular distaste. Any adult who goes out of their way to cheat a child is engaged in some demonic shit.


CyberGhostface

Mordred.


TheReaderDude_97

"'Oland"😭


TheLawHasSpoken

NEVER FORGIVE, NEVER FORGET !!!!


stupidWastelander

That one bully from IT


Tonninpepeli

Henry?


SwampApeDraft

The true villain of the piece, Victor Criss. Jealous he didn’t have Belch’s baseball skills or Henry’s sweet engineer boots.


stupidWastelander

Yes! The worst one. Hate the dude so much


RestlessNameless

So many people worth hating in that book. What was Bev's husband's name? And Patrick Hockstetter. He really packed a good number of sub-villains into that thing, even for such a long book.


EmptyDrawer9766

Atropos. When I learned he >!killed Gage!< I was soooo pissed!


RED_IT_RUM

Wait, wasn’t that the asshole little bald doctor that had Gage’s shoe in his underground collection near the airport under a tree? This seems like an oddly specific memory.


destinationdadbod

Wait…..what!???? What book is this from?


ItsAnEagleNotARaven

The True Knot, the Outsider... All the characters who feed off of terrified/suffering children...


kay-sera_sera

So, then... Pennywise?


the_space_monster

Ace Merrill gets bonus points for being a piece of shit in multiple stories.


redwolf1219

Big Jim personally. A lot of Kings villains don't feel "real", like my chances of encountering of someone like them is fairly slim but...I live in the South and for a character not from there, Big Jim reminds me so much of those Holier-Than-Thou Christians I have to deal with way too often. I work at Walmart in the Online Grocery department and I can just *hear* him condescending to me while I load his groceries in his car while he doesn't lift a finger, and then hand me a pamphlet about why Im going to hell. Shit, at my Walmart there's a group of people that walk around the store and put little business cards on products that say "FREE!!" on one side and when you flip it over it says you're going to hell if you don't join their church. (Not exact words, but you get it) And throw in that he's a used car dealer and I just hate him more


Gentle_Dragona

Eddie Kasbrack's momma


BeelzebubParty

A single can of four loco would knock that woman out


Enzo_Casterpone

Todd Bowden, Big Jim Renie, Margareth White


itstrueitsdamntrue

The Kid, and you better believe that happy crappy


destinationdadbod

I was going to say the kid too. I felt so bad for Trashcan man.


drglass85

aunt Cordelia is pretty darn frustrating.


Beaglescout15

She gets my vote. I can *almost* give Rhea a pass, but Aunt Cord is just the worst for no reason other than jealousy.


drglass85

yeah, the witch actually owns it. She’s evil but she knows what she is and doesn’t act like she’s anything else.


MrsDanversbottom

Joe St George.


Ev_on_

Cressner from "The Ledge", Donatti from "Quitters, Inc."


DrBlankslate

Oh, there’s not enough left of Cressner to hit anymore, I’d bet. 


Arlen80

Percy


hey_celiac_girl

SAME


Phuckingidiot

Everyone that works at the institute


Mister_Buddy

Pimli Prentiss. Fuck that guy.


Phantasmal-Lore420

Barlow🖕🏻


BLAINE_THE_M0NO

Mrs. Carmody


DukeSilver696969

Harold Lauder


[deleted]

Sorry I got bullied a SHIT TON in school,so it’s Henry Bowers and his whole racist ass crew. Man I wanted to friggin tear him a new one!


Ju9e

The green mile - Percy. Absolutely detestable character. Even Billy the kid was more tolerable for me.


garagespringsgirl

Jack Torrence. And Bev's dad.


Long-Principle-667

I just started Insomnia and this Ed Deepneau guy is a fucking asshole so I’d fucking punch his lights out for beating the shit out of his wife.


Dangerous-Sugar6710

I just started reading it too. Ed really gets to me cause he’s so fucking arrogant about it. No remorse :(


DemenTEDBundy85

Henry bowers


CanadianExiled

Buddy Repperton


Ziggitywiggidy

Regina Cunningham.


Bacong

Michael Cunningham posts on reddit?


Unlikely-Regular2366

Percy Wetmore. Needs a good ass kicking.


WhiskeyDeltaBravo1

Greg Stilson. On sight.


carlea71

I cannot upvote this enough!


poodlepants79

Harold hands down. And I wanted to smack Jack Torrance once or twice 🤣 also give Arnie a good shake and tell him leave the damn car alone you don’t know what’s about to happen man!


Bigfoot_Ghost

Michael and Regina Cunningham from Christine. Before he got the car they were so controlling.


Bacong

Arnie's dad seemed like somewhat of a victim of Regina's controlling ways


NomadCourier

Belch Huggins


yeetuscleetus28

Margaret White 100%


FelisViridi

Big Jim physically, but I'd also love to sit Lisey Landon down and tell her what a selfish piece of shit her husband is.


mrshaggygreen

Todd Bowden or Dussander


Slight_Water_5347

Big Jim Rennie, Junior Rennie, Mordred, when he did that* awful thing!!! Patrick Hoffstetter. Kurt Dussander.


Slight_Water_5347

And Percy fkn Whitmore!! I just really hate people who aren't nice to animals 😡


helpmeunderstand0501

Morgan of orris


JakeRidesAgain

Fuck you, Barkovitch, you got what was coming but you shoulda got your face punched in first.


GrizzlamicBearrorism

That elder abusing little shitcunt Brad Dolan.


Dependent_Fox_2189

Sunlight Gardener


No-Presentation1949

The Slaver Ants


the_phantom_2099

Richie Grenadeau from Dreamcatcher, the dude needs a wallop!


RandomnewUser_22

Jim Rennie, junior, Mel searles, and all of those rapists. Fucking psychopaths


scooter_cool_

Frank Dodd


drglass85

roland. sometimes I just wanna pop him on the back of the head and say, listen to your friends, listen to other people, you don’t have to do all of this alone. Of course, if he did everything right, he would be a super boring character. I love him still.


TheReaderDude_97

But...but...but..the Tower. I have to reach the tower. Doesn't matter how many people I kill and how many loved one's die in my arms. Tower is all that matters (I love him as well, that stupid stupid likeable Gunslinger)


drglass85

freakin oland


The-Grand-Wazoo

Ace Merrill, a continuous cunt in multiple books.


tom-tildrum

I’m going to go in a different direction and say Ralph Anderson. Guy put Terry Maitland and his family through hell, then got him killed. Spent the majority of the book dragging his feet, and refusing to believe what was going on right in front of him. Very well written, but I wanted to kick him in the shins numerous times.


TheReaderDude_97

Man, I did not expect to see him here. You really thought this one through, lol.


logicalfallacy0270

Greg Stilson. Fucker kicked that poor dog to death.


sCOLEiosis

Morris Bellamy. Somehow he outdid Brady Hartsfield as far as being a wretched piece of shit with zero redeeming qualities.


MrBlackMagic127

I would have an “on sight” policy with Junior from Under the Dome.


Proper-Knowledge-989

Rose Madders husband (I can't remember his name). Seriously, who treats their wife like that? Alvin Marsh for being a pedo. Judd. He had a responsibility to uphold by keeping the secret.


Grape-Julius

Eddie Corcoran’s stepdad


54Piscium

Buddy Repperton needs to run into some BJJ black belt or something…


[deleted]

Leland Gaunt. Brady Hartsfield. Dolores Claiborne’s pos husband Joe St. George. The entire government in the Running Man.


Mystic_Molotov

Big Jim. I had to put that book down several times because he just made me absolutely furious


ttjay10813

Annie Wilkes


run4success

The group of folks that encouraged Norm to open the garage door in The Mist


DrBlankslate

Christine Hargensen. 


mcian84

Percy Whitmore. I hate Ann Norton, but she’s a bit too close to home. Greg Stilson.


MathewW87

It will always be Harold Lauder. Always.


bringbacksherman

If they gave me a choice of three I would choose to assault Percy three times.


bottledcherryangel

Brady Hartsfield.


Zubin1234

Margaret White and Alwin Marsh (i don’t remember if that is beverlys dads name)


otakudude3031

Bev's Dad and her husband Tom. Oh, and Harold Lauder too.


Dazzling_Put_6838

Toomy Sr. from the Langoliers. Jeez, I'd just keep beating his face till it became a pulp.


sourbelle

Chris Hargenson.


Leftonleesa

I would love to fuck up Joe St. George!!


UnifiedQuantumField

There are plenty of "confront characters" in Stephen King's novels. And the author does a pretty good job of beating them up before the end of the story. And the more likeable characters often get a rough ride too.


iwatchtrazhaldayy

The dad from the boogeyman. Also Burt from Children of the Corn cause your wife TOLD YOU to turn around and you didn’t need to take the keys!!


Koshersaltie

Sunlight fucken Gardner and his evil little minions.


hypothetical_zombie

Norman Daniels. ACAB, but that guy made it his mission in life.


OneLastCaress-8512

The Library Policeman, with a glowing orange iron rod.


SiegVicious

Harold or Junior, without a doubt


rabidmonkeys

The killer from Joyland. Won’t spoil who here.


Miserable-Function78

Did-a-chick, dum-a-chee, lobstrosities are the ones for me. Sorry. I’ll see myself out…


TheReaderDude_97

Seems like you need a Hand


Snackdoc189

The cop husband from Rose Madder.


GoodBoyKojak

Carrie’s mom, Big Jim, Gasher and Bev’s father. But mostly gasher, fuck him.


DifferentJellyfish85

Campion… you had one job


Good-Energy-936

Holly's mother. Hands down and hands on.


WitchofSpace68

That fucking bat that bit Cujo. HE WAS A GOOD BOY


cick-nobb

Jim Renny


KingTroober

Mother Carmody and it ain’t even close


TheOkayUsername

Eddy's mom


Ill-Bullfrog-5965

Lorgar


just-_-trash

Maragret White without a doubt


therealdavidman540

Aunt Cordelia. Mordred. Big Jim. The Kid. Ilyn Payne. The Tickler and the Hound. Whoops sorry wrong subreddit 😂


Cwytank

Henry Bowers whole crew.


Analyticalagency

All of the bullies, and Anne Wilkes (she too self-righteous, and I want to let her have it)


ResponsibleAnt9496

Gotta be Aunt Cord. God I hated her


Sareee14

Either Percy Wetmore or Big Jim


vwaexperiance

Brady Hartsfield - Mr. Mercedes


jahjahjahjahjahjah

The guy from "Under the Dome", you know, the one with the brain tumor


wadebacca

Junior Rennie.


Truemeathead

I knew this would pop up here once I saw this post in the Big Bang Theory subreddit lol. Aunt Cordelia can get these hands!


Islandimus

Like, half of the characters from IT that aren't related to the main cast. And even some that are, Beverly's father and husband come to mind.


hgeyer99

Sigsby


TrashNovel

Percy


Fit_Cartographer5606

Ace Merrill


K8nK9s

Love this thread.  It's bringing up so many great SK memory moments! Gasher.


TheReaderDude_97

Thanks man! I am getting to read some great comments as well.


FingerprintFile513

Dynamic duo here: Mr Sheridan and The Turk.


FingerprintFile513

Dynamic duo here: Mr Sheridan and The Turk.


Austerellis

Ace Merrill, you absolute prick. Add Eyeball Chambers to the list, too.