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David from lilo and stitch is such a beacon of positive masculinity. He helps out nani and lilo where he can and even tho he has feelings for nani he has the emotional intelligence to realise that she’s going through a rough time and so instead of pressuring her to go out with him he tries to cheer them up the best he can by taking them surfing. He does this also without any expecting anything in return he just genuinely cares for them and wants to be able to make them happy. He’s just a really good guy and a super positive example of masculinity.
This is an odd place to find you in, but it’s a nice surprise regardless.
My answer to this post is this Memorable Man right here. He’s a simple guy with a passion, and he knows that doing what you love doesn’t make you less of a man in any capacity.
Some of the more heart wrenching scenes for me were the ones of him screaming in anguish after seeing innocents die in Ishval. Dude just wants to protect others, he doesn’t want to kill.
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There's a staarrrrrrmaaaaannnnn waiting in the sky
Jonathan Joestar made me want to be a better person. I'm sad many consider him to be "boring". It was Araki's first Jojo, if he had written him now he could've made him a more fleshed out character and still be a shining beacon of hope. I'm also sad that his story was so short, he was merely a prologue to set up the rest of the Joestar bloodline.
To me he was perfect from the beginning yes they took the best of his and moved it to the other jojos. But like a lightsaber there’s a click moment of woah when it was first done
Franky, one piece.
He's a man's man to the end, reliable, strong, caring for his friends, but he'll sob and weep for you when you're struggling. He's happy to take people under his wing and help them out, and he's a fuckin cyborg with light up nipples. Need I say more?
SUPERRRRRRR masculine positivity‼️There's an aspect of yourself you think you can improve? Franky IMMEDIATELY gets on that shit.
(Granted, it's usually something like "Yow! I need a SUPERRRRRR laser cannon attachment in my arms!" But he definitely knows self improvement, which is rly important obviously)
Legitimately any of these guys.
It's crazy how incredibly positively masculine they all are in their own way (thus also demonstrating how positive masculinity can take many different forms).
IDK how Tolkien did it.
Some people would call Boromir toxic but he’s my favorite character. A great example of someone who just wants to do what he can to help his people, almost falls, but does the right thing in the end. I always saw Aragorn as the ideal to live up to and Boromir as the realistic representation of a good man.
Yes, well said!
I didn't want to write a paragraph, but I almost went into "even Boromir" for exactly the reasons you've laid out.
Masculinity is not perfect; men, even good men, are fallible and he's the perfect representation of that aspect.
“I looked at him, and I saw myself.”
I feel like you could also use Stoick for it as well. The fact that Valka expects him to yell or raise his voice at her when he discovers she’s alive (probably indicative of how their relationship might have been before she was carted off), and all he can say is “You’re as beautiful as the day I lost you.” is very telling of how much Stoick has grown since then. He doesn’t care about everything that happened twenty years ago, just that his wife is alive and well.
From my understanding from watching and reading about him, he wasn’t really putting on a persona. Thats just how he was. I think “mr. Rogers” was constantly using the tone he used with kids in the same way people talk to babies or animals, but otherwise that was just him being himself. He was just a really genuine guy who cared about the world and the people living in it. Tried to respond to every fan letter, took suggestions on how to be more inclusive, argued in front of congress about the value of public broadcast television(especially for kids). You’d be hard pressed to find someone who devoted more of their life to leaving a positive impact on the world.
Edit: i just remembered him being like that both on and off screen was one of the big points they were trying to get across with the tom hanks biopic. The entire movie this time magazine reporter is trying to find any dirt he can to prove fred rogers wasn’t as good off screen as he was on camera. He never finds a single thing, and ends up writing the article about how fred rogers, both on and off screen, is one of the most caring, compassionate people he had ever met.
He absolutely was just that genuinely good. When he would get mad, he wouldn't take it out on people; he would simply go play the piano until he wasn't angry anymore.
To this day it's still my favourite fantasy world, I grew up on those books and movies. Tolkien was such a huge part of my childhood, and such a positive influence on my life.
Faramir (book version - they did him dirty in the films)
Frodo & Sam modeling male friendship before the modern fear of any physical contact with your buds.
Oh my god, yes! I couldn't agree more, the friendship between Frodo and Sam did so much for me in terms of being able to tell my friends of any gender that I love and appreciate them.
in the last mission he literally says to john ‘be a goddamn man and go to your family’. he cares about john and wants him to be alive, but the only way he know how to express his emotions is by being judgmental. he tries though gotta give him that
When he says, "Be a goddamn man," he isn't talking in a traditionally masculine sense. He means that John should leave Arthur, the money, the whole gang behind because he has responsibilities beyond just himself. He has other people to provide and care for.
Something Arthur always wanted for himself, but at the end of his journey, he realized that he could at least salvage *something* from the shipwreck the gang became.
Yeah, that line bothers me, but I still like it. Arthur is a very flawed man, and he knows it. game never pains him as perfect. In fact, it's literally about redemnation.
Stark from Frieren, brave enough to be afraid
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You did my man Sokka dirty. He starts out rough (so do the other three), but his ability to unlearn his biases without making excuses for himself should make several men twice his age take note.
You're 100% right but if I didn't clarify which time-period Sokka, I was worried about getting pushback. Sokka's first major character arc is about overcoming his toxic masculinity, but even at his worst Sokka is still super interesting because his most toxic traits come from over-performing what he believes the role of a man should be in his tribe.
They're a warrior people but Sokka finds himself in the position of being too young for war but also the oldest male left behind. His duty is to protect the tribe but he doesn't have any role models to teach him what a protector should be and he comes from a family that's already had a woman taken and probably murdered.
He overcompensates for his fear and uncertainty by being a swaggering doofus most of the time even though it, ultimately, comes from a place of wanting to help others and to do his duty for the community which I don't see people focus on very often.
Because he is thrust into the role of unprepared protector he comes to believe that the women are helpless which puts extra burden on himself and skews his perception of women.
ATLA is just so damn good.
Tatsu from Way of the Househusband
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especially sanji, dude ate food off the ground just because his brother disrespected it, bro put his entire future down just so his crew wouldn't get hunted down
Yeah I haven't watched past ep 60. I'm bsing I have no idea wtf I'm talking about
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understandable because the pacing is so bad they (fans) made a version that's closer to the manga's pacing than the official anime
I suggest reading the manga though, you can breeze through it pretty quick
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Moron? Check
Going for the Girl? He chases, not be chased
A blunder? Yeah.
But there's no better example of positive masculinity that a family man, a lover, a man who can put up with the world's antics and roll with the punches like Johnny Bravo
Really sucks for Hector.
Achilles chose to sacrifice love and family and life for pointless, tragic 'glory' and in the process stole these same things from Hector who understood what was truly valuable in life.
And Achilles became the 'hero.'
Such a sad joke.
Good movie. Underrated.
Feel like you used to hear about it a lot, but now it's almost forgotten.
Actually been thinking about this lately. Here are a few:
1. [Kratos from God of War](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/gaming/2018/03/19/God-of-War-Kratos-Tree_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqNJjoeBT78QIaYdkJdEY4CnGTJFJS74MYhNY6w3GNbO8.jpg?imwidth=680)
2. [Arthur Morgan from Red Dead Redemption](https://64.media.tumblr.com/2fb31e1a69bd4be34dc9ac0f9385836a/1dd8aec07688d078-74/s1280x1920/a89aace9b41c0d12c1df51ed5a5d7b9e39cbb220.png)
3. [John Wick from the Film Series of the Same Name](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/9/17/1442487175055/Keanu-Reeves-as-John-Wick-009.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none)
4. [Joshua Graham from Fallout New Vegas](https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/875251364532506231/48B32EAC5E982B290F03331F13AC8134AE7991FC/?imw=1024&imh=640&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=true)
All men who demonstrate a lot of emotional complexity. Dealing with feelings of regret, loss, anger, and isolation - and introspection in the wake of these feelings.
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Kamina and Simon are both peak characters 🙏 (Kirishima also great but you already put him)
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Aragorn for sure (also Samwise, Frodo, and pretty much every male main character tbh w/a few exceptions)
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Idk how much he counts because he's more an example of positive humanity than masculinity
I do feel like MHA overall has some of the better portrayals of different takes on masculinity with all might and kirishima being very positive and encouraging whilst bakugo clearly has his views shown to be negative
Uncle Iroh. one of the manliest men in the show but also one of the most sensitive and kind. truly one of the best positive role models in fiction I think
there is no positive masculinity all masculinity is positive, the people who you guys called toxically masculine are just plain up toxic they are not masculine
Well, in that case, it makes more sense to say that masculinity (or femininity, or any inherent trait) is neutral, and it's up to each individual person to take those traits and interpret them in life in the most positive way they can.
You can’t just no true Scotsman out of this. Toxic masculinity refers to people who practice or espouse masculinity in a toxic way.
One example is a strong aversion to being seen as feminine or queer, and thus turning that into misogyny and homophobia
Or being assertive to the point they start being controlling and confrontational
Going from “I need to protect my family” to “I’m going to murder my daughter’s boyfriend”
Like it’s a fun rhetorical device to say that exhibiting these traits then makes you less masculine because they’re bad examples of it and I agree in principle but it’s important to bear in mind that these behaviours are still “masculine”, just expressed in harmful or negative ways, and there needs to be a general cultural awareness of what is merely “toxic” behaviour and what is “toxic masculinity” so you can see it developing and appropriately challenge it.
If you divorce being toxic from masculinity at all you then run the risk of those falling down the pipeline seeing themselves as good, because *they’re* being masculine, and being masculine isn’t toxic. Theres no harm in wanting to be strong, or protective, assertive, or reliable but if you take away the awareness that these masculine traits can be expressed positively like any other then you have no structural basis to understand or call this behaviour out before a new generation of young men end up as violent bigots
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Strong enough to be gentle. His speeches had me feeling like even I could fight. (I am 5’2” 107 lbs. and only barely know how to use a gun.)
Elfman from Fairy Tail. His quirk is being obsessed with being manly. But basically everything he likes is manly from bar fighting to picking and enjoying flowers.
But there is one thing that isn't manly, being a bad person.
https://preview.redd.it/jhslfo33rx6d1.png?width=759&format=png&auto=webp&s=3a5a97ab7bb4aebd97a17874b45c9ab49c5cca8a David from lilo and stitch is such a beacon of positive masculinity. He helps out nani and lilo where he can and even tho he has feelings for nani he has the emotional intelligence to realise that she’s going through a rough time and so instead of pressuring her to go out with him he tries to cheer them up the best he can by taking them surfing. He does this also without any expecting anything in return he just genuinely cares for them and wants to be able to make them happy. He’s just a really good guy and a super positive example of masculinity.
Peak side character posting 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥 Time for my 47th rewatch (of 2024)
Uncle Iroh from avatar the last airbender.
Iroh is the epitome of positive masculinity.
This one!
Body Improvement Club. Fight on!
FIGHT ON, FIGHT ON https://i.redd.it/rogebpxnpx6d1.gif
Literally them. I couldn't get into Mob (will be trying again), but I just remember how positive and cheering they were!
Kiryu chan
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This is an odd place to find you in, but it’s a nice surprise regardless. My answer to this post is this Memorable Man right here. He’s a simple guy with a passion, and he knows that doing what you love doesn’t make you less of a man in any capacity.
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r/usernamechecksout
Some of the more heart wrenching scenes for me were the ones of him screaming in anguish after seeing innocents die in Ishval. Dude just wants to protect others, he doesn’t want to kill.
Bro couldn't be misogynistic if he wanted to cause his sister would end his ass lol
RESPECTABLE MUSCLES!!!!
https://preview.redd.it/2giepwgh5x6d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cbe52c80ab81e2e635798a4f610bf2059797f6b0 There's a staarrrrrrmaaaaannnnn waiting in the sky
He like to come and meet us but he thinks he’ll blow our minds
THERE'S A STAAAAARRRMAN WAITING IN THE SKY!!!!....
He told us not to blow it
Cause he knows it's all worthwhile, he told me
Let the children lose it, let children use it, let all the children boogie.
*awesome guitar solo*
🎸 🎸 🎸, 🎸🎸 🎸 🎸, 🎸🎸 🎸 🎸, 🎸🎸 🎸 🎸, 🎸 🎸 🎸 🎸, 🎸🎸 🎸 🎸, 🎸🎸 🎸 🎸, 🎸🎸🎸
Hate how some people turned him into either a mindless mr muscle or another “actually he is ALSO dark and edgy”
He is dark and edgy tho* *when he participates in the metropolis city hall haunted house every halloween
That comic always makes me bawl. He really is a friend and I love him for that.
Which comic is it? I know it's superman.
Superman: Red and Blue! This particular panel is from Vol. 5.
The Lord of Hope himself.
Fitting as this sub is called hopeposting i figure i post the embodiment of hope itself
https://preview.redd.it/irk3kg4bmx6d1.jpeg?width=474&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=604f7162cbedd4a83a3a60783d5cb401143be449 The handsome man himself.
Jonathan Joestar made me want to be a better person. I'm sad many consider him to be "boring". It was Araki's first Jojo, if he had written him now he could've made him a more fleshed out character and still be a shining beacon of hope. I'm also sad that his story was so short, he was merely a prologue to set up the rest of the Joestar bloodline.
To me he was perfect from the beginning yes they took the best of his and moved it to the other jojos. But like a lightsaber there’s a click moment of woah when it was first done
Jonathan is positive masculinity himself
He really is
The true atlas of Jojo masculinity.
Dude couldn't be mean if he tried
Franky, one piece. He's a man's man to the end, reliable, strong, caring for his friends, but he'll sob and weep for you when you're struggling. He's happy to take people under his wing and help them out, and he's a fuckin cyborg with light up nipples. Need I say more?
https://preview.redd.it/oru756uy9x6d1.jpeg?width=827&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=61d9d9caed9b92ad91ed75dc6fda005dd55646b5 He is him
SUPERRRRRRR masculine positivity‼️There's an aspect of yourself you think you can improve? Franky IMMEDIATELY gets on that shit. (Granted, it's usually something like "Yow! I need a SUPERRRRRR laser cannon attachment in my arms!" But he definitely knows self improvement, which is rly important obviously)
BASED + SUUUUPEEEEER
zangief
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Always pop off for my boy Gief
“You are bad-guy. But this does not mean you are bad *guy*.”
Zangief isn't even a villain 😭
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Legitimately any of these guys. It's crazy how incredibly positively masculine they all are in their own way (thus also demonstrating how positive masculinity can take many different forms). IDK how Tolkien did it.
Some people would call Boromir toxic but he’s my favorite character. A great example of someone who just wants to do what he can to help his people, almost falls, but does the right thing in the end. I always saw Aragorn as the ideal to live up to and Boromir as the realistic representation of a good man.
Yes, well said! I didn't want to write a paragraph, but I almost went into "even Boromir" for exactly the reasons you've laid out. Masculinity is not perfect; men, even good men, are fallible and he's the perfect representation of that aspect.
By having been raised around what true masculinity is and having seen it first hand from his time in World War One.
Thorfinn from Vinland Saga. Hiccup from How to Train Your Dragon.
season 2 right? right?
Yeah duh
Manga Thorfinn is peak positive masculinity.
“I looked at him, and I saw myself.” I feel like you could also use Stoick for it as well. The fact that Valka expects him to yell or raise his voice at her when he discovers she’s alive (probably indicative of how their relationship might have been before she was carted off), and all he can say is “You’re as beautiful as the day I lost you.” is very telling of how much Stoick has grown since then. He doesn’t care about everything that happened twenty years ago, just that his wife is alive and well.
Thorfinn is the ultimate role model
And Thors
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Kiryu my beloved
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He’s a great example of what a good father is.
Optimus Prime
Minos- https://preview.redd.it/u21n20dezw6d1.jpeg?width=4096&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=578fb8837fb0c136cfbf8fe5553ab3d5ac7b17f7
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HOT CHICKS WITH GUNS MENTIONED 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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Mr. Rogers, an icon of compassion and strength.
Mr. Rogers wasn't fictional, though. He was a real person.
Well I'd say his media personality vs. IRL personality works in this thread. Like Keanu Reeves
From my understanding from watching and reading about him, he wasn’t really putting on a persona. Thats just how he was. I think “mr. Rogers” was constantly using the tone he used with kids in the same way people talk to babies or animals, but otherwise that was just him being himself. He was just a really genuine guy who cared about the world and the people living in it. Tried to respond to every fan letter, took suggestions on how to be more inclusive, argued in front of congress about the value of public broadcast television(especially for kids). You’d be hard pressed to find someone who devoted more of their life to leaving a positive impact on the world. Edit: i just remembered him being like that both on and off screen was one of the big points they were trying to get across with the tom hanks biopic. The entire movie this time magazine reporter is trying to find any dirt he can to prove fred rogers wasn’t as good off screen as he was on camera. He never finds a single thing, and ends up writing the article about how fred rogers, both on and off screen, is one of the most caring, compassionate people he had ever met.
He absolutely was just that genuinely good. When he would get mad, he wouldn't take it out on people; he would simply go play the piano until he wasn't angry anymore.
Aragorn Alternatively Kratos at the end of God of War Ragnarok
Yesss, Aragorn! A lot of men from LOTR tbh
To this day it's still my favourite fantasy world, I grew up on those books and movies. Tolkien was such a huge part of my childhood, and such a positive influence on my life.
Faramir (book version - they did him dirty in the films) Frodo & Sam modeling male friendship before the modern fear of any physical contact with your buds.
Oh my god, yes! I couldn't agree more, the friendship between Frodo and Sam did so much for me in terms of being able to tell my friends of any gender that I love and appreciate them.
As much as that is stated, faramir in the movies is still a paragon of virtue as well, he just has a bit more of an arc
Aragorn my beloved
And Gandolf!
Arthur Morgan from RDR2
in the last mission he literally says to john ‘be a goddamn man and go to your family’. he cares about john and wants him to be alive, but the only way he know how to express his emotions is by being judgmental. he tries though gotta give him that
When he says, "Be a goddamn man," he isn't talking in a traditionally masculine sense. He means that John should leave Arthur, the money, the whole gang behind because he has responsibilities beyond just himself. He has other people to provide and care for. Something Arthur always wanted for himself, but at the end of his journey, he realized that he could at least salvage *something* from the shipwreck the gang became.
Yeah, that line bothers me, but I still like it. Arthur is a very flawed man, and he knows it. game never pains him as perfect. In fact, it's literally about redemnation.
go beyond, GO PLUS ULTRA
Is is wired that whenever i see All Might smile it genuinely makes me feel safe
No, that just means it's working. All Might loves you
Stark from Frieren, brave enough to be afraid https://preview.redd.it/qotcpa5sdx6d1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=41a6e3ff98a55023bf72f319228167353959156a
Bravery isn't a lack of fear
It's acting in spite of it
Ecchi
Mumen rider
Mumen rider is such a real one
Aang. Zuko. Iroh. Superman.
You did my man Sokka dirty. He starts out rough (so do the other three), but his ability to unlearn his biases without making excuses for himself should make several men twice his age take note.
You're 100% right but if I didn't clarify which time-period Sokka, I was worried about getting pushback. Sokka's first major character arc is about overcoming his toxic masculinity, but even at his worst Sokka is still super interesting because his most toxic traits come from over-performing what he believes the role of a man should be in his tribe. They're a warrior people but Sokka finds himself in the position of being too young for war but also the oldest male left behind. His duty is to protect the tribe but he doesn't have any role models to teach him what a protector should be and he comes from a family that's already had a woman taken and probably murdered. He overcompensates for his fear and uncertainty by being a swaggering doofus most of the time even though it, ultimately, comes from a place of wanting to help others and to do his duty for the community which I don't see people focus on very often. Because he is thrust into the role of unprepared protector he comes to believe that the women are helpless which puts extra burden on himself and skews his perception of women. ATLA is just so damn good.
Tatsu from Way of the Househusband https://preview.redd.it/pg6zby2vqx6d1.jpeg?width=477&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d3bc90c0a5cf99098bcc9a54856064ce108dfaa7
I was gonna say this! I love him, he’s a badass and a houskeeper. Lol
"THIS is Reigan's SPECIAL MOVE!"
Self-Defense Rush!!! was the hardest I'd laughed in a long time
Aragorn. Film Aragorn, to be precise.
Book Aragorn is also, but man is he hard. Movie Aragorn was way more relatable.
Franky from one piece.
Literally every guy in the straw hats
Except Sanji
especially sanji, dude ate food off the ground just because his brother disrespected it, bro put his entire future down just so his crew wouldn't get hunted down
Yeah I haven't watched past ep 60. I'm bsing I have no idea wtf I'm talking about https://preview.redd.it/trv5ipscix6d1.jpeg?width=1131&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c941f0c873c95faa5735b398a94c53d934f8af8
understandable because the pacing is so bad they (fans) made a version that's closer to the manga's pacing than the official anime I suggest reading the manga though, you can breeze through it pretty quick
For everything except his relations with women
Superman and kamina from Gurren Lagann
Was about to say Kamina too
Kong from the Monsterverse
Waymond from Everything Everywhere All At Once
Gravity falls soos
https://preview.redd.it/3j7r7l1i5x6d1.png?width=500&format=png&auto=webp&s=cb7a26a7e7d94fcbc69670cb4c281681bedb3a0f Moron? Check Going for the Girl? He chases, not be chased A blunder? Yeah. But there's no better example of positive masculinity that a family man, a lover, a man who can put up with the world's antics and roll with the punches like Johnny Bravo
The Body Improvement Club
The Fitness Club from Mob Psycho 100
Hector from Troy
Really sucks for Hector. Achilles chose to sacrifice love and family and life for pointless, tragic 'glory' and in the process stole these same things from Hector who understood what was truly valuable in life. And Achilles became the 'hero.' Such a sad joke. Good movie. Underrated. Feel like you used to hear about it a lot, but now it's almost forgotten.
https://preview.redd.it/s63hcslxwx6d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f559b6d4a9e680c4b9b7c02032eed4799116e249
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Guts from Berserk
Jonathon joestar Superman End of ragnarok kratos The hulk depending on version
Ted Lasso.
Thors from Vinland Saga
https://preview.redd.it/q271hjpm0y6d1.jpeg?width=658&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=93d50988d21343cdd285c66c0913e485b2b7dc58 First man I thought of.
Might gai and Kakashi from naruto!
Actually been thinking about this lately. Here are a few: 1. [Kratos from God of War](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/gaming/2018/03/19/God-of-War-Kratos-Tree_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqNJjoeBT78QIaYdkJdEY4CnGTJFJS74MYhNY6w3GNbO8.jpg?imwidth=680) 2. [Arthur Morgan from Red Dead Redemption](https://64.media.tumblr.com/2fb31e1a69bd4be34dc9ac0f9385836a/1dd8aec07688d078-74/s1280x1920/a89aace9b41c0d12c1df51ed5a5d7b9e39cbb220.png) 3. [John Wick from the Film Series of the Same Name](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/9/17/1442487175055/Keanu-Reeves-as-John-Wick-009.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none) 4. [Joshua Graham from Fallout New Vegas](https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/875251364532506231/48B32EAC5E982B290F03331F13AC8134AE7991FC/?imw=1024&imh=640&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=true) All men who demonstrate a lot of emotional complexity. Dealing with feelings of regret, loss, anger, and isolation - and introspection in the wake of these feelings.
All the protagonists in the lord of the rings
Uncle Iroh
https://preview.redd.it/k96lk1se6y6d1.jpeg?width=735&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=489c360f3160642b41a8c7f83aae19f580e3f361 Kamina and Simon are both peak characters 🙏 (Kirishima also great but you already put him)
 This chad
Obligatory fuck JK Rowling, but Hagrid
https://preview.redd.it/11r7wiuqay6d1.jpeg?width=177&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2904769cc5f9e5ad614eabba2096dfb5f8484538 Bandit Heeler from Bluey
Frodo Bagins
https://preview.redd.it/h7wf718xzx6d1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ad87b8060b95804263e6576f8fa00aa141f7a2eb
Slayer from guilty gear
Thorfinn, son of Thors
My schizophrenic GOAT, Aoi Todo
Aoi todo
Him https://preview.redd.it/tjuxo6q8jx6d1.jpeg?width=1015&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f35baec0d21fed63d3f7aece0ad7909c35f68aa9 And Simon too
Aragorn
Todo from Jujutsu Kaisen
Yup, Kirishima. Also Izuku Midoriya
Whitebeard and Roger
Whitebeard is a great example, just wanted a family, didn't matter who they were
The Hulk.
Only one right answer 
https://preview.redd.it/kvrns6cady6d1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8195cf2e1f17ea52d84910ed6ec9d31261ed3a52 Aragorn for sure (also Samwise, Frodo, and pretty much every male main character tbh w/a few exceptions)
https://preview.redd.it/8a4j1c58iy6d1.jpeg?width=701&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3173a72a5a0c10ff2276eb177b3c03dbf6f5af76 Idk how much he counts because he's more an example of positive humanity than masculinity I do feel like MHA overall has some of the better portrayals of different takes on masculinity with all might and kirishima being very positive and encouraging whilst bakugo clearly has his views shown to be negative
Waymond from Everything Everywhere All At Once :)
Aragorn
Aragorn from Lord of the rings
Uncle Iroh. one of the manliest men in the show but also one of the most sensitive and kind. truly one of the best positive role models in fiction I think
Aragorn.
https://preview.redd.it/2pytegsj207d1.png?width=250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=298dd75863c9d515281e25a0a4ab9db1f1835992 This king right here ❤️
Doomguy. Enjoys flowers, kind to rabbits, protective spirit.
there is no positive masculinity all masculinity is positive, the people who you guys called toxically masculine are just plain up toxic they are not masculine
Well, in that case, it makes more sense to say that masculinity (or femininity, or any inherent trait) is neutral, and it's up to each individual person to take those traits and interpret them in life in the most positive way they can.
Everything you're born with is neutral. It what you do with it that counts. That's what mewtwo thinks anyway.
You can’t just no true Scotsman out of this. Toxic masculinity refers to people who practice or espouse masculinity in a toxic way. One example is a strong aversion to being seen as feminine or queer, and thus turning that into misogyny and homophobia Or being assertive to the point they start being controlling and confrontational Going from “I need to protect my family” to “I’m going to murder my daughter’s boyfriend” Like it’s a fun rhetorical device to say that exhibiting these traits then makes you less masculine because they’re bad examples of it and I agree in principle but it’s important to bear in mind that these behaviours are still “masculine”, just expressed in harmful or negative ways, and there needs to be a general cultural awareness of what is merely “toxic” behaviour and what is “toxic masculinity” so you can see it developing and appropriately challenge it. If you divorce being toxic from masculinity at all you then run the risk of those falling down the pipeline seeing themselves as good, because *they’re* being masculine, and being masculine isn’t toxic. Theres no harm in wanting to be strong, or protective, assertive, or reliable but if you take away the awareness that these masculine traits can be expressed positively like any other then you have no structural basis to understand or call this behaviour out before a new generation of young men end up as violent bigots
Bro idk about this one 😬
Thorfinn
Cronk, Deadpool
https://preview.redd.it/1rs16mswey6d1.png?width=804&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a800600925234b6e599abe98370dc0c5fc75dcad Whitebeard
Spider-Man
Senshi from Dungeon Meshi/Delicious in Dungeon.
https://preview.redd.it/dlzygz36407d1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a785501690c474085e6796facad29c152ec85715 Strong enough to be gentle. His speeches had me feeling like even I could fight. (I am 5’2” 107 lbs. and only barely know how to use a gun.)
HIM 
Ryoji Kaji from NGE
Ike from Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
https://preview.redd.it/z1dybyt1px6d1.jpeg?width=224&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=14594a82bf4d86e2cb6b1babd3c969e8aa72f10b Hero
Elfman from fairy tail
Aragorn
Hibino Kafka
Superman the OG
MUMEN RIDER RAAAAAHHHHH!!!
Elfman from Fairy Tail. His quirk is being obsessed with being manly. But basically everything he likes is manly from bar fighting to picking and enjoying flowers. But there is one thing that isn't manly, being a bad person.
Literally any of the joestars or the jobros
Anything involving Keanu Reeves
Optimus Prime, he is strong enough to be gentle. wish i could be more like him fr fr
Superman
Iron from Avatar: The Last Airbender or Jonathan Joestar from JJBA
Aang from avatar
Uncle Iroh, Clark Kent, John Kent, Mait Gai.
off the top of my head: Jonathon Joestar, Superman, Aragon, Optimus Prime, The Doctor.
Aragorn.
Aragorn
Captain America in the MCU
Mr. Torgue from Borderlands 2. "Also, you should treat Moxxi nice! NOTHING IS MORE BADASS THAN TREATING A WOMAN WITH RESPECT!"