1. Auron: a badass who is cool and interesting, and, most importantly, never annoying.

2. Rikku: She only gets props for yelling at Wakka for being a willfully deluded bigot. Otherwise she's just the requisite young, perky girl stereotype (see: Yuffie, Selphie).

3. Kimharhi: he doesn't talk much, which makes it impossible for him to annoy me.

4. Lulu: an obnoxiously sexist display to go along with her stereotype, but an otherwise tolerable character. I never really got her dating Wakka's brother, though. It just didn't seem to fit.

-10. Everyone else.