Picking my badass: Daryl Dixon, Walking Dead
Niiice
I thought about picking Titus Pullo from Rome:

But I think badasses are actually more compelling when they don't look like such a badass. When it's through ruthlessness and a unrepentant desire to survive the conflict that drives their badassery, it's more compelling. Omar isn't "Omar" because he has the best shotgun (or biggest axe, or largest biceps), he's "Omar" because Omar is the dude wielding the shotgun, and if you go against Omar, you lose.
That makes some sense, right? I like Daryl Dixon for more of the same reasons I like Omar, even if I don't actually really like The Walking Dead. He's pretty much the only part of that show that I enjoy without reservation. #BoondockSaints4Lyfe