I was bored.
I don't own Skulduggery Pleasant. Unfortunately.
Skulduggery Pleasant was hated by many.
He has lived for over four hundred years. In this time, he has arrested countless criminals. He beats people up every other day and casually insults people in power and disrespects their authority. Even though his work was all for the greater good, it didn't win him many fans.
In fact, it was a wonder he hadn't been killed yet.
Actually, it wasn't. He's just too amazing to die, and he'll be the first one to tell you.
I mean, anyone who can survive nearly a year in an alternate dimension overrun with Faceless Ones and come out only slightly more unhinged than he already was, was pretty sensational. In the last few years, he's been tortured by a weirdo with a red hand, lost various bones, been attacked by who-know-how-many bad guys, had several near-death experiences and had his hat stolen off him by a descendant of the Last Ancient.
And that was only in a few years.
His friends include a tailor who can box, a blonde woman who wears leathers, fights with a sword, can block doors and run up walls, a teleporter who can get him out of just about anywhere, and a girl who can kick some serious arse.
Another reason many people hate him.
And yet, these are the very reasons we love him. Odd.