I have made several cringey characters in my years on FH. I know I enjoyed making darker colored wolves and lions to seem more "cool and edgy" among my friends, despite my bubbly personality. I also realized that they were seen as more attractive, and could get more mate-interests. Those were dark days indeed.
I remember I had these two twin wolves, Cobra and Viper, whose parents died and Cobra blamed Viper for it happening. Viper was seen as the "older" twin, more mature. Cobra had the lovely 255 RGB red eyes and evil grin. I love them to this day, but man oh man, I regret them.