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general its usually a difference between bad writing and good writing. A well written character is 3-dimensional with
goals and ambitions that if written well can be relatable even to people who can't personally relate.
As for if a series can be excused for bad characters- I'm not sure. I always find it difficult to stay invested in
a series that I don't have a favorite character in. It's always in stories like that that I end up never
finishing.
I absolutely agree with what you wrote and also believe that a character can be well put
together while simultaneously sporting a different moral leaning than the audience's. Christoph Waltz's
character in Inglourious Basterds is a blast to watch, but I would never condone
his actions.
Lately it seems like TV and movies focus more on characters than plot — for example, we get more character
interactions that build relationships, than action that moves the plot forward. Crime and medicine-oriented procedurals,
as well as sitcoms, are built on these, as character interactions are their foundations. Game of Thrones, while also
featuring many elaborate and large scale confrontations, is built upon the audience wondering what the characters will
do next: whom will they betray or ally with? How will they get out of this particular situation that may or may not be
their fault? Add to this the fact that almost no important character is 100% good or bad (barring small characters who
only appear once or twice to move the plot along), and it becomes a piece of TV that I enjoy watching.
As for good plot + bad characters, I normally end up disappointed that the writers didn't do more with them or made
them act out of character compared to what they were established as.
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the whole cliche of I can't help it I'm just drawn that way- Jessica Rabbit from who framed Roger
Rabbit
Hmm, I've never seen Roger Rabbit but that line has always come across to me like a
playful way to excuse one's actions — and seeing as she's a cartoon character, she's literally drawn to be a certain way. In the Deadpool
Kills the Marvel Universe comic, Deadpool — whose comic relies heavily on breaking the fourth wall —
literally realizes he's a character in a comic book and, at the end, finds the writers and artists discussing how
they'll end the story we're reading. So yeah, he realizes that he was being controlled by the
writers!
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watch a lot of super hero stuff where they like to draw the bad guy, well bad. and sometimes, when the proper back story
is provided (some cases there are, but a lot of times they are), I don't consider them as bad as people want to
class them as. a back story says a lot about a person in my opinion.
with that stated that doesn't mean we should like the villains or hate the villains, however we should consider
what caused them to be the villain in the first place. most normal people don't wake up and be all like I'm
going to be bad today and see where that takes me, on average they tend to do that over time, such as in animation or
movies.
I sometimes find villains sympathetic as well, at least in some circumstances. Villains that
are 100% evil are boring to see or read about because they basically have no personality. As are 100% heroes. IMO, a
crucial part of any well put together character is being able to relate to or at least understand their motives; you may
not condone a character killing his wife, but you may excuse it if she was being possessed by a demon that threatened to
end the world and there was no way to rescue her.
Thank you for the spoiler tag! :)