"It's like a dramatic twist that shows the depth of Marlea's character, the queen with a heart of gold."
"Contradictions are what make characters interesting...every person has a contradiction."
"Darkly comic but with deeply sympathetic characters, Rehab the Musical takes its audience on an emotional, thought-provoking journey."
"Characters should be more than just a role. They should interact with the world and others in meaningful ways to truly come alive."
"He's possibly the best-written character in the main series of Pokémon."
"Not only was it funny, it had characters with more to it than what originally meets the eye."
"I think Hunter Hunter is super good because the portrayals and the parallels of the characters are so deep and moving."
"Flaws are more interesting than the powers themselves. The story is generally going to revolve around what your characters have trouble doing, around what the magic can't do, rather than what it can."
"When it came to the emotion, you could feel it coming from the characters."
"While the book doesn't focus around Viola being trans, it's definitely a significant part of the story, but it's not really about her being trans. That's just a part of her life, but the story is about so much more than that."
"Having the aspect of death, nothingness, or nihilism, emptiness, Ulquiorra, in my opinion, is the true epitome of what makes a Hollow... someone who is missing something vital to themselves."
"Sona's gameplay has a simple premise but a lot of depth to it."
"Boris is comic relief but the guy has sincere moments with Balto that are genuine."
"Cyril's perceptions of dragons transcend the boundaries of mere labor tools or instruments of warfare."
"What makes DC great isn't just a cool story; it's the fact that the characters fit within this larger universe, and they have established histories that run together."
"Helga actually serves as an antagonist for most of the series, but all that is actually a foil for how she truly feels about Arnold."
"It is crazy to see how an angry man with a very big sword can be so much more than just that."
"With queer characters, their depth is determined by how the perils of their sexuality affect all of those things, and that sometimes leaves little regard for their full humanity."
"There's a mythic quality to Transformers, and it speaks to me; it speaks to a lot of the fans."
"Having Optimus Prime die in a moment of self-sacrifice...was really powerful."
"Samus's story is far from as simple as many would assume."
"How far would Andy take it? That far. That's how far Andy would take it."
"I love villains who are threatening but have redeeming qualities."
"Masato is a nice lady but like nice ladies in the real world she's got a messed up side to her because that's often what happens to people when they experience trauma."
"Heroic speeches are great when they come out of nowhere, especially from a character who never gives speeches."
"This explanation grants us knowledge over the width burning out incident in part one but also grants us a much more important piece of character information on ban, his heart and his utter love for Elaine."
"Final Fantasy 6 is the first in the series to dare to make real developed characters that aren't OneNote."
"Regardless of how deep and complex your characters are, none of that ultimately matters unless we understand the most basic motivations driving them."
"He knew what he was doing, this Astartes captain. He is the veteran of a hundred wars."
"There's still good in there, not just Salad himself, but also the influence of the Namekians."
"Wonder Woman is such a great character... exploring the Greek pantheon of gods."
"Jamie was my favorite character in this entire show... he had so much depth and subtlety."
"His body is nothing more than sand being held together with bandages, yet he shed some tears."
"This film will truly show [Vader's] depth. He's really such a tragic monster, and that's something that I've always been fascinated by."
"One of his many aliases in the manga is the hundred man Slayer."
"All of it really does come together to create something that is both familiar and strikingly unique at the same time."
"It's one of the coolest things about Batman, this incredibly human side of Batman that you never get to see."
"There's an area of mystery, also with Strange, and Wanda. There's a huge cerebral element."
"Don't be afraid to dirty up their characters."
"The best piece of music... was when Ripley sacrifices herself and jumps into the furnace."
"The best villains are the ones who have compelling motivations that make sense."
"Aegon's personality is not what we thought it was. There's more to him than meets the eye."
"The weight of his character, the way the story was written; he says death over slavery at the end."
"Frasier was not just an exception... a classic of the '90s."
"The key part of Revan's morality is that it was fueled by passion, a passion to stop those that he loved from being harmed."
"For a lot of us, this facade of charisma and affability can hide deep pain."
"Carlton is forcing us to take a three-dimensional look at a black trope and archetype that we know very well but have never liked very much."
"It's the actual depth that we seem to be getting out of the character writing and messaging from this Oddball group."
"For one time and one time only, we see that last piece of Holmes's puzzle revealed: the true depth of his capability for loyalty, feeling, and love."
"Vulnerability and weakness is what makes characters human and relatable... if Kratos the god of war can doubt his own abilities, powers, and strength when facing a mortal foe, I think Aloy can do it too."
"I love when he does those moments when they're like, even in his Batman form, he still has those little two-second moments of just like cool."
"Casino Royale is a deconstruction of Bond, with Vesper feeling like a fully formed co-lead, not just a Bond woman."
"Glance on all these characters, it's like you think you know and you think you know what's going on but once we start to dive in you start to understand you."
"That to me was Spider-Man right there: just the pain, the struggle, the being afraid, the overcoming it. Absolutely wonderful."
"I've never felt so connected to link before."
"There's a lot of personality in this game as well."
"A2 from NieR:Automata humanizes all the characters."
"This is a super sad but you know as we said the previous scene with with Billy's character references his reality and this is our yellow ranger training but they're actually all at her funeral."
"Pain doesn't lack purpose; it is pain in the pursuit of a greater goal."
"Doctor Doom cares profusely about his people."
"When you're acting a character, you go in generally a very big expansive game if it's Fire Emblem."
"There's a lot more to these characters in Outsiders than what I'm about to discuss."
"You need to establish a consistent set of rules for your worlds and characters without consistency, your story lacks the necessary tension that's created from the weaknesses of your characters."
"It's revealed here that Cortana always did feel terrible about John being a Spartan."
"More people need to read this, more people need to check out Robin Hobb's world because her characters are intricate, the plot payoff is significant, it is an emotional ride from beginning to end."
"Tim Drake is a passionate and caring person."
"Evelyn Hugo feels like a real person. You want to live and have a piece of Evelyn Hugo because that is how charismatic and absolutely gripping this woman is."
"The captain is a really sympathetic character and overall it's a tense, exciting Adventure."
"This series has some of the best characterization in shonen period."
"The villains tend to be a lot more empathetic... really complex and really empathetic."
"Cobb's journey is steeped in guilt and desperation, a man driven to the edge walking a tightrope between redemption and damnation."
"This story is a lot of things right? It's sad. It's very sad. There's parts of it that are very sad. There's parts of it that are just ludicrous. There's a lot of interesting characters, a lot of mystery."
"He’s not just sympathetic, but he’s very complex with justified and relatable motivations."
"The boss fight is even more interesting when you know more about the character of the person you're fighting."
"Power and responsibility, what a perfect match for Peter someone who understands his core principles on such a deep level."
"Katsuya Suou: 'Katsuya absolutely believes in justice to the point that it seems almost like a religion to him, and he has difficulty understanding and accepting anybody who would think otherwise.'"
"Blanca is a very mysterious kind of character, there's not too much known about them, but I definitely miss them a lot."
"Is there really more to him than that? Oh is there. Is there EVER."
"While he is crippled and not necessarily a physically imposing presence, there is an aura about him that just permeates every conversation." - Glokta
"Luffy's first bounty had a deeper meaning in the live action."
"Her and her rats were absolutely adorable even the little twist cameo that Tycootie was actually rat catcher one the original but it was her story that kind of added this emotional impact to the movie I was not expecting at all."
"Carapax is big and intimidating and actually gets more depth than I expected for a henchman."
"These movies are so fun and so good at characterization and filled with great moments and scenes."
"What makes the Hulk an interesting character is the duality between Hulk and Bruce Banner."
"What spoke to me as a little bit of an older reader was I really related to the characters I think you came up with some really grounded issues that people today can relate to."
"That's just stupid. No, man, like that's a really beautiful character you're talking about, a refugee, somebody who's just stuck on this planet."
"It's like muah ha ha you thought I was only an eClass hunter but in fact..."
"Ava and Luna are undeniably two of the most fleshed out and developed characters in Monster."
"This is the kind of character moment that I relish from a fight like this where the stakes feel real."
"Batman is referred to as the world's greatest detective... add something to that detective experience."
"John Doe in Seven goes personal, as personal as any villain could go."
"Han is basically telling Kylo, 'I may be hurt, I may be disappointed, but you are my son and there is nothing you can do to make me stop loving you.'"
"The symbolic power of Batman's story balances the mythic and the real."
"There's such a bite of personality to these characters. It's like being in a sitcom. A good sitcom."
"Bray's character would often leave fans with the impression that there's more to his world than what we truly understand."
"I love her being like a general only force. I like the people without any force always the most interesting characters."
"The idea of a godly man and a warrior one the same."
"There's just something special about these stories and these characters."
"Janine is more, more, more lucid... she cares so deeply about her friends, about June and Alma and Brianna and the handmaids."
"The strength of this show has always been the characters and the personalities that created that."
"It's amazing and it has such wonderful character moments too."
"The writers of Adventure Time really showed their skill with the romance between Min and Marty; it was a wonderful nearly slice-of-life segment which fleshed out both characters and made me care for them deeply."
"She-Hulk is way more than a version of the Hulk that just so happens to have lady parts."
"Naruto feels perfect as a story penned by Masashi Kishimoto."
"Each character has their own story, life and background, and many are among the most memorable I've experienced in a game since."
"If women have to always be hard, tough, and troubled to be strong and we aren't free to be multi-dimensional or celebrate an icon of women everywhere because she is attractive and loving then we haven't come very far, have we?"
"Gill certainly has a stupid amount of depth to him for a character from a franchise that's about beating people up."
"As painful as it is, we need Charlos for One Piece to have the full depth that it does."
"Chadwick's portrayal of that character adds a whole new level to the Marvel Universe."
"Contrasting a character's projected identity and their true emotions makes for a much more dimensional design."
"While the character is obviously the Velma Dinkley we know and love, her insecurities and social awkwardness make her feel more like a real person."
"And I think that's when, that's the beauty of diving into a character again and again and again."
"What I like about Thanos is, he's this, you know, guy who is presented in one way, and then the reality of him, I think, is a lot deeper what people are expecting."
"Years ago, Ozen received one and eventually collected 120,000 men pins artifacts embedded into her skin."
"Sometimes being an all-powerful superhero who's been around for decades means you accumulate some pretty useless abilities."
"For each separate Persona that resides within him, each has their own unique set of powers. He is an Omega Level mutant capable of pretty much almost anything..."
"When you understand that deep sadness and he has this role, everything he does starts to pile up on top of that and make sense."
"Some of the best protagonists aren't just plastic and perfect characters."
"Hisoka of every character in Hunter x Hunter, he is the one who is always most likely to surprise you."
"Nobody really expected a grouchy old man to make us laugh and cry the way Carl Fredricksen did."
"All reason left Broly at this point, only rage and sorrow remained."
"REM is the embodiment of pure-hearted heroism, but beneath the surface, she's less confident than her sister."
"His entire motive is kind of more than just Revenge he kind of wants to eliminate the entire Prescott family serious mommy issues."
"It's a personal story with these characters."
"Loki, with all of the heart, even if there's no longer two."
"I wasn't seeing it in there, and I kept looking for it. I don't think he needed nuances of charm; there's an innocent charm and I saw it in Priyanka."
"I do love this cast of characters I love their interactions and hearing them contemplate like the meaning behind both life and death."
"Prince Dion absolutely shits all over characters like Apollo or RC because being a multi-dimensional character with flaws will always be far more compelling than the sexuality of a character."
"All of the monsters kind of do, right? And that's the thing I love about them, how they feel alive."
"The backstory of the Ghosts is really what makes this game so damn cool."
"Jiraiya's backstory is so good that he brought together these three stories to make the protagonist's story even better."
"Sanji may not be given the most time for fights and hype moments, but my god is he an amazing character with an even better backstory."
"He's able to breathe so much life into the character."
"There's such a luminous quality to her desires and an intensity to her desperation that she digs down deeper into Ariel than anyone before."
"This is just a light happy story that definitely has a lot of depth but will make you care about the characters very deeply."
"What if underneath the eye patch is an eye of insolence?"
"Cara is one of the most Noah's characters in any video game they have a much needed and agentic motive that cannot be pinpointed through any one playthrough we know what they've been through on the surface all we know is that they hate humanity."
"Remember the original Teen Titans? The one that everyone loved? There was no cutesy comedy or hyperbolic versions of the characters. This was raw action drama characters with layers to them."
"Amara has the deepest link to Borderlands lore due to her Siren status."
"He wasn't just upset. He was scared of something."
"There's moments like this in the story where you can feel the truest deepest part of the character come out and it just breaks your heart."
"Wrath of Khan has more than Rocky. Rocky has heart, but Wrath of Khan has action, humor, heart, and the devastating history of these characters."
"There Will Be Blood: utterly consumed by Daniel Day-Lewis's presence."
"The best characters are the ones with flaws because we're human."
"He's iconic, he's memorable, but there's also character in there and something interesting and compelling."
"For so long, Michelle Yo the actress was given a very one-dimensional persona."
"I love that he doesn't just tell Harry here are the facts and here's what what you need to know but he actually takes Harry and shows him Voldemort from the very beginning."
"The strength of the character of Robocop rests on the tragedy of Alex Murphy, a man whose life, family, and future were stolen from him by the sickest people imaginable."
"That’s the story of Spike Spiegel, the story of Cowboy Bebop, the story you never knew."
"In Empire Strikes Back, he's given more depth and now he actually struggles to achieve that. Nothing is handed to him; he has to work for what he wants."
"Theon is the most human character on the show, a mixture of guilt and redemption."
"Tough guys that are really just soft? Love that. It's like, don't judge a book by its cover."
"It encourages players of all genders not to view those characters as sexual objects but to be invested in them as people."
"Prince Adam actually did have quite a deep character than what people often give credit to."
"Ravenloft created and revolved around a story of Strahd von Zarovich. Not only a great villain, but a character that moved around during the game and had a lot of depth."
"Sanji's willing to stand against the entire world for this belief."
"I wanted him seasoned, I wanted him experienced, I wanted this to be a Batman that has been through some Wars."
"This movie is about fate and destiny, channeled through rich characters."
"Believe in miracles, no matter what. You've got to stay positive because events are turning in your favor."
"Cable gave a gravely Josh Brolin monologue about how no one understands pain the way he understands pain."
"Humor can also be a phenomenal tool for giving a villain depth and ensuring a player cares about them."
"Bonding us to her by giving us access to her most private desires."
"Zuko saw a side of May that most others didn't see - a happy and fun side."
"Die Hard brought us another side to the action hero, one that was vulnerable."
"Despite him being the bad guy, he is not truly heartless. He shows sympathy for the hostages and won't just kill people for the sake of it. This makes him somewhat a likeable character."
"Tarantino fundamentally understands how much a character's relationship with music can tell us about them."
"With Batman, it's dramatic. I mean, because his private world, there's so much pain from his childhood that he never resolved." - Tara Strong
"Angron likely contained the aspect of the Emperor's morality, empathy, and honor."
"The complexity of his situations is that is first and foremost in scenes that often present humor."
"A great villain can be a normal human being like Gendo Ikari from Neon Genesis or Johan Liebert from Monster."
"Big Mom is here to teach us that this universe is vast and deep."
"Anson Mount accidentally reveals Pike's detailed knowledge of the 24th century."
"Flash is definitely a dick most of the time, but this movie really does a great job at giving the character multiple layers."
"Cool death pulling up the last second is the most bond thing he's done yet."
"Relationships between characters are interesting because they're singular in nature and in conflict with the norm."
"Every character here, even from just freaking minor ones, feels like they have so much depth to them."
"It's really the superhero stuff only excels because it's sold by the characters who are human enough and relatable enough to do it."
"Danny is the Cleopatra part of it what makes Daenerys a great character to discuss and explore is the layer of complexity she adds to pre-existing narratives that are all make up who she is."
"Often times you'll find yourself not with villains and heroes but flawed people in a flawed and broken world looking to make the best of what they've been given."
"With just a couple scenes at the start of The Force Awakens, I already felt how lonely she was and how self-reliant she had to be."
"Marceline is amazing because just like her outfits, the girl's got layers."
"We're reminded once again that Joel is a Broken Man."
"Pedro was just bringing something to this that is he's bringing the next factor to it that I don't think a lot of us could have predicted."
"A character's sexuality is not the defining characteristic of that character."
"From the minute her king is born, something begins blossoming inside Pitou - The beginnings of what I view as a platonic love."
"There's a lot of personality and heart here that I was not anticipating as much of it."
"It's Batman and the Joker, the one-two punch of comic books."
"Grumpy Cat: Chadwick Boseman brings gravitas."
"Every single character... has their own distinct personality, history, and dozens and dozens of lines of dialogue."
"Zorro is actually a big softie at heart, and his love for his crew is genuinely very endearing and heartwarming."
"I love Jackie Brown. That's one of my favorite movies of his because it's like it's got heart too."
"She's more than that. She really has like a really great depth of character."
"Arkham Asylum uses its mechanics to delve into every aspect of Batman's abilities and his relationship with his enemies."
"There's so much time to theorize, there's so many rich characters, there's so many philosophical questions of what it means to be human."
"Removing his helmet... that means a lot. And it's not like Spartans never remove their helmets in this universe."
"I just love them, love the theme of them, and I love the way that despite the fact they are pretty basic at their lowest levels, they have some incredible characters at the top."
"Strife will always hold a special place in my heart or my synthetic robot heart since I don't have a real one."
"The complicated family dynamic adds depth to the story."
"Gary Oldman again returns to voice Resnov, a really mysterious and enigmatic character... The plot twist near the end of the game over his real identity is one of the best mind[...] of all time."
"The conversation between Isaiah and Sam was intense."