What exactly is a "deep" character? Give examples (either

>>87289052
Deep characters are flawed. Their motives are more complicated than archetypical characters. For example: A jock is very 1-dimensional character who has several basic motives, 1. Be a dick, and 2. Fuck white bitches. He has no other reason for existing. Walter White is deep because he is motivated by his family and his ego, this causes him to do very lucrative things to accomplish his mission. There was an episode where he finds out his cancers gone and he was angry about it. He liked the thrill, and when it was gone he was angry.

Tl;dr
Morally gray characters are considered deep

Shit tier- characters actions are decided by what they need to do to move the plot

Suicide squad

Pleb-tier - characters actions are dictated by some vague ethos or code that is palatable to normies

Marvel movies


Comfy tier- characters actions are dictated by a combination of circumstances, their values, and most importantly their relationships with other characters (these feel close enough to real people)

Coen brothers, tarintino, when game of thrones is done well

Kino tier - characters choices are decided on an unspoken visceral level - human heart in conflict with itself


Achilles refusing/returning to the fight

Everything hamlet and Coriolanus do

Michael corleone's first hit