/lit/ - Literature

>Le three dimensional characters.
This is a complete and utter meme. Adding pages worth of backstory and tragedy does not mean a character is well-written. Look at Spider-Man. He's not particularly deep, beyond making a tragic mistake. He's just a normal guy trying to make it through life and do the best he can do. His strength as a character comes from his ability to rise up and do the right thing. His steadfastness to being a hero isn't realistic, but he's well written regardless because it's his struggle to do good despite all that happens to him is the selling point of the character, not how realistic he is.

>Le three dimensional characters.
This is a complete and utter meme. Adding pages worth of backstory and tragedy does not mean a character is well-written. Look at Spider-Man. He's not particularly deep, beyond making a tragic mistake. He's just a normal guy trying to make it through life and do the best he can do. His strength as a character comes from his ability to rise up and do the right thing. His steadfastness to being a hero isn't realistic, but he's well written regardless because it's his struggle to do good despite all that happens to him is the selling point of the character, not how realistic he is.