What makes a character a good character?

Originally posted by grey fox
*Punches Bad Ash*

Megatron sounded infinetly cooler then 'ol blue lips.

this alone makes him the shit

He sums up his entire career with that one quote he said to Cable.

"...but what if, like tortured Sisyphus, I cannot win?" I liked animated Apoc more so than I do his comic counterpart.

A consistent and valid motive is a requirement IMO. Powers are meaningless to me in regards to how good a character is. The characters values are also a big deal, as I like both reading about ndividuals whose attitudes I can identify with, and ones who challenge my own.

Originally posted by TheTyrant
Apocalypse has ruled earth before...for longer than 4 days. Plus alot of Apoc's plans only get foiled because of Cable, who comes from the future.

Darkseid is significantly more powerful than Apocalypse. Not a fair comparison.

i said 4 issues. not 4 days.

Originally posted by xmarksthespot
And Superman. Don't forget Superman.

But this isn't a contest between DS and crapocalypse.

People who think a character needs to be powerful to be a good character or can't actually name actual aspects of character, don't know what a good character really is, imo.

huh?

Originally posted by -Pr-
i said 4 issues. not 4 days.

huh?

Originally posted by Martian_mind
A consistent and valid motive is a requirement IMO. Powers are meaningless to me in regards to how good a character is. The characters values are also a big deal, as I like both reading about ndividuals whose attitudes I can identify with, and ones who challenge my own.

Originally posted by xmarksthespot
Oh. Just noting that DS has a higher tier of hero to contend with.

oh, ok.

Originally posted by Omega Vision
One of the reasons I like Mordru so much as a villain is that he's so easy to figure out motivation wise: he's just a dick who likes to **** with people with his powers. In fact that seems to be his only purpose, to be the ******* who was there before the big bang and will still be an ******* after the big crunch.

Mordru is prob one of my favorite Top Tier+ villain's in DC, too.

Originally posted by JakeTheBank
Mordru is prob one of my favorite Top Tier+ villain's in DC, too.

Originally posted by Omega Vision
One of the reasons I like Mordru so much as a villain is that he's so easy to figure out motivation wise: he's just a dick who likes to **** with people with his powers. In fact that seems to be his only purpose, to be the ******* who was there before the big bang and will still be an ******* after the big crunch.

Exactly, that's something you can get behind. Being a **** for the sake of it. Mordru's always been a fave of mine.

Originally posted by HueyFreeman
depends on the character. Power does come into play but that should take a back seat to the character. Some characters are just far reaching so to drastically change their powerset is gonna raise an eyebrow or too. Its a reason why only a moron would want a character like Batman to exhibit physical powers near supermans. It goes against the grain of what he is.

Meh well all my favourite characters are street levelers and I tend to like street levelers more than any other type.

another thing that makes a character good is having a consistent history with no hiccups or unexplained changes to the character.

basically a linear history and set abilities and personality