In defense of one-dimensional characters

Screenshot from The Gamer American media seems to love complex heroes, especially morally gray ones. The characters who will break the rules, but do so in pursuit of a goal that the viewer/reader supports, make it ok. Butcher in The Boys is one example. He's a bad husband, absent father, liar and killer, but he's trying to take down Homelander who is objectively worse, so the viewer can overlook…