Category talk:Deep lore characters

As was pointed out, "concept characters" kind of sounds like characters exclusively from concept art or something. Does anyone have any other suggestions? I'm not sure there's a good, concise way of conveying the idea, but I like "Cross-continuity concept characters" - if nothing else, it prompts people to click on the category to find out what it actually is. --Broadside (talk) 16:53, 19 June 2025 (EDT)

This is a good note but I do worry bringing something as general as "multi-continuity" into it risks muddying the concept. Let's see, if we need something clinical with minimal wiki jargon... "Brand backstory characters?" Maybe? --AzimuthAcolyte (talk) 17:59, 19 June 2025 (EDT)

Perhaps "Continuity staple characters"? Or is that too broad? (I could see some making an argument that that would describe the likes of Optimus Prime and Megatron) --Sabrblade (talk) 18:02, 19 June 2025 (EDT)

Full credit to TheLastGherkin for workshopping this on the discord but I think "Category:Archetypes" communicates what we've been grasping towards here really concisely. --AzimuthAcolyte (talk) 18:32, 19 June 2025 (EDT)

I dunno. "Archetype" calls to mind such things as "the hero", "the villain", "the sidekick", "the traitor", "the loner", "the smart one", etc., rather than specific characters who are pan-continuity constants. --Sabrblade (talk) 18:53, 19 June 2025 (EDT)