4th wall

The wall (in theatre) that is seperating the crowd and the actors. it is usally broken when the actors interact with the crowd.

A metaphorical wall that characters in any media break by talking to the player, watcher, reader, etc.

Something the villain (or hero) deadpool does alot

Well reader, I just broke the fourth wall by saying reader.

The most violated thing in all of mankind.

The 4th wall, is a “imaginary” wall that separated the audience(a example could be You, yes you, the one looking at me) and the character(a actor, video game character, anything that is behind the screen).when people say “breaking the 4th wall” it mean the character is interacting with the audience, not like “NPC to player”(a example would be, asking the player about quest), but more like “NPC to the person behind the screen”(example: you play overwatch, then play the untitlcard, then you tried to kill a NPC, who tell you “hey /your real name/ how about you play overwatch?then you can watch ur teammates die, not us”). breaking the 4th can happen in game, TV show…but don’t worry if they talk to you, if intend by the developers/directors, but if the character behind the screen know ur IP address, home, telephone number…here’s a advice “run”

is a scentense when you say when you break the 4th wall