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Flaws that I see too often
Many of these aren’t even actual flaws. Some don’t cause any hindrance to the characters. Others get twisted in stories so they come out as admirable. All can be done well, but usually aren’t.
- Clumsiness
- “Over-heroism” (It’s nice that you can contort it in your mind into an actual flaw, but nobody ever thought less of somebody for being too heroic.)
- Disease
- Noble criminal tendencies
- Drug addictions
- Quietness
- Naiveness
- Any flaw that goes away magically when the situation gets serious
- Anything a character is born with
Cris’s fatal flaw is his arrogance and pride. Drien’s is his self-consciousness, hesitance, and paralyzing self-doubt. Alazne’s is her distrust of strangers and conflicting blind faith in others, and her hyperfocus that blinds her to any other solutions than the one she’s concluded. Namid’s fatal flaw is crippling fear.
I don’t follow people who go out on Friday nights so WHY IS MY DASH SO GODDAMN DEAD ON THIS FRIDAY EVENING UGH
