Interesting post about flaws that I found

[NecroDancer]

You might have already read this or read something like this but when I was helped some new player get into the game they found this to be very helpful.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.red...k_about_flaws/

[Cluedrew]

The best heroes are heroes in spite of their flaws, not for the lack of them.

Well said, and an all to common mistake. Even in professional writing that mistake is make far more often than it should be.

[NichG]

The tricky thing is that it isn't the flaws themselves that make a character seem deep or interesting, its how the character changes over time with regards to them - that is to say, visible growth. Starting from a 'perfect' character means there's no room for growth, but having a character who never actually realizes or becomes better about their flaws is just as bad; they become a caricature, joke character, or tedious and repetitive. The challenge then is to keep the flaws from simply being removed, but rather have the character grow in a way that allows them to adapt to their understanding of their own flaws, or even to turn them into sources of strength or motivation.