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Michael S. Alford's avatar

In one of my projects I had a character with a bit of a flaw; she wanted to help--she wanted to be the solution. Now that might not sound like much of a flaw, but when the other character uses it to draw her into the problem and keep her there...

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Tyler Hiemke's avatar

This reminds me of an article I read years ago called Sandersons second law or something like that by author Brandon Sanderson, about how limitations are more interesting than abilities. That always stuck in my mind, so a post like this from any creator, is a huge green flag for me.

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