I think there's a reassurance in seeing characters be just as fucked up as real people. Characters who aren't flawed annoy because they don't feel real. So even when I don't share flaws with a character, I'm drawn to the fact that they are flawed in some way.
And I admit that there are certain flaws I find... almost endearing, because I identify them as being similar to a loved one who is, otherwise, endearing.
It's not so much that I don't like flawed characters, it's that I don't identify with characters who have my flaws, they don't interest me. In part it's aversion (and ok ego) but I suspect it's also that my particular flaws tend, on television, to make the character rather unlikeable and hard to watch. :D
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Date: 2010-03-22 09:52 pm (UTC)And I admit that there are certain flaws I find... almost endearing, because I identify them as being similar to a loved one who is, otherwise, endearing.
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