I agree that the best flaws are those which are linked to the strengths of a character. Because every good thing has some kind of a dark site.
But I also think that it's less the flaws which are necessary, but that you allow your characters to fail. It doesn't matter how many flaws they have, if they never make mistakes nevertheless, they are not really flaws, just quirks. And yes, they should fail, because it's realistical for them to fail. It's also important that sometimes what seems to be a right decision turns out to be the wrong one (or the other way around). Because that's life.
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Date: 2011-09-22 10:45 am (UTC)From:But I also think that it's less the flaws which are necessary, but that you allow your characters to fail. It doesn't matter how many flaws they have, if they never make mistakes nevertheless, they are not really flaws, just quirks. And yes, they should fail, because it's realistical for them to fail. It's also important that sometimes what seems to be a right decision turns out to be the wrong one (or the other way around). Because that's life.