Re Guardian, I was going to say that Zhu Jiu is very much the moustache-twirling villain, but on second thoughts, I think in fact his loyalty to Ye Zun helps him to transcend that a bit, maybe?
In terms of protagonists, I wonder how useful it is to have them be aware of their own flaws and trying to improve, versus falling into them over and over without realising. I don't have an answer to that, but it might be a helpful thing to contemplate in terms of making your characters loveable and accessible (or in terms of giving them arcs). For ex, someone could have quite an awful flaw, but if they're aware of it and struggling to overcome it, and they have enough else going for them, they might still be identifiable? Idk. /probably rather obvious, hi!
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Date: 2023-04-09 10:13 pm (UTC)In terms of protagonists, I wonder how useful it is to have them be aware of their own flaws and trying to improve, versus falling into them over and over without realising. I don't have an answer to that, but it might be a helpful thing to contemplate in terms of making your characters loveable and accessible (or in terms of giving them arcs). For ex, someone could have quite an awful flaw, but if they're aware of it and struggling to overcome it, and they have enough else going for them, they might still be identifiable? Idk. /probably rather obvious, hi!