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When they're well thought out and make sense given the character and the background. Also, flaws which aren't actually flaws drive me nuts. Like you have a character with poor physical coordination. That could be a flaw or that could just be the writers' way of making someone kawaii desu uguu moe. It depends on the specific trait and how it's played as you got some leeway, but in its worst case it's like someone saying that their weakness is that they work really hard and you just want to roll your eyes and call them out on their bullshit.

you know i always think poor physical coordination could actually be an interesting flaw if it actually got in the way at crucial moments and the character actively worked towards having better coordination. but it's never done like that.

It really isn't. If it's a guy it's for slapstick and they're meant to be the butt of jokes. If it's a girl it's to make her more cute and endearing. It never is seen, really, as something to be surmounted.

pretty much. the only exception i've seen lately is the girl in bates motel with cf, because she isn't cuter for it. instead you just wonder if her lungs will kill her before norman does.

Always thought the same thing. These sort of "flaws" disappear whenever it would actually seriously affect things, which kind of defeats the point of a character flaw.

Which brings another thing for OP: flaws are interesting when they actually have logical consequences (whether they're subtle or dramatic) and come from understandable places. Not necessarily sympathetic at all, but you can see the train of thought.

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