Fake-perfect is flawed, which I'm okay with! I'm talking about the ones who have no flaws, who are so sweet and nice and forgiving and sparkly and attractive and blaaaaaaarrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhhh. Perfect male characters are always competent and right and snarky with the last word every time and powerful and clever and every girl wants to do them.
Flaws are dynamic and lead to interesting RP, which is why I'm drawn to characters that have *problems*. Egotistic, frustrated at being weak and wanting to be strong, tempted to become evil or fall for evil plans, cynical but with a sliver of optimism that my character can expand/exploit, and so on and so on.
Seriously, it's not just OCs. I don't care about perfect canon characters either, it's just easier to tag a character I'm familiar with because sometimes I'm notoriously lazy and don't want to research. Other times I'm so curious about a well played character that I drop everything to go do that research. Your mileage may vary.
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Flaws are dynamic and lead to interesting RP, which is why I'm drawn to characters that have *problems*. Egotistic, frustrated at being weak and wanting to be strong, tempted to become evil or fall for evil plans, cynical but with a sliver of optimism that my character can expand/exploit, and so on and so on.
Seriously, it's not just OCs. I don't care about perfect canon characters either, it's just easier to tag a character I'm familiar with because sometimes I'm notoriously lazy and don't want to research. Other times I'm so curious about a well played character that I drop everything to go do that research. Your mileage may vary.