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Writing Excuses 9.25: Adjusting Character Sympathy

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The Importance of Hyper Competence in Movies

The opening scene of a James Bond movie makes him very proactive and super competent, but I never really like him. Harry Potter falls into this category because he is not a super competent character. Jackie Chan is hyper competent, but in order to make you like him at the same time, anytime he's beating somebody up, he gets punched a lot. He actually manages to make his competence look accidental.

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