The Importance of Flaws

For me a flaw is the protagonist and we're talking about heroes again in this podcast. A flaw is the hero's fault and a handicap is not. Which I treat as two very different things in a story. In my mind a handicap you do not overcome and a flaw you do. People will read about an Ubermensch Superman because they want to escape from their own problems. They imagine oh wouldn't I like to be that guy. Even more self-hustain. Yes, let's say that. He's out for himself and a lot of us are out for ourselves too. That's what made Han Solo so resonant with a lot of people. You look at