Questions

TL;DR At the bottom.

From what I can see, people often complain a lot about perfect main characters who never lose, and probably rightfully so as it generally takes away a sense of urgency from the story and doesn't leave much room for growth or character development. But what about a main character who is the opposite extreme? One who is really pathetic and who never wins no matter what?

A perfect main character might be more badass to watch and all, but a lot of people find more pathetic main characters to be more relatable to them, since a lot of people are more affiliated with losing all the time rather than winning all the time.

I won't name any specific examples of either as people probably are gonna go "oh no that character actually isn't perfect they screwed up a few times" or "that character has a few wins, so they don't lose all the time" blah blah blah... and so on and so forth.

I personally would go with the perfect main character... yes, the pathetic main character may be more relatable, but in general I already have a lot of anxiety in my real life, so for my entertainment I want something light and easy to watch that doesn't give me anxiety, lol. I wanna go into the adventure knowing everything works out alright by the end. Unlike how things work out in real life. 😣

TL;DR People often complain about characters that are too perfect and always win, but what about a character who is the complete opposite? One who is pathetic and always loses?

For example dvds of shows from youtube directly such as The Office for example? or any other show.

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