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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?