Nope you're perfectly correct and that was actually the example I was thinking of but didn't want to mention specifics in case you didn't know the series at all.
Most fans hate the character - Gwen - for this and yet there are a few of us who, whilst not condoning her actions, really hope she'll be able to redeem herself next season because she has the potential to do a lot of good.
Whilst she continues to act as she has though I just can't like her. I felt rather sorry for her to begin with but then she did something further to make me really dislike her (not going to say what in case you don't want to be spoiled if you decide to catch up with the series).
And yet this is a main character on the "good guy's" side and this flaw is supposed to make her more human and more like us so we're supposed to be able to relate to her dilemma and sympathise with her.
On the other hand, as you mentioned, Fraser also attempts to do something to betray others and yet we all love him as much after we heard about that as we did before. I can't decide if this is because he wasn't able to go through with it, albeit not of his own choice, or because his character had been absolutely flawless before that point so we could be easily prepared to forgive him one misdemeanor(sp?).
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Date: 2007-04-07 09:55 pm (UTC)Nope you're perfectly correct and that was actually the example I was thinking of but didn't want to mention specifics in case you didn't know the series at all.
Most fans hate the character - Gwen - for this and yet there are a few of us who, whilst not condoning her actions, really hope she'll be able to redeem herself next season because she has the potential to do a lot of good.
Whilst she continues to act as she has though I just can't like her. I felt rather sorry for her to begin with but then she did something further to make me really dislike her (not going to say what in case you don't want to be spoiled if you decide to catch up with the series).
And yet this is a main character on the "good guy's" side and this flaw is supposed to make her more human and more like us so we're supposed to be able to relate to her dilemma and sympathise with her.
On the other hand, as you mentioned, Fraser also attempts to do something to betray others and yet we all love him as much after we heard about that as we did before. I can't decide if this is because he wasn't able to go through with it, albeit not of his own choice, or because his character had been absolutely flawless before that point so we could be easily prepared to forgive him one misdemeanor(sp?).