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Originally Posted by MysticCat
I do as well. I might even take it a step further and say that this may be one of those cases where that's part of the overall appeal. By that I mean, none of us is perfact. We're all flawed. While we certainly respect and admire those who live a completely upright and blameless (as far as we can tell) life, don't we sometimes feel more kinship with those whose flaws are plain to see? It makes redemption seem that much more possible.
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This is basically what I was trying to get at before, although I hadn't grasped it in this way - I think this sums it up well. It's a sort of ideal composite story, almost an example of the Monomyth - hero meets unfortunate fate, hero screws up badly, hero gains strength, hero saves others based on what he's learned/endured.
Whether or not any of that is true in the slightest is entirely up for debate, of course - but it's a pretty compelling narrative in and of itself.