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by 78124781 1411 days ago
Flawed characters are simpler more interesting to read about than people who aren't flawed. Stories of the lives of saints tend to be didactic and boring; those of flawed sinners are much more interesting and varied. See also the Mary/Marty Sue problem.

Put another way: many people read Dante's Inferno, few are interested in the Paradiso.