Talk:Author Authority/@comment-5265497-20141031215352/@comment-5265497-20141105033046

"Yet you have your characters fight for their own, because you find it more interesting."

That's mostly because when superpowers or heavy supernatural content is involved, a 'hero'/ 'villain' dichotomy is usually effectively initialized and what follows is a compulsion for those characters to display their supernatural abilities in an ostentatious spectacle. It's only natural to desire those characters to display their powers as you can see from the existence of the debating havens that is the OBD battledome, comicvine, etc. I'm sure you believe watching a fisticuffs fight between average people with no special abilities is a lot less boring than being presented with a duel between combatants with energy blast, flight, or superstrngth.

It's all merely a 'superpowered' theatric exaggeration of an author's personal conflict reflected into his characters (it's based on real life, but escapism is still an important element). And come on, you can't tell me you're going to have supers talk their problems out like they exist in a sitcom. That's why superpowers are spectacular as countless DC and Marvel comics will tell you.

"The lack of serious goal is only natural once everything important is guaranteed, just like people with a secure and comfortable lifestyle." So secure they live in a paradise, have no actual troubles in their lives, don't struggle with anything at all, have limitless resources and complete freedom? That's perfection incarnate which is a concept so alien to the human psyche that it's practically an impossibility.

"Learning" and "suffering" are simply different things, which you seem unable to dissociate." Suffering provides the greatest chance for composite character build up, which you can't permit by allowing your protagonist to overcome every obstacle with just a shrug of their shoulders. I never treated them as completely identical, but it should be acknowledge that suffering allows you to learn in the deepest way and transforms your character.

"P-S : yeah, and you also had your own harem, but saw the light and moved on ^ ^;"

Rofl