Modern people are so depraved that they need deeply flawed characters to relate to, and if your character isn't an asshole of some sort it's considered bad writing. Truly patheticImagine those people reading The Idiot, they would hate Prince Myshkin kekGoodness is boring to them because they can't handle seeing someone who doesn't affirm their lifestyle
>>82871652It's just overcorrection from a decade or two of morally ambiguous characters who you should actually pity because their mom got killed by dalmatian dogs or something.