#she-rah

Characters are overpowered for all kinds of reasons, but the effect is always the same. Either the character overcomes challenges way too easily or the author has to insert a massive contrivance to keep the conflict going. Neither outcome is satisfying, so if you ever end up with overpowered characters, it’s important that you know how to fix them. That’s why today we’re looking at some famously overpowered characters and figuring out how they might be rectified. It’s too late for these stories to correct their problems,* but there’s a lot we can learn from them.