Also the creators wanted to make "relatable character", the type you would invite for dinner. One this are sociopath, you should not want to invite hem to dinner
But thats the thing: they DO think characters like that are relatable....to them. You see it with everything they make. Probably the most extreme example I have ever seen is for a comic made a few years ago called Ignited(playlist of reviews included here). In this comic, they had some teens acting like Antifa trying to stop their school from having guns after a mass shooting, by attacking everyone else, including fellow students. And the makers of the comic insisted "No guys, really. They are totally heroes. I dont understand how you dont see it."
But thats the thing: they DO think characters like that are relatable....to them. You see it with everything they make. Probably the most extreme example I have ever seen is for a comic made a few years ago called Ignited(playlist of reviews included here). In this comic, they had some teens acting like Antifa trying to stop their school from having guns after a mass shooting, by attacking everyone else, including fellow students. And the makers of the comic insisted "No guys, really. They are totally heroes. I dont understand how you dont see it."
They're relatable to the creators because they're self-insert characters.