E;R's argument is the best counter to that kind of thinking. It doesn't matter if you "explain" why she's better than everyone at everything. The fact is, hypercompetence is bad writing because it takes all stake out of anything that character does. I don't care if Rey found the Gomu Gomu fruit and then gravity trained for 5000 years, she's still boring. An explanation for why you made an overpowered, boring character doesn't make that character interesting.
Exactly. There are good examples of characters that are overpowered but written well. There's this character in Galaxy's Edge named Tyhrus Rechs (pronounced like the dinosaur) who is really really good at killing people because his genetics were fucked with to make him stop aging, become immune to almost all diseases and is equipped with armor that is basically from another dimension. He's literally 5000 years old and has been fighting the entire time, but he struggles with being that old and generally barely survives overwhelming odds. He actually has to try to win and is constantly getting banged up, gets shot, shit like that. It's not a cake walk for him.
Rey just effortlessly does everything and has zero personality behind it. It's not that hard to make a good character they just didn't.
E;R's argument is the best counter to that kind of thinking. It doesn't matter if you "explain" why she's better than everyone at everything. The fact is, hypercompetence is bad writing because it takes all stake out of anything that character does. I don't care if Rey found the Gomu Gomu fruit and then gravity trained for 5000 years, she's still boring. An explanation for why you made an overpowered, boring character doesn't make that character interesting.
Exactly. There are good examples of characters that are overpowered but written well. There's this character in Galaxy's Edge named Tyhrus Rechs (pronounced like the dinosaur) who is really really good at killing people because his genetics were fucked with to make him stop aging, become immune to almost all diseases and is equipped with armor that is basically from another dimension. He's literally 5000 years old and has been fighting the entire time, but he struggles with being that old and generally barely survives overwhelming odds. He actually has to try to win and is constantly getting banged up, gets shot, shit like that. It's not a cake walk for him.
Rey just effortlessly does everything and has zero personality behind it. It's not that hard to make a good character they just didn't.