Relatable Heroes

What makes a character a relatable hero?

The answer to that can vary greatly from person to person, but I like to think about it this way:

Relatable heroes are the ones we see ourselves in, rather than the ones we wish we could be.

What makes relatable heroes so wonderful is how strongly people can connect with them. We’ve all dreamed of being Superman, but how many of us have ever punched someone hard enough to send them through a building? In contrast, almost all of us can understand how Samwi...