Do you ever confront in yourself the fear that someone's going to let you down? That they won't be the shining example of virtue that you looked up to?
Being let down by a hero is hard. Being betrayed by an example is awful. But the worst is realizing that you're wronging someone who hasn't done wrong and keeping them at arm's length for fear that they'll fail.
Heroes fail. People fail. So what? Can't you trust for the hope and the love and the faith to forgive and help them up?
Being failed by someone you love isn't the worst thing. It's an opportunity to love, to do what's right, to BE a hero. Failing them back would be.
So here is my challenge. Your character looks up to and trusts someone. A friend? A mentor? A lofty personage? That person fails to be really good. Maybe your character has to confront and restore, maybe he has to find the ideals that are bigger than the hero was, but find what is real, find what is true in this experience, and write.
Maybe someday you'll be a hero who falls. What happens then?
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