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Originally Posted by davem
But surely 'Perfect' is Perfect & cannot be bettered. Perfect implies absence of any flaws.
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Aye, but sometimes you don't want perfect. Sometimes you want a flaw or two so that you can relate. Nobody wants to read a story about a perfect character. Nobody wants a friend or lover with no flaws. If there's any way to make you see your own, it's to be next to someone without. Sometimes the more perfect specimen of any variety is the one that's just slightly off kilter. Savvy? Every so often, it's the lack of perfection that makes you like someone or something that much more. You still revere the perfection, you just
like the flaws a lot more. After all... perhaps Eru knew what we all secretly (or not so secretly) know: perfection is
boring.