character flaws - quotes and descriptions to inspire creative writing
The vices are aspects of the primitive drive are more dominant in the "never sober never drunk" of society, they who are deficit in the development of the prefrontal cortex.
The notion of the character flaw was born in an age of empathy deficit, we now instead see characters as fluid and behaviours as symptoms and clues to deep emotional needs.
Only the emotionally unintelligent eye sees the character flaw instead of the pain or the need to learn better skills via great role modelling and loving care.
There are times we can cure the flawed character, and times all focus must go into protecting others from the harms they cause.