Here's the deal, i've watched and read about quite a few shows in my day, and in some of them, i've noticed a similar concept: when there's more than one main character (like, say, one boy and one girl), there's usually one character that possesses a personality trait that the main character does not. Sometimes it's more maturity or a more level-head, other times it's more knowledge about a certain threat or occurrence. Now, when they offer an explanation behind it, it's hard to say i don't see why this was made the case. But even so, when another character is made to look superior to the MC in someway, it just feels wrong somehow. Maybe it's because i myself don't like it when someone knows something that i don't or can do something i can't, i don't know, but regardless, it's something that i'd rather not have in my stories.
So i ask again, how do i make different characters... well, different, without having one overshadowing the others in some way?
So i ask again, how do i make different characters... well, different, without having one overshadowing the others in some way?