User blog comment:BeholdtheVision/5 Worst OC Characteristics/@comment-3389778-20150623122127

I agree with you on 1, 3 and somewhat 2 and 4.

1 is unforgivable, 3 is just being lazy.

2- depends. Technically the ADHD and Dyslexia can be considered powers onto themselves, so that by your rules- the character can only have one unique power to themselves.

Also, I just want to point out. The character with the least powers- does not automatically mean that he/she is the better character. I've read about plenty of well balanced and entertaining characters (In fact I've read more good stories about powerful characters than the opposite side of the spectrum because half of the time, the weak character wins with a plot Macguffin than anything else.)

4- I don't mind this as much (same reason as above) as other people. Some characters have more chances to experiment with their powers- to figure out their weaknesses and strength and adapt accordingly and thus they can use their powers to their full potential. (Unlike Percy, who's powers are sort of gut instinct or something)

5- Nope. I don't agree at all. Yes majority of children of big three have the same standardised powers- but not all have the same personality- and that's what makes them interesting. In most stories, demigods don't spend most of their time fighting, they spend most of their time with inner banter or interacting with people.

To judge a character simply for their birth is a very shallow point of view. Now of course, being a cop-out of Percy is not a good thing obviously or having a bad story is bad too- but that's a problem with a writer- not the character. A bad writer can write a story with a character that is not a child of the big three and it would probably suck just as much as a story with a child of big three in it.