>>150073224
While yes. Indiana Jones DOES have flaws.
Gary Stus sins from being Hyper ocmpetenet, and extremely lucky, having to depend on the Author´s favoritism to win, or they having the right skill at the right moment. Not to mention they never loose a fight or get out of everytinhg outscathed
Indie meanwhile, has a limited amount of Skills for his line of work (Can understnad old languages, he´s agile enought to circumvent traps and he has a quick eye thanks to his gun)
But he not only is fast enought to catch a car by running, he´s not strong enought to beat somebody twice his size, (like the big burly Nazi on Raiders of the Last Ark) and he definitely isn´t good enought at sword fighting.
Not to mention he FAILS to retrieve the Golden Idol from Belloq, failed to save Marion on Cairo thinking she died, and he was defintly under torture under the cult of Kali, and needed help on Last Crusade.
So in essence. a Gary Stu is a Kirito, a Sunjin-Woo, a Wesley Crusher if we want to get westernized.
Not an Hyper competent guy.
What makes interesting heroes like Indie, Superman and even Sonic is not just how cool they are, but how do they manage to circumvent adversities with their skills, and how they could be on the ideological top.
Not only besting their rivals in the Game of Life and Death, but also in the Game of Morality and ideology.