I owe you fb! I never did any of my holiday fb'ing, and I've always wanted to read fic by you, just never gotten around to it!

There's probably some sort of a personal factor in play. Perhaps those characters share traits with yourself or someone you know, and the character serves as a vessel for related issues...

Well, I think you're right. I suppose I've been worrying about it more lately as I find myself more and more drawn to characters I think are weak and spineless selfish brats, and I never was interested in characters like that before. Guess I'm afraid it says something about myself!