Yeah - I don't *dislike* the Hero cliche; I'm not terribly interested in such a char, but I don't mind them, either. I do tend to have a thing for chars who are larger-than-life, but with flaws to match; the hero-chars attract me when their flaws show.

Though I think when it comes to fanning - at least when it comes to reading/writing fic - it's not the chars but the relationships that draw me in; I might like to watch a favorite character, but what I want to read is almost always a focus on a particular relationship. So the fans who are in it entirely for their favorite character sort of baffle me; I can't quite get where they're coming from.