What sorts of characters does a superhero team need?
I know there are a lot of variance here, but are there any personalities/dynamics that a superhero team needs in order to work? Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
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A superhero team is first of all a team. You might therefore find the question How to write a story about a team? useful.
With that in hand, you must also determine whether your team are all superheroes, or there's just the one superhero and the rest are regular people.
If your team is a team of superheroes, their superpowers, like their traits, should complement each other. If one superhero is significantly more powerful than the others, his power makes the others superfluous, unnecessary. Each superpower, each team member, should be necessary for the team to achieve its goal. So you must take care to balance the powers, never making one character overpowered or underpowered compared to the rest.
If your team is the "support staff" for the one superhero, you must answer for yourself why each member of the team is necessary, why the superhero needs them. What do they provide that he doesn't have? Without this team, the superhero cannot succeed. So there must be an answer why he cannot succeed without this group of seemingly regular, weak people.
As in any team, there need to be opposing traits - for someone shy and secretive, add someone outgoing. For someone idealistic, add someone pragmatic. Etc. Bouncing against their opposing trait, each shines, each is seen better. And each in turn has its place, necessary for the team's success.
But as for particulars, any traits, any personalities can make a good story.
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