Ace_Killjoy posted...
Ultimate control over the plot.
That'd about do it.
But then the readers would accuse you of being a Mary Sue. Then someone will write another story where your character gets shot. And that story will get a movie deal, or something implausible like that.
Big Guns wins.
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