User blog comment:AmaterasuWolf21/Survivor clichés/@comment-26485526-20191026203858

What I will say is that I think clichés in some form are almost unavoidable in storytelling, as are stereotypes. I think the mark of a great storyteller however is taking these archetypes and tweaking them to make the character interesting. A great example of this being Kris Nightingale, who is a police officer; however, Tangle added a completely different layer for him in Eyre Peninsula when it came to Kris's connection to children, and we saw a compassionate side develop.

I do like that you posted this blog though because the key to using cliché's or stereotypes effectively is recognizing what they are to begin with, so that you can brainstorm ideas on how to tweak it to make the character compelling.