Thread:JoxFox2109/@comment-37983133-20200131005332/@comment-43941699-20200211024103

I may as well say yes to both of them, since the protagonist went through some character development overtime, and especially cares about his island from a villain worse than the bully himself and he does care for the well-being of others, though he did not initially stand up to them. The deuteragonist stands out a bit more, since she is not afraid to stand up for others when they need her and provides hope when all seems lost. Usually, there can be some flaws on a PG that can otherwise be mitigating, but they must make up for these flaws to count. A coward or dimwit is mitigating when it interferes with Moral Agency, but the exception is when the dimwit makes up for what they lack with a lot of heart and cowards can count if they show remorse for it when they run away from the problem instead of facing it, and don't use dirty tactics (which is usually a trait for the cowards). The Pure Good page has a list of categories that don't qualify at all or can only count if certain conditions are met as well as meeting all criteria, but the latter case has various conditions.