Character Love: Michael from the Michael Vey series

Michael is a wonderful character.

He's both the stereotypical main character, and yet not.

For one thing, he has a... not a disability, but something that makes him more human. He has Tourette's.

The reason I love that so much, is that it, like I said, makes him seem more human. It gives him a flaw. It adds more to his character. It makes him interesting. Which honestly isn't 100% necessary, since he's already interesting without that. I mean, hello? A character with electricity powers?? If that isn't the coolest thing, I don't know what is.
Truthfully, I'm extremely happy the author gave him Tourette's. Because people with disabilities need representation just as much as people of color. I'm not saying everyone should go hog-wild and start giving everyone a disability, but it is nice to have a main character with a disability but isn't limited by it. Because people with disabilities aren't always limited by them.

Michael also has a great personality, abet a slightly stereotypical of one. He's loyal, brave, sensible, noble, smart, careful yet reckless... And despite being similar to the typical main-character cookiecutter, he also manages to have a different and unique feeling. Maybe it's because the author wrote him like an actual person. Like, you can tell there's more going on in his head than just what's being shown. Michael's complex, and the author gets that across without having to say anything about it.
It's nice. I like it.

 What about you guys? Do you have any characters you like, be they the characters of others or yourself, that are disabled?

See you on Thursday with a review!!
--Rebecca