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Originally Posted by ravenfish
Impulsiveness is almost a genre necessity for a certain class of hero. John Carter (of Mars) narrates somewhere or the other that, when there is someone to rescue, he tends to find himself doing it before he has time to consider the consequences.
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Originally Posted by Icelander
Impulsiveness means you do things without thinking them through even if you're not trying to rescue or help anyone. It basically makes a character unable to exercise patience and restraint. It doesn't imply anything about the charcter wanting to help anyone.
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He didn't say Impulsiveness made John Carter want to help people. John Carter wants to help people (he also has a Sense of Duty toward those in need), and instead of thinking about the consequences, he just jumps in and helps — he's Impulsive.