# Crucial element question (again) **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [November 27, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/crucial-element-question-again/1341 "2017-11-27T15:27:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![mlucas](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/discuss.dramatica.com/mlucas/32/275_2.png) [@mlucas](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/mlucas)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/crucial-element-question-again/1341/2 "2017-11-27T15:44:32Z")
I think this is the article that will help you the most; it addresses specifically the apparent “reversal” of crucial elements that sometimes seems to happen with Steadfast MCs: > **[The Crucial Element to Telling a Great Story](https://narrativefirst.com/articles/the-crucial-element-to-telling-a-great-story/)** > > The most important part of any story exists at the intersection of the objective and subjective points-of-view within the narrative. The OS Character Elements _can_ be shown through the character’s approach, but don’t have to be. Instead it can be the character pointing out the problems with others using that approach. I had this same issue in one of my stories where my Steadfast MC had a Crucial Element of Hinder, which seemed reversed as she was more likely to try to Help (a healer). But then I realized there was WAY more power and meaning in how she represented Hinder – throughout the story she is horribly and unjustly hindered in her life and everything she does, and she ends up the ultimate example of how bad those hindrances are for a whole class of people. She’s not the one hindering, but by _being hindered_ she points out how awful that can be, and a lot of the fault is the IC’s. Understanding that was a huge “aha!” moment for me – not just on Crucial Elements but even for understanding my own story’s meaning. --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/crucial-element-question-again/1341)._