@kateburge @aphoenix @worstdukeever thx for looking for the word. "hamartia" is what i had in mind. but i was wrong. it just means flaw.

@kateburge oedipus was loved & successful b/c of his drive for the truth. until he learned he killed his father and slept with his mom. FAIL

@kateburge not hubris. hubris is just arrogance. there's this other very specific repeated theme.

@kateburge achilles' heel was just a weak spot. it didn't make him great at all. it's like kryptonite. this thing also makes one great.

@helloerica I hear that, sister. I clean while listening to This American Life every weekend. It's tops.