I think it really comes down to the setting and characters themselves. I don't think either option on it's own is better. So long as the character is good and in an interesting enough world, I think readers will enjoy it regardless on if the main character is meant to fill some chosen role or if...
I think all three of these can be summed up with: whatever the writer felt like focusing on the most. If the story heavily focuses on the characters and is more about their emotions, or way they view the world around them its character focused. If the story focuses more on the world and the plot...
Why is cleaning up after yourself so hard??????? I don't like coming into the lab or the office and seeing the table littered with junk, and all the electronic scanners dead because no one is charging them!!!!
Sometimes I hate people.
The way I did it in my novel Phoenix Flight was to more or less have different mini pocket realms all with their own rules and powers but each realm sometimes connects to one another causing bleedover effects.
So like the story takes place in a kingdom and is full of knights and magic and is...
If the plot is good, I like the story, and the characters are fun, I'll read even if there is a section to a story I don't care for or like. One or two bad moments aren't enough to ruin a story I've enjoyed up until that point. Some of the best works I ever read had entire arcs that I didn't...