How To Make Your Characters Sympathetic

NOTE: This isn't really a fic. It's more of a humor blog thing kind of like the zombie thing I did earlier today. 
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==The Name==
A great way to make a character sympathetic is giving him a name like "Orphan Boy Charlie." If you name the character "J. Rutherford Pie" it's most likely that everyone who reads your fic will hate him.  But giving him a sympathetic name will make the fanbase love him no matter how annoying he is.
==The Stupidity==
Make this character as stupid as you need to. Now, most audiences would start complaining and say that he makes the person want to shove his head into a brick wall. But if you say "he has a medical condition that makes him dumber" everyone will start treating the character like he's Jesus.