squigglydigglydoo:

One thing I learned only recently about designing characters is that their personality DOES NOT lie in the extremes. It’s super fun to think about what pushes them to their limits, and how they express themselves when strained to the utmost… but that’s not how they’ll be acting most of the time.

Their personality is in how they behave under more casual circumstances. Their morning routine, their hobbies, their sense of humor, how they interact with others on the daily… their normal lives and the ranges of emotions they feel day to day.

Beware the temptation to linger on the extremes. Anger, sadness, elation, lovedrunkenness – those are fun extremes to explore, but most people are not at those points 100% of the time, and to spend too much time on them in stories winds up making them lose all emotional significance… because that’s how they ALWAYS are, so it doesn’t feel as extreme as it should.

Remember: the extremes are only interesting BECAUSE they are extreme. To make them the norm makes them no longer interesting.

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