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...and with that said, here's something I think some of you newcomers (and you [@Fallenreaper] who's contemplating a new character) might want to consider:

One of the upsides of the time skip that comes with the season break is that if you have a new character, but don't want the hassle of going through the minutiae of character development and ALL of the growing pains along the way... and you'd rather use the ol' montage technique to get them up to speed and some level of competency in a hurry...

...Well, you're in luck!

And you can still touch on key moments of that development via flashbacks and other such techniques.

But if part of what you want from your character IS going through all of that minutiae and juicy character detail... then yeah, maybe waiting on Season 2 would be best for you.

Personally, it doesn't affect me either way and it's up to you...

...but it's something to consider.