[quote=@ProPro]
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Personality is one of those things you want to be lengthy, though. That means a stronger sense of development and better understanding for people who are reading it fresh. Contradicting the recorded personality is an entirely different dilemma altogether. 
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In my experience, you should be able to sum ANYTHING up in a few words, even if 'complex' is one of them. I've taken to doing it that way because I've seen potential recruits write three paragraphs about their character's personality... and that usually always contradicts itself. Again, don't even bother putting down 'shy' if in a longer description we get 'shy, but opens up to people he's close with' cause that sorta thing would go without saying. 

There was once a troll who'd I'd let apply to RP's once in awhile, I feel bad cause he followed me here from another site... but for a Spiderman: Spiderverse RP he insisted his bio, personality, etc. couldn't be brief [mind you three paragraphs counts as an Advanced level post and most of my RP's are Casual level] or summed up in fewer words. I was basically told "If you can't read 6 paragraphs for Personality and another 8 for a not so brief bio then I won't apply..." And again... this was for a Casual RP. 

You can take ANY character, hero... villain..., and sum up their personality in a few words. Try it? Superman - loyal, trustworthy, brave, calm, and old school. Batman - paranoid, calculating, distant, complex, privileged. Joker - creepy, dark, misunderstood, methodical, anxious...

-00492