[quote=@TokyoPewPew]
(For instance I'm placing more emphasis on character history—both the true version and the word-on-the-street one—than personality, as i would rather we "meet" our characters IC.)
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Oh, thank God.  I usually lose interest when a character’s personality doesn’t match their sheet’s explanation and becomes a mechanism for protecting the ego of his or her creator.

Gimme all the gray and quirky nuances of misshapen characters.