Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26397825-20160524033118/@comment-27425734-20160524053903

SpiritedDreaming wrote: Well. One thing I did recently that helped me solidify NOIR's personality was write out an extended backstory. So I had the base plot, then I wrote it out as a short story that touches on everything and goes into their mindset of the situation a bit.

Such as Ivory, who's mother died when she was young. Her father retreated into his office and her brother went out with his friends. She became clingy and determined to stick to her brother, which meant she followed him. If he got away from her, however, she went back home and practised her parkour so that she would be able to keep up with him next time. So she's also independant and a hard worker, which arose from these situations.

So Kasai's mother died when she was young. What situation arose from this; did she cling to her living family members, did she withdraw into herself, did she lash out at those around her? And her father was absent; was she accepting of this, did she get angry at him, did she just kind of drift away from him?

It's just a little writing excercise using predetermined plot points that are in her backstory, but it'll help you get a handle on her personality more. I'll be sure to try that, thanks for the help.