Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25396609-20171207232020/@comment-25396609-20180112231646

You're giving Adam's ability to not commit random acts of violent FAR too much credit, dude.

Expand on how and why he is so analytical; there are different ways to make observations and put the pieces together. Some people are good at noticing minute details, others are gifted at reading the situation and predicting possible outcomes, and some simply have strong instincts for working out problems with minimal information. Choose something, work it out, integrate into his backstory how he acquired that skill and make use if it in expanding both story and personality.

Go into more depth on how he handles social situations despite being more of a loner.

Give some details about how he goes about making friends. Some people are naturally charismatic (given his introverted personality, would not reccomend this one.) He could have a knack for telling when people are trustworthy and be naturally drawn to those individuals (makes more sense for an analytical introvert), maybe he's learned how to figure people out and get inside their heads and puzzle out how they think and act. After all, you're more likely to trust someone that you're able to tell how they think.

There's a LOT of ways to get to a viable and more interesting personality; the problem with Satevis is that he is vague. Being vague is safe, but boring. What you're lacking in general is details, reasoning, and (not to be insulting) effort. You've gotta put time and effort into a character to make them something interesting.

If i could provide an example: One of my own characters, Jet Nimbus. He's somewhat reserved (mostly to balance out his sister who is a liiiiittle bit hyperactive) and an analytical thinker through pure instinct. He is naturally gifted at reading people and going with the flow; rather than rely on noticing every small detail and finding the optimal solution he goes by pure gut feeling.

His Semblance is an extension of his natural talents, taking his instinct for reading people to an entirely different level by passively sensing the intentions and emotions of people around him. While not useful for solving problems like a locked door, he can usually take a guess at where to find the key based on past experience not through recollection, but instincts. And of course, when all else fails, he just smashes it down because sometimes even the smartest of people need to use brute force to get things done.

The important thing in a personality is layers, not just how they operate but why they work the way they do. For my given example, he relies on instinct because he spends so much time around a person who rarely gives him a chance to think things through that he needed to find a faster way of finding a solution.