Characters and complexity

One way and another, a lot of pixels get used talking about making “well-rounded” or complex characters.

I put “well-rounded” in scare quotes because it always makes me think of the advice I got in high school about being well-rounded – take many kinds of classes, try out for a sport or the school play, join different after-school clubs and activities … basically, give yourself a broad range of subjects and experiences to draw on. This does not seem to be what most people mean when they talk abo...