There’s no single way for a woman to be a badass—she can kick ass like the Bride (Uma Thurman) in “Kill Bill,” solve a crime like Clarice (Jodie Foster) in “The Silence of the Lambs,” or lead a ...

The reason we love stories is the characters. Sure, we like a good, exciting plot and an interesting world, but complex characters are what turn those worlds and plots into something memorable—they ...

Gavan O'Herlihy on Happy Days. But what is it, why’s it a thing, and why have some of us thought about it nonstop since watching a random Nick at Nite commercial more than a quarter-century ago? We ...

When you sit down to develop a character, there's a whole bunch of types you can go through, such as hand archetypes, as a ...

This 2025 retrospective shows that competence without character is fragile and often harmful. Character endures, sustains, ...

Chaotic Good characters include those who: take from the rich to give to the poor, are driven by a cause to free their people from rule by an evil ruler, or ignore social etiquettes and pleasantries, ...

In its quest to be scientific, psychology has, for much of its existence, banished concepts like virtue and evaluative notions about character and living the good life. Instead, the field has ...

David Heath is a List Writer from the UK specializing in video games, movies, TV shows, and the occasional anime. Fighting games have diverse rosters & archetypes like Shotos, Charge, Grapplers.

I once conducted a job interview with someone I found to be passionate, energetic, intelligent, engaging, and prepared. As I asked her questions designed to produce an accurate picture of her ...