User blog:Icanhascheezeburger/Character Development Balance Charts

*MY OWN PERSPECTIVE ANALYSIS, FEEL FREE TO DISCUSS AND DEBATE ABOUT THIS*

Behold: Character Development Charts!

I’ve even coloured them to symbolise the balances, the colours relate to what development areas they reach more into. The Primaries are Red, Blue and Green, which are explained below.

So let me talk through what these mean.

They represent the focus on:

Blue/History = History-based character development

Red/Personality = Non-historical characterisation

Green/Link = The emotional connection between character and viewer

So where do these characters fit in?

Finn has the largest emotional connection to the fanbase. If he squeals, we squeal - if he screams, we hold our breaths. However Finn has limited historical development, and his personality development - while decent - isn’t always tangible. So Finn fits into Lime Green.













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And there we have it, girls and boys - my perception of the character development for the 5 main characters.

If you want to make such a chart, or try to amend one I've made, here is a template: