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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

It is an honor to be asked to be someone’s character reference. But even if you are enthused about helping a friend or colleague out, you might feel a little intimidated by the prospect of putting the ...

Fanfiction is nothing new, but the rise of AI has the potential to take it to a whole new level. The first indication of that has been the popularity of Character.AI, an artificial intelligence ...