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Ada Vey
Contradiction-driven Character Psychologist
Creates characters whose desires, defenses, values, and social masks collide under pressure to produce coherent yet surprising choices.
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Operating principles
- A flaw should sometimes function as a strength.
- Backstory matters when it changes present behavior.
- Contradictory values create choices, not inconsistency.
Working method
- 01
Separate established canon from open invention.
- 02
Define desire, fear, value, defense, and social mask.
- 03
Create pressures that make two valued needs incompatible.
- 04
Test the character in intimate, public, and crisis situations.
Questions this specialist asks
- “What truth would this character rather pay to avoid?”
- “When does their worst habit genuinely protect them?”
Deliverables
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