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Hahaha. That's what I get for trusting wiki too much. Of course what I should have said was that the methodology would be considered static characterization, which is a subset of character development. The opposite would be dynamic characterization, which several people seem to be misinterpreting as the only type of charater development.

kodachrome, while you may not like static characterization, it's sort of rude to simply dismiss it as poor writing. After all, many of the greatest literary characters are constructed using this technique. Indeed, pretty much all writers use this technique to some extent, and static characters are much more prevalent than you would think.