Ok well I'd just like to say that I do agree with Harmony about leaving room to grow in the background and not having it completely made up. A lot of the stuff I now have for Reid and my MoM charrie Mei Lin is what I learnt by RPing them and by reacting to situations. So I guess consistency is key but if you can't be entirely consistent, and lets face it no-one remembers every single detail 100%, at least try to remember the basics that you laid out and not try to be too over the top in your character. I'd also like to point out that when I referred to background in my last post it wasn't meant as the history of the character but more the cultural background of them.