I saw someone on here do a step 1-3 explanation/prediction for their characters and I wanted to try my hand at it! I'll be using one of my characters: Nihao Kilan (it's based on a show I liked as a little kid).
this little sweetie^
In step one, she is a socially transitioned trans girl and is obsessed with all things anime, truly believing that she's a magical girl and someday, she'll get her powers. She loves art and crafts, cats, and accessories. She's a bit free-spirited but not mean. In this step, she's closer with Tamarack than Qiu because their basically two of the same cloth and match each other's energy.
In step two, she detransitions, dyes his hair, and prefers to be called "Zach". Zach soon becomes the most interesting person in Golden Grove. He didn't know how and he didn't really care. It wasn't like he looked for adventures, they came to him. His luck was near legendary and soon, it fed into his ego a little bit. Okay, a lot. He thinks he's better than everyone and he's the star of the show, everyone's just a background character. But he finds something he loves more than himself: business, and not just business: business and money. After a few business option classes, he dubbed himself a hustler. In this step, he completely unfriends Tamarack and instead becomes closer to Qiu, and they become "bros".
Zach^
In step three, Zach grows up and becomes more cocky and business-smart, letting the blue in his hair fade into its regular black. He's young, he's smug, and he doesn't care about your feelings because their is (almost) nothing you can say that could possibly hurt him back. He's that cool uncle that gives kids wads of cash to go crazy on. He's that one friend that has a beach house already there when the group goes on a group vacation. He's that pompous asshole at parties. He's the one and only Zack, and your at his service.