Vincent,

Over here you said the following.

The game doesn't treat strong pre-planned character concepts with much respect. Don't invest too heavily in it, you'll just be frustrated when the game doesn't fulfill it for you. Take the trait if you want it and then go with the flow.

I went in with a strongly pre-planned concept, and it worked beautifully. I find your statement to be... unsettling? No... Odd, at any rate. Different than my experience. Why do you believe this to be so?