That's kinda similar to mine, ig
Seems like where a lot of us have been starting
Mine starts the same way- like, yes, I made her personality, and yes, I can't make her go against that -because that's me making a choice, not her-
but at the same time, that's all she is. I don't have a plot for her, no pre-determined destiny, and so the entire premise of her character is based on reacting to what happens around her based on her past experiences and interactions with people she loves and cares for.
And I mean, that's basically all we are, too. Our personality, however defined it may be at first, changes and grows with our experiences and environment. No matter what I made her as, she's grown at lot and learned a lot for herself, far surpassing anything I ever had planned for her.
Y'know?
Dunno though. I thought about this for days.