So, I don't know about anyone else, but I find it useful, as a form of verbal shorthand, when describing a specialization to someone, to give examples from pop culture, to help form a concept. For example, you have a friend that just can't seem to understand how a *insert spec type here* is useful in a gaming group, and then you go "Ohoh! But what about *insert popular fictional character*? They are exactly this kind of character, and you thought they were awesome! You could totally make a build like that and totally be useful in a group!"
So what kind of mental archetypes do you generally use for characters? Especially the less traditional types, like Trader or Entrepreneur, Activist, etc.
Share them here, so maybe they can help others explore character types they might've avoided before.
Side note: Given the tendency for some of these game line forums to be more popular than others, is it considered spamming to post this in the Edge and Age forums too? Seems to me it would be fitting, as each diff thread could focus on that line if they wanted.