it shows that you understand how said character is being read and it's deliberate

See, and me being me (read: too neurotic to live), now I have to worry if when I do that, it treads really closely to the line of "this is how I WANT YOU TO READ/REACT TO MY CHARACTER, DAMMIT."

Though thank you -- I'm glad it works for you! I always fret that I'm going all "HI, HAVE A HUGE RAMBLING CHUNK OF BACKSTORY BECAUSE I'M OVERINDULGENT AND HAVE NO SELF-CONTROL."