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santafancier) wrote2013-01-26 11:20 am
santafancier) wrote2013-01-26 11:20 am
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[ooc] Important Background/Characterization Info
Okay so something that's kind of important about Nervous Broad here is the fact that she's sort of heavily implied to not be a real person. At least she wasn't before she came to Johto. In her homeworld, she's actually the imaginary female alter ego/dream girl of this guy named Pickle Inspector. They're similar in a lot of ways but I'm not going to get into that right now because it's not all that important and not the point of this post. The point of this post is to give a head's up about my interpretation of the whole becoming a real person thing. Because it's kind of weird and might cause some confusion both ic'ly and ooc'ly. Hopefully I can explain wtf I'm doing here without causing more confusion but prepare yourself for a lot of bad strange metaphors...
You can sort of think of NB as some kind of computer. In a sense, she has a lot of knowledge "programmed" into her, allowing her to fully function as a human despite the fact that she was never really born or grew up or anything. Before PI became aware of NB's existence, she had apparently been asleep on the floor for an indefinite amount of time. My interpretation of this is that she has no recollection of her past beyond waking up on her apartment floor. Mostly because, in a sense, she doesn't actually have one. In canon, she never questions this because imaginary beings/selves tend not to question things, no matter how odd or ridiculous they might be. For example, none of the sleuths questions PI's imaginary candy weapons when they're fighting in the Imaginary Realm, but as soon as the non-imaginary Ace Dick sees one in his office, the whole thing seems rather silly to him. It's kind of like when you're dreaming and everything makes perfect sense until you wake up and then suddenly you're like "woah what the hell?"
This is kind of basically what's happened to NB upon being brought to Johto. Becoming a fully fledged human was kind of like waking up from a dream for her. She still has a working knowledge of the world, but it's not quite as full as she once thought it was. She knows what things are, but she never actually really LEARNED those things so she's not sure how she knows them. To give a few examples: she knows that she's an adult human and that she must be old enough to drive, but she has no idea how old she is or when her birthday is. She knows what a mother is, but she's a little unclear on precisely what they're supposed to do and is kind of confused as to why she doesn't have one. Her name is Nervous Broad, but until somebody points out that that's kind of a strange name, she's not going to think anything weird of it.
Basically: her knowledge is full of holes, but she can't actually see the holes until she falls into them (in other words: somebody brings up a "holed" topic). It's like her brain covered them with a camouflage tarp or something. Wow, that was kind of a shitty metaphor but hopefully it made sense.
ONE OTHER IMPORTANT FACTOID ABOUT NB...she uses slang. Not a big deal, right? Yes and no. See, Problem Sleuth takes place in this really weird, pseudo-Prohibition setting so the slang NB uses is almost a century out of date if you're looking at it from a current-day standpoint. Some of these words and sayings are still used today, but a decent portion of them...not so much. (when was the last time you heard someone call a taxi a dimbox, for example?) Some of them have even changed meanings over the years; for example: a bimbo in the 1920s was a strong/tough guy whereas today it's a derogatory term for a girl who's not the brightest crayon in the box. I've compiled a list for my own reference, so if you're ever curious as to what exactly she said to your character (and they aren't the type to ask for an explanation or something) feel free to take a gander at that.
You can sort of think of NB as some kind of computer. In a sense, she has a lot of knowledge "programmed" into her, allowing her to fully function as a human despite the fact that she was never really born or grew up or anything. Before PI became aware of NB's existence, she had apparently been asleep on the floor for an indefinite amount of time. My interpretation of this is that she has no recollection of her past beyond waking up on her apartment floor. Mostly because, in a sense, she doesn't actually have one. In canon, she never questions this because imaginary beings/selves tend not to question things, no matter how odd or ridiculous they might be. For example, none of the sleuths questions PI's imaginary candy weapons when they're fighting in the Imaginary Realm, but as soon as the non-imaginary Ace Dick sees one in his office, the whole thing seems rather silly to him. It's kind of like when you're dreaming and everything makes perfect sense until you wake up and then suddenly you're like "woah what the hell?"
This is kind of basically what's happened to NB upon being brought to Johto. Becoming a fully fledged human was kind of like waking up from a dream for her. She still has a working knowledge of the world, but it's not quite as full as she once thought it was. She knows what things are, but she never actually really LEARNED those things so she's not sure how she knows them. To give a few examples: she knows that she's an adult human and that she must be old enough to drive, but she has no idea how old she is or when her birthday is. She knows what a mother is, but she's a little unclear on precisely what they're supposed to do and is kind of confused as to why she doesn't have one. Her name is Nervous Broad, but until somebody points out that that's kind of a strange name, she's not going to think anything weird of it.
Basically: her knowledge is full of holes, but she can't actually see the holes until she falls into them (in other words: somebody brings up a "holed" topic). It's like her brain covered them with a camouflage tarp or something. Wow, that was kind of a shitty metaphor but hopefully it made sense.
ONE OTHER IMPORTANT FACTOID ABOUT NB...she uses slang. Not a big deal, right? Yes and no. See, Problem Sleuth takes place in this really weird, pseudo-Prohibition setting so the slang NB uses is almost a century out of date if you're looking at it from a current-day standpoint. Some of these words and sayings are still used today, but a decent portion of them...not so much. (when was the last time you heard someone call a taxi a dimbox, for example?) Some of them have even changed meanings over the years; for example: a bimbo in the 1920s was a strong/tough guy whereas today it's a derogatory term for a girl who's not the brightest crayon in the box. I've compiled a list for my own reference, so if you're ever curious as to what exactly she said to your character (and they aren't the type to ask for an explanation or something) feel free to take a gander at that.