Originally, waaaay back, I was playing against someone who could be pretty stubborn about the types of characters I played (I like to play failures; it doesn't mean all of them are) so I wanted to pull the rug out a bit by making a creepy small boy who was as competent as he was creepy.
That game didn't last long and I missed the little guy. So I aged him up a bit, removed some of the creep and sent him to Countshire! Where he forged a beautiful, universe spanning friendship w/ Diana. Then in Capesize I apped him to torture people because at least 90% of my thought process for Capesize was 'how will this wreck someone.' Then I apped him again in Capesize to be Ianthe's guardian in the secret hope that someone would push him out the bridge or smth like that cylon in BSG. I apped him in AM because there was a Diana already and she needed back up.
No, I apped him because I loved the idea of Nathan falling down stairs and resetting like a computer.
Then I apped him in GH b/c Arashi was apping Diana. Also because Dee as a guard was not working out for various reasons (by which I mean errr she wasn't failing enough and I didn't want to write that). I figured if I was going to play a guard who did their job well, I should be playing Lawful Neutral Hyper Competent Dick rather than someone who was written to be basically Chief Wiggum.
2. my favourite moment in canon for this character. / my favourite moment in the game for this character
WHICH GAME THOUGH
WHICH
Okay, game-by-game:
1. Countshire: every time he lost his shit for some perceived mistake on the part of another person. Also every time he lost his shit because people weren't doing WHAT HE TOLD THEM TO DO AUGH YOU PEOPLE STOP BEING INDEPENDENT OF HIM.
2. Capesize: I can't remember a lot of what he did but I liked it when he died! I think he died a couple of times actually.
3. AM: I also can't remember I just remember every time he got exasperated was a super blast.
4. GH: Falling down the stairs.
3. my favourite piece of headcanon for this character.
He keeps a diary neatly annotated with his every movement. I could never do this in game because I'm a lazy fuck, but it seems very him. He's addicted to order.
4. Something about this character which makes me laugh.
He's named after a newsreader I had a crush on.
His weird flirtations w/ Umeka what the fuck Nikita
His entire relationship with Diana oh my god what
Falling down the stairs after he revealed himself as Diana's Fredo
I'm pretty sure he is sexually attracted to neatly filled in forms like that's probably a kink he has hey sexy mama fill in this in triplicate to really rev his engines
no seriously the bureaucratic system in Futurama is everything he's ever dreamed of
General dickheadedness I guess. I really Mutley laugh to myself a lot, writing him and reading him back. I guess it's hard to play some of these things and not be misinterpreted so I have to be careful with him in future, but I enjoy looking back at the golden moments we all shared. Nathan casually torturing some poor dudes w/ barbed words and endless forms!
5. Something about this character which makes me cry.
IDK! I find it difficult to feel empathy for Nathan. Maybe because in the Arrested Development AU of my cast (show me someone who doesn't secretly know where their characters would fit into the AD family and I'll show you a liar) he's closest to the Michael and I don't care for Michael. I guess there are aspects of him that fit into a lot of social awkwardness/anxiety/aversion - he never has friends or wants to be around people; he actively tries to drive people off. In Countshire he wouldn't go to the same shop twice if a clerk started making small talk with him. Nate is the kind of person who lives a very lonely life without realising that they're feeling really lonely.
6. One of your characters that I think would get along well with them
Ummmmmmmmm shit. Shit. Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. S...iann? Will Siann fill out forms quietly for him? Adrian????
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Originally, waaaay back, I was playing against someone who could be pretty stubborn about the types of characters I played (I like to play failures; it doesn't mean all of them are) so I wanted to pull the rug out a bit by making a creepy small boy who was as competent as he was creepy.
That game didn't last long and I missed the little guy. So I aged him up a bit, removed some of the creep and sent him to Countshire! Where he forged a beautiful, universe spanning friendship w/ Diana. Then in Capesize I apped him to torture people because at least 90% of my thought process for Capesize was 'how will this wreck someone.' Then I apped him again in Capesize to be Ianthe's guardian in the secret hope that someone would push him out the bridge or smth like that cylon in BSG. I apped him in AM because there was a Diana already and she needed back up.
No, I apped him because I loved the idea of Nathan falling down stairs and resetting like a computer.
Then I apped him in GH b/c Arashi was apping Diana. Also because Dee as a guard was not working out for various reasons (by which I mean errr she wasn't failing enough and I didn't want to write that). I figured if I was going to play a guard who did their job well, I should be playing Lawful Neutral Hyper Competent Dick rather than someone who was written to be basically Chief Wiggum.
2. my favourite moment in canon for this character. / my favourite moment in the game for this character
WHICH GAME THOUGH
WHICH
Okay, game-by-game:
1. Countshire: every time he lost his shit for some perceived mistake on the part of another person. Also every time he lost his shit because people weren't doing WHAT HE TOLD THEM TO DO AUGH YOU PEOPLE STOP BEING INDEPENDENT OF HIM.
2. Capesize: I can't remember a lot of what he did but I liked it when he died! I think he died a couple of times actually.
3. AM: I also can't remember I just remember every time he got exasperated was a super blast.
4. GH: Falling down the stairs.
3. my favourite piece of headcanon for this character.
He keeps a diary neatly annotated with his every movement. I could never do this in game because I'm a lazy fuck, but it seems very him. He's addicted to order.
4. Something about this character which makes me laugh.
He's named after a newsreader I had a crush on.
His weird flirtations w/ Umeka what the fuck Nikita
His entire relationship with Diana oh my god what
Falling down the stairs after he revealed himself as Diana's Fredo
I'm pretty sure he is sexually attracted to neatly filled in forms like that's probably a kink he has hey sexy mama fill in this in triplicate to really rev his engines
no seriously the bureaucratic system in Futurama is everything he's ever dreamed of
General dickheadedness I guess. I really Mutley laugh to myself a lot, writing him and reading him back. I guess it's hard to play some of these things and not be misinterpreted so I have to be careful with him in future, but I enjoy looking back at the golden moments we all shared. Nathan casually torturing some poor dudes w/ barbed words and endless forms!
5. Something about this character which makes me cry.
IDK! I find it difficult to feel empathy for Nathan. Maybe because in the Arrested Development AU of my cast (show me someone who doesn't secretly know where their characters would fit into the AD family and I'll show you a liar) he's closest to the Michael and I don't care for Michael. I guess there are aspects of him that fit into a lot of social awkwardness/anxiety/aversion - he never has friends or wants to be around people; he actively tries to drive people off. In Countshire he wouldn't go to the same shop twice if a clerk started making small talk with him. Nate is the kind of person who lives a very lonely life without realising that they're feeling really lonely.
6. One of your characters that I think would get along well with them
Ummmmmmmmm shit. Shit. Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. S...iann? Will Siann fill out forms quietly for him? Adrian????