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teddogAnd my history in the TTPCTS Club continues.
Part Two (2000 – early 2001): The Yellow K-Car and Human Nance
Both ideas predate the TTPCTS Club and occurred between when I got ‘net access and when I joined the club.
The k-car did exist in reality. In Hamilton there are many used car lots. One can only imagine why this is. ::cough:: car thefts ::cough:: In a lot near my home, there was a bright, yellow K-car station wagon up for sale for the longest time. I used to see it very time I walked my dog and became very fond of it. This car was the basis for the one Rick had in the first RR.
Before a bunch of purists attack me, allow me to explain. The Subreality car was never meant to replace the canon one. I know that Rick didn’t have a k-car; he had a Camero or some sort of car like that. I do remember him saying it was a Camero, but other fans have suggested it could be a different make or model. ANYWAYS, said car is stuck in the side of a satellite and isn’t jumping to the fuzzy world between reality and fiction anytime soon.
Although it’s never explained in the TTPCTS Club canon, the k-car came from an earlier adventure into Subreality that was the reason Rick and Nance had a sort of “travel ban” placed on them. The car was won by Nance in a card against a “cheap version” of Haruka (Sailor Uranus). Yes, it’s really Nance’s car, but she gave it to Rick for reason I haven’t explored yet.
As far as I know, the car was destroyed in the Subreality reboot and will not appear in any “current” stories, so there. :-P
As for human Nance, she started as a parody of TechnoServo’s “human bot” characters. I never did quite like how TechnoServo handled the robots turning human. They lost a certain edge to them in the process. Human Nance was an attempt to make the concept work. I wanted to explore what damage my favorite computer character could do as a human, but I didn’t want her personality to be ripped apart like the poor bots. She isn’t going to turn around and say “Oh lookie, I’m, like, human! Did you ever know how much I lurve you Rick?”
The original version of Nance has a human was quite different from what we have now. The design had her in a teal t-shirt and blue jeans, very causal looking. She did have that funky coloured hair, but it was long and straight.
She was later redesigned because that causal look didn’t quite work. Instead of the simple teal shirt, she wore a white t-shirt with a gray sweater with a half zipper over top. Khakis replaced the jeans and she got a major hair cut. Her hair now wavy ended just below the shoulder. The bland colours of the clothes offset her personality and in the right light, I suppose they could possibly pass off as a uniform of some sort. At the same time, they are functional and Nance is able to move around in them easily. It’s the best of both worlds.
The one thing that has always remained the same was her height. Nance as a human has always been taller than Rick. The idea works two-fold. One, she still has a sense of superiority over him. Nance will almost always try to one-up her partner. It’s a fact of life, so deal with it. Second, it gives the two an added edge physically. No matter how hard he tries, Rick never going to be the most intimidating character in the world. Nance having such a tall physical presence coupled with her attitude more than makes up for this. Think of her as the brawn of the duo, although with a lot more intelligence than the standard “tough guy” character.
The reason that Nance gains this human form in Subreality was because, quite simply, I didn’t want to write her as a computer during the first round robin. While computer version of her works fine in canon, I wanted to explore her character more and Nance taking on a human form seemed like a good idea at the time.
If you want a technical reason to why Nance can gain this form, she’s a sentient computer entity. She doesn’t have a “set form” as a character, so when she crosses over into Subreality, she gains a human form to serve her needs. If need be, Writer’s powers can change her current Subreal form, but such an event hasn’t happened yet. Early on I was thinking of playing around with the idea of Nance having limited shape-shifting abilities of her own, but this idea was quickly dropped.
So… that’s the history of human Nance and yellow K-Car. Next time I’ll discuss the reasons I hooked up with the TTPCTS Club when I did. It isn’t pretty, though.
Part Two (2000 – early 2001): The Yellow K-Car and Human Nance
Both ideas predate the TTPCTS Club and occurred between when I got ‘net access and when I joined the club.
The k-car did exist in reality. In Hamilton there are many used car lots. One can only imagine why this is. ::cough:: car thefts ::cough:: In a lot near my home, there was a bright, yellow K-car station wagon up for sale for the longest time. I used to see it very time I walked my dog and became very fond of it. This car was the basis for the one Rick had in the first RR.
Before a bunch of purists attack me, allow me to explain. The Subreality car was never meant to replace the canon one. I know that Rick didn’t have a k-car; he had a Camero or some sort of car like that. I do remember him saying it was a Camero, but other fans have suggested it could be a different make or model. ANYWAYS, said car is stuck in the side of a satellite and isn’t jumping to the fuzzy world between reality and fiction anytime soon.
Although it’s never explained in the TTPCTS Club canon, the k-car came from an earlier adventure into Subreality that was the reason Rick and Nance had a sort of “travel ban” placed on them. The car was won by Nance in a card against a “cheap version” of Haruka (Sailor Uranus). Yes, it’s really Nance’s car, but she gave it to Rick for reason I haven’t explored yet.
As far as I know, the car was destroyed in the Subreality reboot and will not appear in any “current” stories, so there. :-P
As for human Nance, she started as a parody of TechnoServo’s “human bot” characters. I never did quite like how TechnoServo handled the robots turning human. They lost a certain edge to them in the process. Human Nance was an attempt to make the concept work. I wanted to explore what damage my favorite computer character could do as a human, but I didn’t want her personality to be ripped apart like the poor bots. She isn’t going to turn around and say “Oh lookie, I’m, like, human! Did you ever know how much I lurve you Rick?”
The original version of Nance has a human was quite different from what we have now. The design had her in a teal t-shirt and blue jeans, very causal looking. She did have that funky coloured hair, but it was long and straight.
She was later redesigned because that causal look didn’t quite work. Instead of the simple teal shirt, she wore a white t-shirt with a gray sweater with a half zipper over top. Khakis replaced the jeans and she got a major hair cut. Her hair now wavy ended just below the shoulder. The bland colours of the clothes offset her personality and in the right light, I suppose they could possibly pass off as a uniform of some sort. At the same time, they are functional and Nance is able to move around in them easily. It’s the best of both worlds.
The one thing that has always remained the same was her height. Nance as a human has always been taller than Rick. The idea works two-fold. One, she still has a sense of superiority over him. Nance will almost always try to one-up her partner. It’s a fact of life, so deal with it. Second, it gives the two an added edge physically. No matter how hard he tries, Rick never going to be the most intimidating character in the world. Nance having such a tall physical presence coupled with her attitude more than makes up for this. Think of her as the brawn of the duo, although with a lot more intelligence than the standard “tough guy” character.
The reason that Nance gains this human form in Subreality was because, quite simply, I didn’t want to write her as a computer during the first round robin. While computer version of her works fine in canon, I wanted to explore her character more and Nance taking on a human form seemed like a good idea at the time.
If you want a technical reason to why Nance can gain this form, she’s a sentient computer entity. She doesn’t have a “set form” as a character, so when she crosses over into Subreality, she gains a human form to serve her needs. If need be, Writer’s powers can change her current Subreal form, but such an event hasn’t happened yet. Early on I was thinking of playing around with the idea of Nance having limited shape-shifting abilities of her own, but this idea was quickly dropped.
So… that’s the history of human Nance and yellow K-Car. Next time I’ll discuss the reasons I hooked up with the TTPCTS Club when I did. It isn’t pretty, though.
