Player Name: Chinchilla or Chin for short Personal Journal:gesomon E-mail: iamachinchilla@yahoo.com AIM/MSN: alsorobots @ aim Timezone: CST Current Characters in Route: N/A
Personality: Dandy is not a role model, despite what his ego might try to tell him. Described as a "dandy guy in space", that apparently translates to "a big oaf who spends the majority of his time lusting after women". The biggest key factor to Dandy's personality is that he loves women, or rather he loves their body parts. If this is somehow not the first thing you pick up when meeting him, then consider yourself one of the rare ones. Constantly spouting nonsense about breasts and rears, it's almost like he goes out of his way to show off what a giant pervert he is. Dandy will go as far as to create elaborate, "inspirational" speeches regarding the subject and shows absolutely no shame in any of this. We never get a reason for where this love stems from, in fact we never get any sort of backstory on Dandy at all (at least at this point in time), so it can just be assumed that he's gross.
To no one's surprise, Dandy is therefore a huge fan of the Hooters-like space restaurant, "BooBies". He made it his goal to visit every location the chain has to offer and dreams of buying out the franchise one day so he can own it all for himself. In fact, it seems like the only reason why he has a job to begin with is so he can afford to visit as much as he wants. Outright stating that he'd rather die than miss out on BooBies, Dandy has declared that no one can keep him from the restaurant against his will. In fact, it seems to be his best driving factor. If any situation can end with "you get to go to BooBies after this", then Dandy will do anything in his power to get the job done. So of course it only makes sense to send him into a game where the chain doesn't exist.
Somewhat of a free, if not selfish, spirit, Dandy likes to live his life by going with the flow and not sweating the small stuff. It's pretty much child-like how he views life, where he can do anything he wants because he's an adult with money, and that he's a super cool guy because he travels SPACE and hunts for super rare ALIENS. Thankfully most people don't agree with this, but that doesn't seem to deflate his self image. He doesn't care what other people think of him provided their opinions aren't harming him physically. You'd be surprised how many empires you're unaware of want you dead for unexplained reasons. Due to some kind of blessing, Dandy at least follows the law to a somewhat-decent degree, so his "my way or the highway" lifestyle is seen only as a big annoyance than anything harmful. He has outright stated in canon that if he wants to do something, he's going to do it. If he doesn't want to do something? He's not going to do it. That's the Dandy way of life.
The Dandy way of life also likes to throw out the "go with the flow" rule out the window once someone bruises his pride. He has that, apparently. Once someone or something threatens Dandy's amazingness, whether by actually being successful or gaining more attention from women, Dandy loses his cool and declares said someone or something his rival. He will then do everything in his power to prove himself the better person, because what is doing your job? The best example of this is when a famous racer named Prince shows up at BooBies, grabbing all the waitresses' attention and completely ignoring Dandy. Without much thought, Dandy then declares himself a racer (In fact, he's claims to have been one all along! For real, you guys!) and enters the Galactic Grand Prix to one up the famous pretty boy. Due to his...unusual tactics (Like using magnets to stick to other racers or exploding missiles and using the force of the explosions to fling him ahead) Dandy was actually able to give Prince a run for his money. Of course, this is Space Dandy so the race didn't end in any normal fashion, but if you were to ask him, Dandy would definitely say he won in the end. Baby.
Friendship is definitely something Dandy seems to struggle with, it seems like he can't make friends unless you're willing to put up with his antics because he has no interest in changing. And that's not even considering if he likes you in return, you could offer him your kindness in the nicest way possible and he'd still act like a complete asshole if there's something he doesn't like about you. Dandy's only "friends" at the moment seem to be his "crew", his vacuum cleaner robot named QT and a cat-like alien--Betelgeusian--called Meow. Meow isn't even his real name, Dandy just couldn't be assed to learn how to pronounce his name, and thus gave him that creative nickname. That really goes to show you just how much Dandy cares about other people, especially the ones who he has to deal with on a daily basis. Dandy doesn't seem to like Meow much at all, constantly stating that he's lazy, a mooch, and a useless member of the team. He finds joy in upsetting him, like visiting his family against his wishes as Meow made it very clear he didn't want to go. If anything, that just pushed Dandy into doing it even more. The more extreme example would be his lack of interest in saving Meow's life when he was eaten by a giant monster. QT explained that Meow could still very well be alive, but Dandy continued to fly off in his ship already "mourning" Meow's loss. It was only until QT reminded Dandy that Meow was also the one holding his BooBies point card that Dandy flew back to do battle with the monster.
Compared to Meow, Dandy treats QT much better, and in fact QT could very well be Dandy's only true friend. Although it seems like QT gets just as annoyed with Dandy's antics as anyone else, constantly pointing out his contradictions and poor ideas, he still stays with him regardless. This could possibly be because QT's a robot and Dandy owns him in some way, whether through purchase or other means, it's never stated. There is some sense of kindness in their relationship, though, as QT has stated that he's terribly outdated and yet Dandy still keeps him anyway. Getting another, better model doesn't even look like an option, hinting at some sort of sentimental value. On the other end of the spectrum, this is still Dandy and thus he doesn't treat QT with as much respect one normally would a friend. For example, during a zombie invasion, Dandy used QT as a shield, claiming that robots couldn't "catch zombie" and therefore it was completely okay. Never mind QT's objections or anything. ...It also turned out that Dandy was wrong.
So far so good, right? At this rate, anyone would think that there's absolutely nothing good about this guy. And no one would blame them, it's almost like Dandy goes out of his way to shoo people off. Little do they know that out of seemingly nowhere, Dandy can actually be a really nice guy. Sounds absurd and chances are there are more people who will never find out about this than those who do see his nicer side, but it doesn't look like Dandy has any interest in proving people wrong about it. Again, Dandy doesn't care what people seem to think of him provided it's not shredding his ego.
The more vocal of his nicer traits is his love for animals. Or animals that aren't going to eat him, anyway. He adores dogs to the point of tears, all it takes is looking into their big ol' eyes. He honestly can't understand how anyone could hate a dog, just the idea can enrage him. He will pet and love on for hours on end and play with them like he's ten years old. On the sadder side of things, if a dog dies, he will take it pretty hard and mourn to extreme levels. Extreme, as in, he will build them a rocket out of scrap and give them a proper space funeral. Besides dogs, Dandy has expressed that he "loves birds" and has been seen absentmindedly petting Meow until he remembers he hates him again, promptly kicking him into the windshield.
With people, it's a little different. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to how fast Dandy can get to care about someone, but so far he seems to be a sucker for sob stories. The fastest he's ever shown compassion was when he met an older alien trapped in another dimension, which he affectionately referred to as "Pops", and invited him aboard his ship after hearing his tale of loss. Pops declines in the end, but it's still somewhat of a big deal as Dandy very rarely offers people a place on his ship. Where as Adélie, a young human-like alien child Dandy was set on bringing to the registration center for big money, slowly grew on him over time. Their relationship starts off rocky, Dandy even outright stating that he hates kids and that Adélie was no exception. As time went on, Dandy learns how the little girl was on her own since her mother passed away and slowly finds himself getting attached, even taking the time to stop at carnivals and such for her. He then spends an entire night searching for her grandfather and then helps protect her from other, less friendly alien hunters. Eventually, once everything is settled, he lets her go with her grandfather without having to stop by the registration center despite all the money he'd be losing. Considering Dandy's love of money as it's his ticket into BooBies and how difficult it is to score big bucks when it comes to alien hunting, this is a huge deal for him and shows just how much he's willing to care. Just...don't expect it often.
When it comes to actually showing affection towards people, Dandy is much more subtle about it than he is with animals. He will never actually state out loud that he cares about someone, instead he rather show it through his actions. Anything from buying presents to taking them out, all the way to risking his neck out for someone, just don't expect Dandy to spell it out for you. In fact, he might still try to make you believe that he doesn't care while proving the exact opposite through his actions. Why Dandy chooses to hide this softer side is never given, but it could be because it'd ruin is too cool for you self image.
Other bits and pieces of Dandy's personality include his love for Hawaii. His ship is called the Aloha Oe, the escape ship is called the Little Aloha, and THAT turns into a mecha he calls Hawaii Yankee. The interior of the ship is littered with Hawaiian-related knickknacks and it is strongly suggested that Dandy is, surprise, from Hawaii. He seemed pretty upset when Meow and QT suggested he was a tourist. He also has a liking for ramen, going as far as to have a special stash, and if the pompadour wasn't a big enough clue, a passion for hair care.
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Name: Chinchilla or Chin for short
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Character
Name: Dandy
Series: Space Dandy
Timeline: After episode 12, "Nobody Knows the Chameleon Alien, Baby"
Canon Resource Links:
Wikipedia Page
Space Dandy Wiki page
List of episodes + summaries
Personality:
Dandy is not a role model, despite what his ego might try to tell him. Described as a "dandy guy in space", that apparently translates to "a big oaf who spends the majority of his time lusting after women". The biggest key factor to Dandy's personality is that he loves women, or rather he loves their body parts. If this is somehow not the first thing you pick up when meeting him, then consider yourself one of the rare ones. Constantly spouting nonsense about breasts and rears, it's almost like he goes out of his way to show off what a giant pervert he is. Dandy will go as far as to create elaborate, "inspirational" speeches regarding the subject and shows absolutely no shame in any of this. We never get a reason for where this love stems from, in fact we never get any sort of backstory on Dandy at all (at least at this point in time), so it can just be assumed that he's gross.
To no one's surprise, Dandy is therefore a huge fan of the Hooters-like space restaurant, "BooBies". He made it his goal to visit every location the chain has to offer and dreams of buying out the franchise one day so he can own it all for himself. In fact, it seems like the only reason why he has a job to begin with is so he can afford to visit as much as he wants. Outright stating that he'd rather die than miss out on BooBies, Dandy has declared that no one can keep him from the restaurant against his will. In fact, it seems to be his best driving factor. If any situation can end with "you get to go to BooBies after this", then Dandy will do anything in his power to get the job done. So of course it only makes sense to send him into a game where the chain doesn't exist.
Somewhat of a free, if not selfish, spirit, Dandy likes to live his life by going with the flow and not sweating the small stuff. It's pretty much child-like how he views life, where he can do anything he wants because he's an adult with money, and that he's a super cool guy because he travels SPACE and hunts for super rare ALIENS. Thankfully most people don't agree with this, but that doesn't seem to deflate his self image. He doesn't care what other people think of him provided their opinions aren't harming him physically. You'd be surprised how many empires you're unaware of want you dead for unexplained reasons. Due to some kind of blessing, Dandy at least follows the law to a somewhat-decent degree, so his "my way or the highway" lifestyle is seen only as a big annoyance than anything harmful. He has outright stated in canon that if he wants to do something, he's going to do it. If he doesn't want to do something? He's not going to do it. That's the Dandy way of life.
The Dandy way of life also likes to throw out the "go with the flow" rule out the window once someone bruises his pride. He has that, apparently. Once someone or something threatens Dandy's amazingness, whether by actually being successful or gaining more attention from women, Dandy loses his cool and declares said someone or something his rival. He will then do everything in his power to prove himself the better person, because what is doing your job? The best example of this is when a famous racer named Prince shows up at BooBies, grabbing all the waitresses' attention and completely ignoring Dandy. Without much thought, Dandy then declares himself a racer (In fact, he's claims to have been one all along! For real, you guys!) and enters the Galactic Grand Prix to one up the famous pretty boy. Due to his...unusual tactics (Like using magnets to stick to other racers or exploding missiles and using the force of the explosions to fling him ahead) Dandy was actually able to give Prince a run for his money. Of course, this is Space Dandy so the race didn't end in any normal fashion, but if you were to ask him, Dandy would definitely say he won in the end. Baby.
Friendship is definitely something Dandy seems to struggle with, it seems like he can't make friends unless you're willing to put up with his antics because he has no interest in changing. And that's not even considering if he likes you in return, you could offer him your kindness in the nicest way possible and he'd still act like a complete asshole if there's something he doesn't like about you. Dandy's only "friends" at the moment seem to be his "crew", his vacuum cleaner robot named QT and a cat-like alien--Betelgeusian--called Meow. Meow isn't even his real name, Dandy just couldn't be assed to learn how to pronounce his name, and thus gave him that creative nickname. That really goes to show you just how much Dandy cares about other people, especially the ones who he has to deal with on a daily basis. Dandy doesn't seem to like Meow much at all, constantly stating that he's lazy, a mooch, and a useless member of the team. He finds joy in upsetting him, like visiting his family against his wishes as Meow made it very clear he didn't want to go. If anything, that just pushed Dandy into doing it even more. The more extreme example would be his lack of interest in saving Meow's life when he was eaten by a giant monster. QT explained that Meow could still very well be alive, but Dandy continued to fly off in his ship already "mourning" Meow's loss. It was only until QT reminded Dandy that Meow was also the one holding his BooBies point card that Dandy flew back to do battle with the monster.
Compared to Meow, Dandy treats QT much better, and in fact QT could very well be Dandy's only true friend. Although it seems like QT gets just as annoyed with Dandy's antics as anyone else, constantly pointing out his contradictions and poor ideas, he still stays with him regardless. This could possibly be because QT's a robot and Dandy owns him in some way, whether through purchase or other means, it's never stated. There is some sense of kindness in their relationship, though, as QT has stated that he's terribly outdated and yet Dandy still keeps him anyway. Getting another, better model doesn't even look like an option, hinting at some sort of sentimental value. On the other end of the spectrum, this is still Dandy and thus he doesn't treat QT with as much respect one normally would a friend. For example, during a zombie invasion, Dandy used QT as a shield, claiming that robots couldn't "catch zombie" and therefore it was completely okay. Never mind QT's objections or anything. ...It also turned out that Dandy was wrong.
So far so good, right? At this rate, anyone would think that there's absolutely nothing good about this guy. And no one would blame them, it's almost like Dandy goes out of his way to shoo people off. Little do they know that out of seemingly nowhere, Dandy can actually be a really nice guy. Sounds absurd and chances are there are more people who will never find out about this than those who do see his nicer side, but it doesn't look like Dandy has any interest in proving people wrong about it. Again, Dandy doesn't care what people seem to think of him provided it's not shredding his ego.
The more vocal of his nicer traits is his love for animals. Or animals that aren't going to eat him, anyway. He adores dogs to the point of tears, all it takes is looking into their big ol' eyes. He honestly can't understand how anyone could hate a dog, just the idea can enrage him. He will pet and love on for hours on end and play with them like he's ten years old. On the sadder side of things, if a dog dies, he will take it pretty hard and mourn to extreme levels. Extreme, as in, he will build them a rocket out of scrap and give them a proper space funeral. Besides dogs, Dandy has expressed that he "loves birds" and has been seen absentmindedly petting Meow until he remembers he hates him again, promptly kicking him into the windshield.
With people, it's a little different. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to how fast Dandy can get to care about someone, but so far he seems to be a sucker for sob stories. The fastest he's ever shown compassion was when he met an older alien trapped in another dimension, which he affectionately referred to as "Pops", and invited him aboard his ship after hearing his tale of loss. Pops declines in the end, but it's still somewhat of a big deal as Dandy very rarely offers people a place on his ship. Where as Adélie, a young human-like alien child Dandy was set on bringing to the registration center for big money, slowly grew on him over time. Their relationship starts off rocky, Dandy even outright stating that he hates kids and that Adélie was no exception. As time went on, Dandy learns how the little girl was on her own since her mother passed away and slowly finds himself getting attached, even taking the time to stop at carnivals and such for her. He then spends an entire night searching for her grandfather and then helps protect her from other, less friendly alien hunters. Eventually, once everything is settled, he lets her go with her grandfather without having to stop by the registration center despite all the money he'd be losing. Considering Dandy's love of money as it's his ticket into BooBies and how difficult it is to score big bucks when it comes to alien hunting, this is a huge deal for him and shows just how much he's willing to care. Just...don't expect it often.
When it comes to actually showing affection towards people, Dandy is much more subtle about it than he is with animals. He will never actually state out loud that he cares about someone, instead he rather show it through his actions. Anything from buying presents to taking them out, all the way to risking his neck out for someone, just don't expect Dandy to spell it out for you. In fact, he might still try to make you believe that he doesn't care while proving the exact opposite through his actions. Why Dandy chooses to hide this softer side is never given, but it could be because it'd ruin is too cool for you self image.
Other bits and pieces of Dandy's personality include his love for Hawaii. His ship is called the Aloha Oe, the escape ship is called the Little Aloha, and THAT turns into a mecha he calls Hawaii Yankee. The interior of the ship is littered with Hawaiian-related knickknacks and it is strongly suggested that Dandy is, surprise, from Hawaii. He seemed pretty upset when Meow and QT suggested he was a tourist. He also has a liking for ramen, going as far as to have a special stash, and if the pompadour wasn't a big enough clue, a passion for hair care.