APPLICATION

[unchancy]

OOC:

Player Name: Laura
Age: 18+
Contact: locution/locution

IC:

Name: Nancy Wheeler
Canon: Stranger Things
Canon Point: Post S2
Age: 17

Spoken language(s): English
Username: nancy
To the Mods: n/a

History: LINK
Personality:

LAST WEEK, I WAS SHOPPING FOR A NEW TOP I THOUGHT STEVE MIGHT LIKE. IT TOOK ME AND BARB ALL WEEKEND. IT SEEMED LIKE LIFE OR DEATH, YOU KNOW? AND NOW...

Nancy Wheeler is a normal, teenage girl. Her relationship with her nuclear family is strained, and she only appears to have one close friend in Hawkins, Indiana (thanks, Barb), where she has lived her life in rural suburbia. She recently found herself in a rebellious phase, sneaking out to parties on school nights and gaining fresh popularity after seeing the one-year-older, lowkey-bad-boy Steve Harrington. Her other interests are typical, if a little shallow. Nothing ever happens in Hawkins, after all, so her biggest problem being the search for a new top to impress Steve seemed justified, at the time. Besides, she remains friendly and lightly witty with most everyone.

In some ways, Nancy knows who she is and what she wants: she's goal-oriented and academically-minded, steadfastly working towards acceptance to a respectable college — a ticket out of her small town. However, Nancy is also conflicted, split between her beau and her best friend, conflicted over liking Steve and not liking the way his friends treat others. Initially, Nancy is positioned as a foil for Steve. While Steve is content with the status quo, Nancy refuses to settle: She studies despite his flirtations, offers words of encouragement to the decidedly unpopular Jonathan Byers, and questions Barb’s disappearance almost immediately. Unlike other eighties horror heroines, Nancy wants to get the guy and good grades. And it ain't easy.

Of course, Nancy can also be petulant and selfish, spurning her brothers’ sweet friends and ignoring Barb’s distress over Nancy growing closer to Steve ( along with his admittedly garbage friends). Furthermore, when Barb needs her most, Nancy abandons her. Without a doubt, Nancy is flawed. Unfortunately, her petty actions have irreversible consequences.

The night she chooses her boyfriend over her long-time friend, Barb goes missing.

I DON'T THINK MY PARENTS EVER LOVED EACH OTHER. MY MOM WAS YOUNG. MY DAD WAS OLDER, BUT HE HAD A CUSHY JOB, MONEY, CAME FROM A GOOD FAMILY. SO, THEY BOUGHT A NICE HOUSE AT THE END OF THE CUL-DE-SAC AND STARTED THEIR NUCLEAR FAMILY...YEAH, SCREW THAT.

Here, Nancy Wheeler gains her primary motivation present for the remainder of the series: finding Barb. While she questioned the old-fashioned, suburban ideals of her little town before now (particularly by sleeping with Steve), she fully rejects others’ expectations of her when she realizes her friend has gone missing and no one besides her suspects foul play, not even Steve or the police. From the start, she knows “something terrible happened” despite all who doubt her. At the expense of her popularity, her relationship with Steve, and her personal safety, Nancy pursues truth and justice. Even after she learns of Barb's death, Nancy wants some measure of compensation for Barb's family and a measure of veracity for Barb's memory (because her friend didn't run away; she was killed).

Clever and perceptive, Nancy channels her bookishness into action. For instance, she spots a creature (the Demogorgon) in a photo of Barb’s last moments and confronts the photographer, Jonathan Byers, to pursue the lead. Before anyone else, she realizes the monster roaming Hawkins is drawn to blood, making a parallel through her knowledge of sharks. More than intelligent, Nancy is tough enough to apply her theories and brave enough to plot to trap the Demogorgon. After all, it’s Nancy who realizes the adults are journeying into the Demogorgon’s lair in dire need of a distraction to draw the creature away. She tells Jonathan, “I want to finish what we started. I want to kill it.” Moreover, she is incredibly aware of her surroundings, capable of adjusting to an unpredicted scenario — like Will Byers’ possession — by using her environment to her advantage (snagging a hot poker to excise the creature possessing Will that she knows fears heat). After Jonathan teaches her to shoot, she’s the first to volunteer to take a gun and protect others. Above all else, Nancy wants to rectify her blunders, protect her loved ones in Hawkins, and secure justice for Barb. Slowly but surely, others are coming to respect and recognize her contributions. She still missteps, but she is getting there — and she knows it.

By the end of the first season, others describe her as "kind of a badass now."

Despite her bouts of selfishness, Nancy also acts with kindness from the beginning of the series to the most recent episode. The girl who spoke to Jonathan despite her popular companions mocking him is the same girl who ends season two dancing with a middle school boy who was rejected by his classmates at the dance. In this way, Nancy possesses emotional acuity, in tune with others' emotions and capable of comforting them.

Nancy’s greatest weakness is her ability, or lack thereof, to control her emotions. She worries about what others think of her and desires affection, settling into a relationship with Steve again despite her lingering feelings for Jonathan. In any situation, she expresses her emotions vocally and physically — when happy, she beams and laughs; when angry, she shouts and storms out. When hurt, her words are biting, excessively harsh. Furthermore, Nancy tends to rush into things (like, say, a Demogorgon’s spooky hideaway), unwisely adopting the leap-before-you-look strategy. In general, following orders is difficult for her, whether those are from her parents or the sheriff. Preferring to do things her own way, she does not take "no" for an answer, even when that means pursuing a conspiracy theory against a powerful and dangerous government project. While her confidence in her convictions and sleuthing is often a positive aspect of her personality, sometimes she acts rashly, taking on things she can't handle.

Underneath her courageous, at times impulsive, pursuits, Nancy deeply fears the Demogorgon. She knows that whatever they think they understand about the monster and where it comes from (the Upside Down) barely scratches the surface. Her nightmares are haunted by the monster and its damp, decaying world. Nancy is not without fear; rather, she pushes through her terror.

Overall, Nancy’s determination defines her, particularly when it comes to defending her friends and loved ones. She always keeps going and never gives up, no matter the forces working against her. When a clerk questions her and Jonathan’s purchases of ammo, bear traps, and lighter fluid, among other suspicious items (“What’re you kids doing with all this?”), Nancy smiles and quips, "Monster hunting."

Driven, bold, and a little sassy, Nancy is doing her goddamn best to make things right.

Abilities/Skills:

As Nancy is a baseline human, she has no superpowers. She does, however, have basic knowledge of firearms, including pistols and shotguns, and some general knowledge of how hunting traps work after her adventures in monster hunting. Overall, she's a pretty savvy gal from the eighties, if a normal, human teen,

Samples:

TESTDRIVE (with log & network sample) + PSL LOG ( who you gonna call? )