• Rolando@lemmy.worldOP
    291·
    25 days ago

    I have many questions:

    • WHO TF IS “OLD NOBODY”?!?
    • why does he have E-Tru’s umbrella?
    • why does he look like that?
    • does this have something to do with Halloween?
    • this isn’t some kind of racist thing, is it?
    • why does E.T. call Ol Nobody a “loafer”, after he went through the trouble of bringing his umbrella?
    • why can’t I find any info about “Old Nobody” on the web? Is this a figment of my imagination? It seems like he should have some Powers, like Punch Dodge or something like that.
    • That’s a really nice Oi-Zuki Jodan, btw, though True-san’s leaning a bit too far forward. Or maybe Everett “The Outburst” True was originally a boxer?
    • Does anybody have more info about “Old Nobody”, btw?
    • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
      201·
      25 days ago

      I have some answers (but not the big one).

      A “loafer” is an old timey word for tramp, from German/Dutch “landlaufer” meaning “land walker”.

      The rest is speculation, but I think this is a sort of anger at nobody returning his umbrella. Nobody does this, which is why this “person” is just a stick. Someone stole Ev’s umbrella and didn’t return it. But you can beat up nobody, so, here’s a literal strawman to beat up.

    • RebekahWSD@lemmy.world
      13·
      25 days ago

      Old Nobody looks like the start of a creepypasta. Like in all aspects of their being. Weirdly shaped, no information, people hostile to it (although this is True, he’s hostile to almost everyone). Just weird!

    • fpc;@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      25 days ago

      I took it as nobody does this personified.

      • A personification of a person doing something right and true.
      • It is an example of something, assume he found it, or took it from the 'brella bandit.
      • As a figment, he has no substance.
      • Don’t think so.
      • Don’t think so, hope not.
      • This rarely or ever happen, so the nice person thing is loafing.
      • No, he is a figment of True’s imagination. Not a thing.
      • A what?
      • Nope. But I love to speculate.
      • Rolando@lemmy.worldOP
        4·
        25 days ago

        In the source comic that Skua pointed to, the second panel is basically that character saying “you know who returns umbrellas? NOBODY!” But E.T. cut him off by bonking him.

        The character also put me in mind of those old Family Circus cartoons, when the kids did something evil, the parents would say “who did that?” and the kids would say “Not me!” and “Nobody!” And there’d be invisible ghost-kids with labels like Not Me and Nobody on them running around.

    • AllNewTypeFace
      5·
      25 days ago

      My guess is that True is objecting to someone using the passive voice: having borrowed his umbrella without asking and then returning it without taking responsibility, insinuating that persons unknown are to blame for the inconvenience that he is now taking the credit for remedying.