More Oz allusions. Nick is, of course, the Tin Man. It’s not just that he was a human and ended up with a metal body, or that his last name can literally be translated into “chopper”, or that he’s been out cutting trees.
No, this bitter, foulmouthed misanthrope has the biggest heart in the Skin Horse cast. He’s a pacifist who was willing to die rather than give up his beliefs. He goes out of his way to help those in need. He even spends his free time rescuing wildlife (the earlier offhand comment about rescuing birds from an oil spill). Out of the core cast, Nick clearly seems to care the most about helping just for the sake of helping. And he’ll bitch about it the entire time.
Yes! Firefly reference.
Okay, now I want to see Nick cos-playing as the Serenity (with the design of the Osprey’s rotters, I think you could pull it off.)
More Oz allusions. Nick is, of course, the Tin Man. It’s not just that he was a human and ended up with a metal body, or that his last name can literally be translated into “chopper”, or that he’s been out cutting trees.
No, this bitter, foulmouthed misanthrope has the biggest heart in the Skin Horse cast. He’s a pacifist who was willing to die rather than give up his beliefs. He goes out of his way to help those in need. He even spends his free time rescuing wildlife (the earlier offhand comment about rescuing birds from an oil spill). Out of the core cast, Nick clearly seems to care the most about helping just for the sake of helping. And he’ll bitch about it the entire time.
I remain disappointed that I missed the Oz references on my first read-through back in the late Aughties.