09-13-2014, 09:13 PM | #11 |
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Re: Disadvantages for a naive, blue-eyed PC
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09-13-2014, 10:33 PM | #13 |
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Re: Disadvantages for a naive, blue-eyed PC
I find this thread offensive.
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09-13-2014, 11:59 PM | #14 | |
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Babies are blue eyed and thus blue-eyed-ness is perceived as a naive and childish thing to be. Of course, not all blue-eyed people are naive, any more than Tyrion Lannister wears motley. But that's the idiom.
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09-14-2014, 01:33 AM | #15 |
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Re: Disadvantages for a naive, blue-eyed PC
It's actually a Standard German synonym for "naive" that most native speakers would use without even thinking twice about the literal mean, even though it can also mean that. Here's the explanation. Of course such things don't translate well.
Back to the topic: I think the quintessential part is Gullibility with a healthy dash of Xenophilia. "Oh, you're a secret policeman! That's fascinating. I bet you catch a lot of evil guys who want to bring down the free country of Iran." Combine that with a few quirk-level Delusions and a marked lack of Current Affairs and possibly History and Area Knowledge and you got your "blue-eyed" boy. |
09-14-2014, 04:42 AM | #16 |
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Re: Disadvantages for a naive, blue-eyed PC
Thanks for the language lesson. So, no extra Disadvantages we have to hunt for.
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09-14-2014, 07:38 AM | #17 |
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Re: Disadvantages for a naive, blue-eyed PC
Thank you all for your input! The creative juices are flowing again! And yes, blue-eyed was just another word for a young, wet-behind-the-ears, green adventurer...
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09-14-2014, 07:47 AM | #18 | |
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09-14-2014, 08:22 AM | #19 | |
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Oh, did we get Reluctant Killer and possibly Combat Paralysis? If it doesn't fit the concept it doesn't fit, but it seems pretty reasonable that the innocent would have a harder time dealing with such things than the more experienced.
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