Nowhere Man (The Beatles)

NAME/ORIGIN

Character name
 Nowhere Man
Song/Album
 "Nowhere Man"/ Rubber Soul (UK) & Yesterday and Today (US)
Act
 The Beatles
Writer
 John Lennon (credited to Lennon-McCartney)
Release Date
 1965


ABILITIES

Powers
-Omnipotence, at least as far as the planet Earth
"The world is at your command"
-Possibly immortal
"Take your time, don't hurry"
Skills
planning, although ineptly
"Making all his nowhere plans for nobody"
Attributes
lack of concern with politics
"Doesn't have a point of view" 
Vulnerabilities
willful ignorance
"He's as blind as he can be/ Just sees what he wants to see"
aimlessness
"Knows not where he's going to"
Requires assistance. Since he can do anything, he does nothing
"Leave it all 'til somebody else lends you a hand" 
Formidability
High, if motivated, which he does not seem to be
Attractiveness
Average
"Isn't he a bit like you and me?"
Source
Existence in a realm beyond spacetime 


POSSESSIONS

Weapons
N/A
Amulets
N/A
Objects
N/A
Clothing
N/A
Vehicles
N/A
Dwelling
A plane of existence between dimensions
"sitting in his nowhere land"
Milieu
alternate "reality" that is beyond a reality as humans conceive it


BIOGRAPHY

Gender
Male
Age
N/A
Physique
Average
Ethnicity
N/A
Origin
N/A
Ancestry
N/A
Profession
unemployed 
Education
N/A
SES
Powerful, but neither rich nor famous
Relationships
none
Pets
none


PERSONALITY

Morality
Amoral
"Doesn't have a point of view"
Intro/extrovert
Introvert to the point of recluse
"Please listen/ You don't know what you're missing."
Intelligence
N/A
Emotions
somewhat uneasy
is told "Don't worry," which means he does
Sanity
Must be sane, or we'd all be dead
Enemies
N/A


Narrative Function
Catalyst
Other Notes
Nowhere Man, since he can do anything, does nothing. He may be too afraid of his own vast powers to interfere.


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