Johnny Bravo in a Harem Anime?! (Interest Check)

Started by That One Dingus, March 11, 2017, 11:02:33 PM

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A mama's boy. A unrelenting womanizer. An ignorant pig. A lazy coward. An egotistical man-child.

Johnny Bravo has been called all of these things. Are they deserved? Well... yeah, mostly.

But does he really deserve to be thrown into the Scrappy Heap and be forgotten? Is there no appreciation for his positive qualities, like his deeply rooted loyalty to kith and kin, his exceptional confidence, and a set of muscles that make 'roid abusers jealous?

Is it truly impossible for him to undergo that fabled, near mythical state of transcendence that is referred to as character development?

I'm looking for at least one other player (though more is fine) that would be willing to participate in a game where Johnny is thrust into the position typically assigned to a harem protagonist. The plot I had in mind is that Mrs. Bravo was very good friends with an old Japanese woman. Since this lady had no remaining family or friends to leave her estate to, and she did not want it to merely be sold off, the deceased decided to pass her estate on to Mrs. Bravo. Seeing an opportunity for Johnny to experience the world (and perhaps finally land himself his own lady!), Mrs. Bravo sends her son to live there and take care of things.

This is just a basic idea for a premise to justify the plot. If anyone has any suggestions, I am more than willing to listen.

While I do enjoy the idea of playing a ridiculous character like Johnny Bravo, I hope that placing him in this role solves a problem that I always have with harem lead characters: they're either useless or totally bland. If there is one thing Johnny is not lacking in, it's personality. At the same time, Johnny's own lack of actual experience with women means that suddenly being swamped with their attention all the time might tone down his skirt-chasing tendencies. And of course, when he's surrounded by "babes", perhaps he will finally take the time to look past the exterior and see the woman beneath the skin...

At least, later. For now, *drools*.

Worth noting is that Johnny has shown that he does not limit his affections to women of a particular species or race. In the 2013 movie where he goes to Bollywood (yes, that actually happened), he runs across an Indian woman who becomes rather fond of him. He has also dated a motley collection of characters including a female werewolf, an antelope, a moose, and a fox-girl. I bring this up to say that, if an applicant so desires, a "furry" style of character would not be out of place in such a setting. Of course, if you want to roll a traditional Japanese neko or something, that's cool, too.

Throwing this out there on the off-chance that anyone might find it fun to engage in a freeform RP of this type.
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