I'm having genuine brainrot from @brightgoat 's My World au and so I guess I ought to set this trainwreck of thoughts free. If you don't know what I'm talking about then you should check it out it's SO worth the read.
Nil is always divided from the other villagers due to her behavior, her nihilistic worldview, not getting a job aka "being useful", little regard for tradition and their critical/non lenient view of Steve.
Due to Steve's curiosity, they try to find something for Nil to do, by putting her in a boat and travelling with her to their base or going on "adventures" with Steve, in hopes to find something that interests her.
Then there's the Plains Village Raid happens, where Polly and Nil meet and Nil hides her from the others. Then threatens Polly, interrogates her, and later sets her free. All things that other Villagers would never do. Then the Zombie Siege happens Which Nil only survived bc a) they were traveling back from Steve's base and b) Polly came back for them.
So before starting a nomadic life Nil already:
has a mindset more similar to Wandering Traders than Villagers (though Nil is nihilistic and Wandering Traders portray absurdism)
Semi regularly leaves the Village to "adventure"
does not care about being of use to anyone
defies Steve's, Polly's, and the villages' expectations
is openly confrontational towards people other Villagers would avoid or tolerate
After that Nil starts to travel the world with Nil, and they start to show more similarities to a Wandering Trader than an unusual Villager. This is where I stop yapping and show Nil's behavior (from mostly) during her travels next to the description of Brightgoat's Wandering traders.
The texts at the top describe a Wandering Trader's behavior from this Worldbuilding/lore post. The last image is misc stuff that show other parralels.
cant forget this post either
