Talk:Nae Tennouji/@comment-85.23.243.67-20150114223024/@comment-7888499-20150115001041

I know what you mean and kinda feel the same way. It is hard to reconcil the insane Nae of several Alpha world lines to the spunky, cheery resistance fighter of the Steins Gate in Robotics;Notes. I think they wanted to show that contrast with her; that people can become very different based on what they encounter in life. I'm not saying that they flawlessly succeeded in her storyline, but there are a few things that make it a bit more swallowable.

I think it makes some sense to think that thousands of time leaps with revenge as her aim could have driven her violently insane. And, the thing is she got into such a never-ending loop -after she killed Moeka she would just grow up and kill Okabe again and then repeat the cycle- that her time leaps are basically infinite in those world lines. It's been awhile since I played the VN, so I can't remember if there was any indication whether this was her first loop or not, but if she has already been looping a few times she would probably be that much more insane.

However, to consider the start before the endless loop was formed, I think that in the Alpha world lines where she goes insane she should probably be considered as a character with similar development to Kayano from Rebellion of the Missing Ring. Kayano went from a quiet, introvert to manical assassin. After her little sister was unspeakably abused and left broken, Kayano joined the Rounders and underwent all sorts of experimentation. Brainwashing was also commonly used by SERN in that time period.

Since Nae became a Rounder after running away, I wouldn't be surprised if she also was brainwashed and experimented on to turn her into an assassin using her belief that it was Okabe and Moeka's fault that her father died to manipulate and fuel her. I'm not saying it was SERN's intent that she would start time leaping for her revenge, but I do think it likely that she was a predecessor assassin who was followed by assassins like Kayano used to attack the Valkyrie resistence and other problems for SERN.