#of nina and their mom talking while dina just looks sad and left out

[wildfangz]

The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of Dina & Johnny Zest as an item. I think their personalities mesh well (especially since I don't view Dina as just a shallow & simple gold digger) and I also like the character development that'd come with her actively choosing a partner that not only isn't rich, but struggling.

She's definitely materialistic, loves luxury, loves being spoiled... but I also see her as ambitious and more than capable of making her own fortune, the faith in herself just isn't quite there and she's trying to hit an easy button. I feel like it'd be a relationship that'd push her more towards tapping into that part of herself and then I don't really view Johnny as a nothing. He's a hard worker and I think eventual success is a given, so overall I could see them ending up fairly well-off, and being each other's cheerleader along the way.

I think there's also something there about their place in their families. Johnny obviously has the shorter end of the stick but ironically enough even though I headcanon Dina as the one that gets more attention from men due partly to her more bubbly personality, which is something that gets under Nina's skin a bit, I view Nina as being more so the favorite growing up, at least with their mom, who I HC as Dina having a bit of a tense relationship with. So they both have mommy issues as far as I'm concerned