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Character Creation: The Tali Story and More...
17 years ago
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(from http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/448089/)
(the question of character/race design arose. Here's what I posted.)
Lessee...
Tali Hartoh-Mason's got an interesting history. See, back when she was created, twenty years ago when furry fandom was mostly a 'sausage fest' (™ Rev. Ivan Stang), the big fantasy was "Hyooman Guy Meets Hawt Furry Chick And Has Consequence-Free Sexxors".
I decided to tweak a few tails.
When Tali was introduced on the "Galaxy Local 999" storyboard on The Electric Holt BBS in Philly circa March of '88, she was expecting twins, courtesy of my character, Major Matt Mason of the Temporal Corps-which came as a surprise to both Matt and his SO, Lowchan... and which makes Tali one of the earliest, if not THE earliest furry MILF out there. ;D
The three of them are now happily married and living in Arizona. Tali teaches at the Wilde Home for Wayward Catgirls, Matt runs a vintage Mercedes restoration shop and Lowchan's still with the Corps, commanding the TMS Musashi (which was the Space Cruiser Yamato's stunt double until the Corps bought her and restored her for active duty after all the movies and TV shows were over). Matt and Tali's twins, Franq and Jesi, are students at Xavier's School for Gifted Catboys and the Wilde Home, respectively...
Now how Tali developed a taste for the ladies...that, I'm not sure of. May date back to a historic 13 page piece written by me and drawn by Reed Waller (preview here which ran in TaliVisions #4 in 1996, wherein Tali and Low discover the joys of each other...
Incidentally, Tali's initial design was inspired by Erma Felna; however, when I saw Kitten Kaboodle on 'Tale Spin' in '91, I thought, "Hey! She'd look great as a brunette!"...and the rest is history.
Most of the rest of my characters can be seen in the Spontooniverse, to wit:
-Leslie duCleds, scion of the duCleds Chemicals fortune in Delahare and would-be adventurer. Son of Paul duCleds (whose name came up from a slip of the tongue while I was saying "Paul is dead clues"). Currently engaged to Inocenta deCiervos.
-Willow Fawnsworthy, erstwhile secretary, actually a Minkerton's operative tasked with keeping an eye on Les. She's a lady with a secret past, most of which is revealed on the Spontoon site. Name inspired by Myra Foxworthy; bod inspired by Bammby Slander of the "Sophistikats" comic book. Engaged to Reggie Buckhorn.
-Rosie Baumgartner, former bartender at the Double Lotus (a ladies-only bar on Casino Island), now proprietress of Luchow's on Meeting Island. She showed up simply as Rosie the bartender in order to make a rather horrid pun in Say It To Flowers, but has evolved into a first-rate character on her own. Her surname can be explained by Googling the terms "Greaseman" and "Six Minute Workout" and listening to one or two of the segments found thereby. Currently romantically involved with Inspector Stagg.
So...how did y'all come up with YOUR characters? :)
(the question of character/race design arose. Here's what I posted.)
Lessee...
Tali Hartoh-Mason's got an interesting history. See, back when she was created, twenty years ago when furry fandom was mostly a 'sausage fest' (™ Rev. Ivan Stang), the big fantasy was "Hyooman Guy Meets Hawt Furry Chick And Has Consequence-Free Sexxors".
I decided to tweak a few tails.
When Tali was introduced on the "Galaxy Local 999" storyboard on The Electric Holt BBS in Philly circa March of '88, she was expecting twins, courtesy of my character, Major Matt Mason of the Temporal Corps-which came as a surprise to both Matt and his SO, Lowchan... and which makes Tali one of the earliest, if not THE earliest furry MILF out there. ;D
The three of them are now happily married and living in Arizona. Tali teaches at the Wilde Home for Wayward Catgirls, Matt runs a vintage Mercedes restoration shop and Lowchan's still with the Corps, commanding the TMS Musashi (which was the Space Cruiser Yamato's stunt double until the Corps bought her and restored her for active duty after all the movies and TV shows were over). Matt and Tali's twins, Franq and Jesi, are students at Xavier's School for Gifted Catboys and the Wilde Home, respectively...
Now how Tali developed a taste for the ladies...that, I'm not sure of. May date back to a historic 13 page piece written by me and drawn by Reed Waller (preview here which ran in TaliVisions #4 in 1996, wherein Tali and Low discover the joys of each other...
Incidentally, Tali's initial design was inspired by Erma Felna; however, when I saw Kitten Kaboodle on 'Tale Spin' in '91, I thought, "Hey! She'd look great as a brunette!"...and the rest is history.
Most of the rest of my characters can be seen in the Spontooniverse, to wit:
-Leslie duCleds, scion of the duCleds Chemicals fortune in Delahare and would-be adventurer. Son of Paul duCleds (whose name came up from a slip of the tongue while I was saying "Paul is dead clues"). Currently engaged to Inocenta deCiervos.
-Willow Fawnsworthy, erstwhile secretary, actually a Minkerton's operative tasked with keeping an eye on Les. She's a lady with a secret past, most of which is revealed on the Spontoon site. Name inspired by Myra Foxworthy; bod inspired by Bammby Slander of the "Sophistikats" comic book. Engaged to Reggie Buckhorn.
-Rosie Baumgartner, former bartender at the Double Lotus (a ladies-only bar on Casino Island), now proprietress of Luchow's on Meeting Island. She showed up simply as Rosie the bartender in order to make a rather horrid pun in Say It To Flowers, but has evolved into a first-rate character on her own. Her surname can be explained by Googling the terms "Greaseman" and "Six Minute Workout" and listening to one or two of the segments found thereby. Currently romantically involved with Inspector Stagg.
So...how did y'all come up with YOUR characters? :)
Roki for one was mostly created to be what I would be if I were a fuzzy creature with a tail and so forth. Just a bunch of cats I like with my personality (good and bad) injected into the mold.
Shard and Rebound are from the same universe as a lot of my characters, basically because I love superheroes.
Ardashir grew out of a fascination with pre-Islamic Iran and Central Asia. I suppose I just wanted to know what was going on there before they went Islamic. I then added in details from other loves of mine (Leigh Brackett's Mars, esp. her High and Low Martians and those ancient, near-abandoned cities, and some of the Bob Howard/Poul Anderson heroic fantasy heroes) and some RL exaggerated experiences and that's pretty much where he came from.
Thanks for sharing the background on Tali.