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Daily Journal 8
2 years ago
2/11/2023
Today I want to write about something I’ve been needing to ever since I had the idea for it. It may be a bit anticlimactic to put this all out there now, but today I am going to list just about everything I like about Cecilia. First a bit of a history lesson, Cecilia wasn’t always the mouse that she is today, first she was a male mouse named Lenore, who was the deity of the moon and a superhero type of sorts. I never did much with him in terms of writing or roleplay, but he was my handle on the Furry Forums for a decent while. The problem with Lenore is that he didn’t satisfy my creative needs. You can’t drop a deity in every situation and expect others to treat him like normal, and so I had a fit of creative thinking. Somehow some way I came up with Cecil, a mouse that resembles Cecilia in all ways except gender. My inspiration was EarthBound, I gave him a simple outfit with a distinctive stripe pattern on his shirt ala Lucas Ness and Ninten. Cecil had psi powers to boot. Although his overall character details were pulled from EarthBound, I lifted his name straight from Final Fantasy 4 as I thought Cecil Harvey was a cool name for a protagonist, while at the same time being a normal name for a person. And that was Cecil, I liked using him a whole lot more than I did Lenore. It just felt more personal to have this character designed the way I wanted them to look and as such I felt so much more comfortable using him as a representation of myself. But then something shook up my world. As a one-off, I drew Cecil as a girl, appropriately named Cecilia to fit the gender bend. This image is in my gallery and it changed my entire perception of what I wanted my character to be. Using her as my handle felt interesting, it felt fresh, and I felt a connection to her that I had never felt to any of my other characters. It was at this time that I started to mature: Cecilia didn’t need super powers or complete dominion over a concept to be interesting, she just needed to be herself. The big mouse is kind, friendly and adventurous. She’s cuddly and sweet, and I couldn’t be more satisfied with how she looks.
Now I can get into the things I like about her specifically. Her design is the biggest, I chose a mouse as a fursona because I thought out of all the animals out there making a mouse character would be interesting. 7 some odd years later and I couldn’t think of another animal I would go with as a sona (except maaaaybe a kangaroo). I just love Cecilia’s big round ears, buck teeth, and even her furless tail. I’ve also learned more about mice and rats than I ever needed to. There was a very short period where Cecilia’s baseline figure was on the plus side, but I like her best slim and sleek, she isn’t too curvy to be unrealistic, but still shapely in a way that makes her attractive. The second thing I like about her is her background, it took me a while to come up with a good background for Cecilia what wasn’t just that she’s a female mouse. For the longest time she didn’t even have a last name, but after some inspiration I came up with something I am proud of. The uniqueness of her backstory isn’t that she has some tragic past or uncovered family drama. Cecilia’s uniqueness in the realm where a tragic traumatic backstory is a dime-a-dozen, is that she has a normal, happy life and was raised by parents who loved her like any parents should. My final thing that I like about her is her personality, it’s hard not to like someone who is joyful 90% of the time. In the case of Cecilia, her superpower is her ability to make friends and connections, very corny I know, but making connections is an incredible thing. It adds to one’s strength, and makes allies out of enemies. I describe Cecilia’s social skills as a DnD character who always passes their persuasion check, regardless of who she’s talking to or what is being said
That’s about all I have to say. The fondness I have for this character comes from using her as my handle for so long, I really feel like she is another aspect of myself, an aspect I really only get to express online. I’ve gone so far as to relate her to my other passions, I got art of her doing some of Jerma’s poses, and most recently I got art of her dressed as Sabrina from the webcomic. I hope to get more pieces like that in the future, and I know even more wonderful things are in store for this cute little mouse in the future.
Today I want to write about something I’ve been needing to ever since I had the idea for it. It may be a bit anticlimactic to put this all out there now, but today I am going to list just about everything I like about Cecilia. First a bit of a history lesson, Cecilia wasn’t always the mouse that she is today, first she was a male mouse named Lenore, who was the deity of the moon and a superhero type of sorts. I never did much with him in terms of writing or roleplay, but he was my handle on the Furry Forums for a decent while. The problem with Lenore is that he didn’t satisfy my creative needs. You can’t drop a deity in every situation and expect others to treat him like normal, and so I had a fit of creative thinking. Somehow some way I came up with Cecil, a mouse that resembles Cecilia in all ways except gender. My inspiration was EarthBound, I gave him a simple outfit with a distinctive stripe pattern on his shirt ala Lucas Ness and Ninten. Cecil had psi powers to boot. Although his overall character details were pulled from EarthBound, I lifted his name straight from Final Fantasy 4 as I thought Cecil Harvey was a cool name for a protagonist, while at the same time being a normal name for a person. And that was Cecil, I liked using him a whole lot more than I did Lenore. It just felt more personal to have this character designed the way I wanted them to look and as such I felt so much more comfortable using him as a representation of myself. But then something shook up my world. As a one-off, I drew Cecil as a girl, appropriately named Cecilia to fit the gender bend. This image is in my gallery and it changed my entire perception of what I wanted my character to be. Using her as my handle felt interesting, it felt fresh, and I felt a connection to her that I had never felt to any of my other characters. It was at this time that I started to mature: Cecilia didn’t need super powers or complete dominion over a concept to be interesting, she just needed to be herself. The big mouse is kind, friendly and adventurous. She’s cuddly and sweet, and I couldn’t be more satisfied with how she looks.
Now I can get into the things I like about her specifically. Her design is the biggest, I chose a mouse as a fursona because I thought out of all the animals out there making a mouse character would be interesting. 7 some odd years later and I couldn’t think of another animal I would go with as a sona (except maaaaybe a kangaroo). I just love Cecilia’s big round ears, buck teeth, and even her furless tail. I’ve also learned more about mice and rats than I ever needed to. There was a very short period where Cecilia’s baseline figure was on the plus side, but I like her best slim and sleek, she isn’t too curvy to be unrealistic, but still shapely in a way that makes her attractive. The second thing I like about her is her background, it took me a while to come up with a good background for Cecilia what wasn’t just that she’s a female mouse. For the longest time she didn’t even have a last name, but after some inspiration I came up with something I am proud of. The uniqueness of her backstory isn’t that she has some tragic past or uncovered family drama. Cecilia’s uniqueness in the realm where a tragic traumatic backstory is a dime-a-dozen, is that she has a normal, happy life and was raised by parents who loved her like any parents should. My final thing that I like about her is her personality, it’s hard not to like someone who is joyful 90% of the time. In the case of Cecilia, her superpower is her ability to make friends and connections, very corny I know, but making connections is an incredible thing. It adds to one’s strength, and makes allies out of enemies. I describe Cecilia’s social skills as a DnD character who always passes their persuasion check, regardless of who she’s talking to or what is being said
That’s about all I have to say. The fondness I have for this character comes from using her as my handle for so long, I really feel like she is another aspect of myself, an aspect I really only get to express online. I’ve gone so far as to relate her to my other passions, I got art of her doing some of Jerma’s poses, and most recently I got art of her dressed as Sabrina from the webcomic. I hope to get more pieces like that in the future, and I know even more wonderful things are in store for this cute little mouse in the future.
