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This one refers to the situation from my last journal.
OK, Mom calls the landlord and says "when can we expect you over to give the garage a look?" And he replies "I drove by Tuesday and saw it was clean"... so I have been worrying for the rest of this week because this cocksucker didn't tell us that we were in the clear? I'm glad that we still have a home and now that everything's clean, it will be easier to keep it that way but... my mind had gone to some pretty dark places when I was worried that there was still a chance that Mom and I could have been homeless...
Some other things I've been thinking about:
Remember the Ringtail character I made? You probably don't because I drew four pictures of him and then deleted them and silently shelved the character because I didn't do anything with him past that. Despite that, I did manage to buy a commission of him, get some giftart of him, and buy a plush of his species. I'm considering giving him another try... I mean, I deleted all of the artwork and just took a step back and made Johnny Spade back into a raccoon, but I haven't done anything with that form/species either. Part of me should have kept him as a ringtail, I guess. I don't care if that's a lesser known species that I'd have to explain every time.
Meanwhile:
What comes to mind when you think about Cheekers? What Species? What characteristics? What personality?
I'm still undecided on what Cheekers is and should be. I've just been too busy (again) to really think about where I want to take him as a character and my fursona. I'm tired of changing depending on my mood and I'd like something more consistent... Am I a fat rat, a fat mouse, or a fat squirrel? Every time I think I figure it out, something reminds me of how one of the other forms did something that the others couldn't.
I'd like to have a somewhat serious conversation about this, but any time I try talking about it it feels like I'm being brushed off. "It's your character, Just do what you want to do!" they sometimes say, but if I knew what I wanted to do, I would have already done that and I wouldn't be asking this question...
Now that I might have some time to myself, I could finally figure this out once and for all.
OK, Mom calls the landlord and says "when can we expect you over to give the garage a look?" And he replies "I drove by Tuesday and saw it was clean"... so I have been worrying for the rest of this week because this cocksucker didn't tell us that we were in the clear? I'm glad that we still have a home and now that everything's clean, it will be easier to keep it that way but... my mind had gone to some pretty dark places when I was worried that there was still a chance that Mom and I could have been homeless...
Some other things I've been thinking about:
Remember the Ringtail character I made? You probably don't because I drew four pictures of him and then deleted them and silently shelved the character because I didn't do anything with him past that. Despite that, I did manage to buy a commission of him, get some giftart of him, and buy a plush of his species. I'm considering giving him another try... I mean, I deleted all of the artwork and just took a step back and made Johnny Spade back into a raccoon, but I haven't done anything with that form/species either. Part of me should have kept him as a ringtail, I guess. I don't care if that's a lesser known species that I'd have to explain every time.
Meanwhile:
What comes to mind when you think about Cheekers? What Species? What characteristics? What personality?
I'm still undecided on what Cheekers is and should be. I've just been too busy (again) to really think about where I want to take him as a character and my fursona. I'm tired of changing depending on my mood and I'd like something more consistent... Am I a fat rat, a fat mouse, or a fat squirrel? Every time I think I figure it out, something reminds me of how one of the other forms did something that the others couldn't.
I'd like to have a somewhat serious conversation about this, but any time I try talking about it it feels like I'm being brushed off. "It's your character, Just do what you want to do!" they sometimes say, but if I knew what I wanted to do, I would have already done that and I wouldn't be asking this question...
Now that I might have some time to myself, I could finally figure this out once and for all.
If I was to make Cheekers a shapeshifter and do the concept justice, I would have to make a whole new character (or species) that would essentially be what Cheekers would look like when he isn't shapeshifting. Neat idea, but that's kinda the opposite of what I want to do, and just make the character have one form.
I've done characters with multiple forms in the past, and I could definitely do that now, but I'm just trying to show a bit of restraint and keep things simple. I mean, He's a rat or a mouse or a squirrel. Rats and mice are already very similar animals, and I haven't really used the squirrel for anything recently, and I've been considering not using that form anymore.
Thanks for the comment though! I enjoyed your idea, even though I'm not going to use it (yet).