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Furry Origins - The Origin of the liger
15 years ago
When the lion speaks, he roars cause that is what they do...
I think a lot of folks that know me as Onyxliger have not heard why I choose the genesis of the character. Prior to this point I had used a Phoenix, a winged wolf and a dragon. Each had a reason for their being but the Panther Liger has been around along time and it seems that of all my 'anthro-types" is the one that has usually caught the most attention and still remains the most striking of my characters.
I think the thing that most catches everyone is that it is a liger. The reason he is a liger is linked to it's date of origin about April 2002, In January of that year my "step"father dyed. It was my understanding that he was born in the Chinese year of the tiger and in the western zodiac a Leo. So that is why he was a liger. At first I had considered making him a saber-tooth liger but after considering how big that would make him I dropped that part. Besides he was going to have something better.
He was a panther. Panther means that the cat is a melanin enhanced cat. There is NO Panther species. Leopards and Jaguars are common panther species. The fur color is meant to be from two sources though my mom does not know they relate to her. Not only has she always been a non-card carrying member of the Black Panther party (She was a feminist so becoming a member was out) but she always said that I always liked wearing things with black cats on them. So as a tip to my mom, Onyx was .. a panther,
Lastly, there is his hair. Yes I like red heads but that is not why he has red hair. it goes back to the Phoenix and the fact that this was a symbol of rebirth. Maybe I thought it was appropriate cause both parents wer Christians. Maybe it was cause of the many things I had come though in life. I don;t know but it was part of it. I used the hair style to make sure that it was not another Western European look alike character.
There is more to him but well the story of the alterations he suffered will have to wait. And the way he got his Latex Tree familiar is likewise another post for here.
Stay tuned.
(Honestly I don't think many people look at Journals. But you can prove me wrong. Just give the origin of your fursona. )
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I think the thing that most catches everyone is that it is a liger. The reason he is a liger is linked to it's date of origin about April 2002, In January of that year my "step"father dyed. It was my understanding that he was born in the Chinese year of the tiger and in the western zodiac a Leo. So that is why he was a liger. At first I had considered making him a saber-tooth liger but after considering how big that would make him I dropped that part. Besides he was going to have something better.
He was a panther. Panther means that the cat is a melanin enhanced cat. There is NO Panther species. Leopards and Jaguars are common panther species. The fur color is meant to be from two sources though my mom does not know they relate to her. Not only has she always been a non-card carrying member of the Black Panther party (She was a feminist so becoming a member was out) but she always said that I always liked wearing things with black cats on them. So as a tip to my mom, Onyx was .. a panther,
Lastly, there is his hair. Yes I like red heads but that is not why he has red hair. it goes back to the Phoenix and the fact that this was a symbol of rebirth. Maybe I thought it was appropriate cause both parents wer Christians. Maybe it was cause of the many things I had come though in life. I don;t know but it was part of it. I used the hair style to make sure that it was not another Western European look alike character.
There is more to him but well the story of the alterations he suffered will have to wait. And the way he got his Latex Tree familiar is likewise another post for here.
Stay tuned.
(Honestly I don't think many people look at Journals. But you can prove me wrong. Just give the origin of your fursona. )
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