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[1.] Choose one of your original characters.
[2.] Answer each question truthfully.
[3.] Tag 3 or more people after completing this tag.

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[1.] What's the name of your character?
Dipper

[2.] Tell us about your character.
Dipper is a young bear cub, caught in the moment between childhood and adolescence. He's in a hurry to grow up, but parts of him still wants to remain a child. He is cute as a button and hates it as people keep calling him cute, which he sees as an obstacle to growing up.

[3.] How did you make your character up?
He was invented as a companion for Stargazer, my first fursona, in order to ask him a simple question. Since Stargazer is an astronomer, it made sense to name him after Ursa Minor, the Little Dipper.

[4.] Is it easy drawing your character?
Since I can't draw, I would not know. He's not too hard. A yellow bear with white muzzle, a baseball cap and a bomber jacket, and you got him.

[5.] When did you make your character up?
About a year after inventing my first character, which would be around 1998.

[6.] What inspiration[s] brought your character to life?
The tradition of cartoon characters having a nephew sidekick. He is also a bit like Kit Cloudkicker and Winnie the Pooh.

[7.] Is your character dear to you? If so, how come?
He is very dear to me. He keeps me thinking young, is in many ways the son I never had. I asked some years ago why people loved Dipper so much, and they answered, "Because you do." Yup. That's it.

[8.] If you were forced to compare your character to another, who would you compare them to?
Kit Cloudkicker. In his love of planes, his youthful exuberance, and being right on the cusp between one stage of life and another.

[9.] Is your character related to you in any way? Personality? Problems? Traits?
Any decent character will draw upon the creator's personality. Dipper is an imp, in that he will do things deliberately to tweak others and see their reactions. He keeps alive my inner child.

[10.] If your character came to life, what would you do?
Adopt him, immediately. Then I would help him get used to living in a world full of hairless apes.

[11.] Is your character a hero or a villain? How do you see them as?
Dipper is a kid. He gets in trouble, he disobeys, he is often very emotional, but in the next moment he will do something so unselfish he wins your heart.

[12.] Is your character a part of any particular story you made up?
He is now: The Beach Bears Story.

[13.] What song//movie//book//play do you think of when you imagine your character?
Several. Tailspin for one, Paddington for another.

[14.] Has your character changed in any way since you first created them?
Yes. Originally, I created him to be about 8 (because of the nature of the question he was supposed to ask Stargazer) but I eventually settled on the age of 12, so he could be both very immature and mature at the same time. He originally had black button-like eyes, like Winne the Pooh, but artists found it easier to draw him with eyes with whites.

[15.] Make up your own question.
What will he be like as an adult? I honestly don't know. I fear he will be hurt something horribly and end up a broken bear, which is why I'm glad he has an uncle like Stargazer, who loves him to death and will help him cope with anything. My hope is he turns out to be a truly loving and unselfish bear.

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