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7 years ago
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cjshadorunner , then yes it is true, I officially own all of CJ's extra characters with the exception of Aeris, Titannia, and Tigris. Now why is that? Let me explain.
CJ really wants to start over with his art and work by focusing on his core four, and he felt with all the extra characters (including some of his earliest ones like the Gigaton Cats and Inflatermouse) he has, it was impossible. He never wanted to sell them so much as to get rid of them completely, but he went with selling them because (and this is just me speculating), many of his followers would have complained. Now where do I fit into this? Well I found about this a day later, and needless to say I wasn't happy in the slightest; admittedly I was downright angry. I've been close friends with him for over a decade now, and helped him conceptualize and create many of the extra OC's, in particular the behemoths (Aeris, LeKayla and Rachel) and the Dragonesses (Argonus, which was my OC to begin with, Titannia and Quakeisha), so even though technically he owned them, I felt a special connection to them and thought of them as our OC's and our children. Soooo yeah, I acted really whiny and bratty when I found out about this. None of this was CJ's fault, nor the buyers faults, the fault lies with me for not talking to him about this sooner and only found out about this when the selling began.
I already talked to the buyers of the three characters, and admittedly, while I still feel like Aeris and Titannia are characters that I should own because I helped create them, I also realize they love these characters and wanted to keep them, so I allowed them. But I also asked them to allow me to make my own characters based on theirs, and they agreed. For Aeris, I will admit this will be problematic, mainly because I don't want any part of her design to change, not even her name, so for now she'll remain the same. Would this be considered character theft? Honestly, I just don't know, as I really love the behemoth's and helped conceptualize them. The only design aspect I can think of changing for Aeris is her hair highlights (originally it's red), but even that would be difficult for me. Yes, I'm aware that I'm emotionally immature, but this is honestly how I feel.
As for Titannia, I actually think this will be easier for me, mostly because I haven't been with her as long as Aeris. She still will have her first name, but I've actually been thinking on some alterations to her design, and change her surname from Silverheart to another one. And then there's Tigris, I admit this one I don't feel as bad that I lost to get because I haven't hanged out with her much, but I still want to create a character that's based on her because I don't want Grace to be alone. If anything I'll be making a character that'll be based on this design CJ did ( https://www.furaffinity.net/view/27914365/ )
Now with all that said, admittedly I'm still wondering if this was the right thing to do because even though they are officially my characters (with the exception of the forementioned three), I still think of them as CJ's characters and OC's, so it'll be a long while before this will all sink in. As for what I'll be doing with them, obviously I'll be incorporating them into my world building with my OC's (the island nation of Ke'Guabasa), and make stories, and who knows, maybe this will finally make me practice my drawing skills more. Well hopefully anyway.
Anyway this is all I can think of saying on the subject matter.
Your loveable cheetah
Ace Kenshader~
cjshadorunner , then yes it is true, I officially own all of CJ's extra characters with the exception of Aeris, Titannia, and Tigris. Now why is that? Let me explain.CJ really wants to start over with his art and work by focusing on his core four, and he felt with all the extra characters (including some of his earliest ones like the Gigaton Cats and Inflatermouse) he has, it was impossible. He never wanted to sell them so much as to get rid of them completely, but he went with selling them because (and this is just me speculating), many of his followers would have complained. Now where do I fit into this? Well I found about this a day later, and needless to say I wasn't happy in the slightest; admittedly I was downright angry. I've been close friends with him for over a decade now, and helped him conceptualize and create many of the extra OC's, in particular the behemoths (Aeris, LeKayla and Rachel) and the Dragonesses (Argonus, which was my OC to begin with, Titannia and Quakeisha), so even though technically he owned them, I felt a special connection to them and thought of them as our OC's and our children. Soooo yeah, I acted really whiny and bratty when I found out about this. None of this was CJ's fault, nor the buyers faults, the fault lies with me for not talking to him about this sooner and only found out about this when the selling began.
I already talked to the buyers of the three characters, and admittedly, while I still feel like Aeris and Titannia are characters that I should own because I helped create them, I also realize they love these characters and wanted to keep them, so I allowed them. But I also asked them to allow me to make my own characters based on theirs, and they agreed. For Aeris, I will admit this will be problematic, mainly because I don't want any part of her design to change, not even her name, so for now she'll remain the same. Would this be considered character theft? Honestly, I just don't know, as I really love the behemoth's and helped conceptualize them. The only design aspect I can think of changing for Aeris is her hair highlights (originally it's red), but even that would be difficult for me. Yes, I'm aware that I'm emotionally immature, but this is honestly how I feel.
As for Titannia, I actually think this will be easier for me, mostly because I haven't been with her as long as Aeris. She still will have her first name, but I've actually been thinking on some alterations to her design, and change her surname from Silverheart to another one. And then there's Tigris, I admit this one I don't feel as bad that I lost to get because I haven't hanged out with her much, but I still want to create a character that's based on her because I don't want Grace to be alone. If anything I'll be making a character that'll be based on this design CJ did ( https://www.furaffinity.net/view/27914365/ )
Now with all that said, admittedly I'm still wondering if this was the right thing to do because even though they are officially my characters (with the exception of the forementioned three), I still think of them as CJ's characters and OC's, so it'll be a long while before this will all sink in. As for what I'll be doing with them, obviously I'll be incorporating them into my world building with my OC's (the island nation of Ke'Guabasa), and make stories, and who knows, maybe this will finally make me practice my drawing skills more. Well hopefully anyway.
Anyway this is all I can think of saying on the subject matter.
Your loveable cheetah
Ace Kenshader~
