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So I have been told by many that they have never heard of a squid oc before. And that's fair, as 90% of the furry community defaults to a Canidae with a 'unique' fur pattern. SHOTS FIRED. But those same people usually follow up with "why a squid?" And to answer why... I really don't know.

See, the thing was more so chance than anything else. Back when I first did role-playing, I just made massive amounts of characters with literally no pictures to them, just written out and used for this or that idea back when Kongregate and Chatzy were king. Whatever happened to them anyways? Anyways, one of them was a deep sea aquatic for a rp done between some natives of a merfolk-like race and the humans who had built a deep-sea lab. The rp was a flop from the start, as the leader of the session had a wacky schedule and never replied when it was needed. So for the longest of times, the deep sea squid without a name was shelved.

Fast forward a few years, I'm going through the folders of my old pc since i got a new laptop, seeing what I could transfer over and what I would surrender to the abyss. Up pops the file for an unknown squid sheet. I look into it, remember vaguely what purpose it was for, and decided that I wanted to try expanding upon it some more. I literally had no idea that furries were a thing at the time, I just like the idea of having an alien-like creature in the roster of potential characters when friends wanted me to host rp sessions.

So why did I pick the name 'Rubel'? At the time I was really getting into Claymore, and there was a mis-translation of the character Louvre, which resulted in the character being called 'Rubel' instead of 'Ruburu'. The name just rolled off of the tongue better, and i used it for the squid's name. Only later did someone inform me that is was the Russian currency.

When I finally did get into the furry scene, I just decided to use Rubel since he was a finished character already that just lacked an actual reference picture. An friend of mine liked the idea of a squid oc and wanted to try drawing it out, and well. The rest just fell into place.
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So for the long and short of it. The reason why it is a squid is by pure chance, but it is a choice that I am quite pleased I made.