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Lately I haven't been drawing much because my inspiration has been shot in the foot
<goobity goopy talk>
Giving up something that means a lot to you is hard...I have a deep connection to certain characters, and I truly believe each character is a reflection of the creators personality, and I see that in all my characters, just some more than others.
Commando was originally a joke, but roleplaying him out made me realized exactly what he was to me. Commando is a childish adult, and a goofball and a dork. He can handle things immaturely but is generally a happy guy who just wants to make friends and cuddle. He is clingy and has a ridiculous obsession for cheese. He believes strongly in his morals and tries his best to protect what he loves, even though he does not always succeed and can screw up.
Commy represents my fear of growing up. I don't feel ready for the adult world, and despite nearing my 20th birthday I still refer to myself as a 'kid', because deep down I really am a kid. Sometimes I get frustrated because I feel what Commando does is right, even when I know it's wrong, but he helps me see and realize these things. He's my reminder that sometimes you have to try and be an adult, but don't be afraid to be yourself.
Some people might think being that emotionally connected to a fictional character is ridiculous, and I strongly disagree with them. It may not be 'normal' but it's what I do and it's what I'm passionate about, because despite the fact he came out of my imagination alone, he taught me things and made me more aware of my own flaws. And for that I'm glad he exists and I'm glad he will always be mine.
As for giving him up...I am giving him up by leaving the roleplay group he was a part of, because that group has become stressful and saturated in drama and it is no longer truly fun to me and my friend anymore, so I will no longer be blogging and pretending to be this fella, which was something I really enjoyed doing, I had a lot of fun blogging as him. But I can't stay in the group because people have gone to far. I know I can always add him in another roleplay, but it wont quite be the same...It wont entirely be the same canon that the original was, and he would no longer have Dispatch at his side, which also meant a lot to me and him.
So it's hard, but I'm glad I got to experience my first roleplay group with him. So thankies Commy you mean a lot to me and I love you dearly.
</goobity goopy talk>
If you read all that bless your soul I am shocked holy cow.
Commando and Fursona and Art belongs to me~
<goobity goopy talk>
Giving up something that means a lot to you is hard...I have a deep connection to certain characters, and I truly believe each character is a reflection of the creators personality, and I see that in all my characters, just some more than others.
Commando was originally a joke, but roleplaying him out made me realized exactly what he was to me. Commando is a childish adult, and a goofball and a dork. He can handle things immaturely but is generally a happy guy who just wants to make friends and cuddle. He is clingy and has a ridiculous obsession for cheese. He believes strongly in his morals and tries his best to protect what he loves, even though he does not always succeed and can screw up.
Commy represents my fear of growing up. I don't feel ready for the adult world, and despite nearing my 20th birthday I still refer to myself as a 'kid', because deep down I really am a kid. Sometimes I get frustrated because I feel what Commando does is right, even when I know it's wrong, but he helps me see and realize these things. He's my reminder that sometimes you have to try and be an adult, but don't be afraid to be yourself.
Some people might think being that emotionally connected to a fictional character is ridiculous, and I strongly disagree with them. It may not be 'normal' but it's what I do and it's what I'm passionate about, because despite the fact he came out of my imagination alone, he taught me things and made me more aware of my own flaws. And for that I'm glad he exists and I'm glad he will always be mine.
As for giving him up...I am giving him up by leaving the roleplay group he was a part of, because that group has become stressful and saturated in drama and it is no longer truly fun to me and my friend anymore, so I will no longer be blogging and pretending to be this fella, which was something I really enjoyed doing, I had a lot of fun blogging as him. But I can't stay in the group because people have gone to far. I know I can always add him in another roleplay, but it wont quite be the same...It wont entirely be the same canon that the original was, and he would no longer have Dispatch at his side, which also meant a lot to me and him.
So it's hard, but I'm glad I got to experience my first roleplay group with him. So thankies Commy you mean a lot to me and I love you dearly.
</goobity goopy talk>
If you read all that bless your soul I am shocked holy cow.
Commando and Fursona and Art belongs to me~
Category All / General Furry Art
Species Alien (Other)
Size 674 x 925px
File Size 217.1 kB
This is so incredibly sweet.
And I fully understand how you can become emotionally connected and invested in a character so much. Part if it is just how they grow and develop and show things that you don't even realize reflect yourself until you look it in the eye and just go "oh". I'm sure any writer out there can tell you the same thing. =)
And I fully understand how you can become emotionally connected and invested in a character so much. Part if it is just how they grow and develop and show things that you don't even realize reflect yourself until you look it in the eye and just go "oh". I'm sure any writer out there can tell you the same thing. =)
Oh gosh, gimme feels first thing in the morning why doncha.
I empathize a lot with this. ;A; it sucks that you have to leave the roleplay he started out in. Personally, I end up re-using characters in different roleplays a lot, because it feels like the character is just being incarnated in different universes. To me it's fun and exciting~ and sometimes I make throwbacks to the original stories that they came from.
I'm just sad I came in at the tail end of this and didn't get to see more of Commando! Dx
I empathize a lot with this. ;A; it sucks that you have to leave the roleplay he started out in. Personally, I end up re-using characters in different roleplays a lot, because it feels like the character is just being incarnated in different universes. To me it's fun and exciting~ and sometimes I make throwbacks to the original stories that they came from.
I'm just sad I came in at the tail end of this and didn't get to see more of Commando! Dx
Eh, I can relate. I'm 21 and currently in my last college class ever before I graduate; the next step is to get an actual career and move away from my parents' house to start my own life. I'm absolutely terrified of doing that, I just want to stay at home forever, I'm already happy there and I'm just reluctant to take the next step forward.
This is... really odd to read. Though only in the fact that nearly everything you have written is something that I have experienced recently. I feel so strongly connected to my characters, one in particular has been with me for a very long time and he is more or less me in a very strange and far off way. He's like my baby and I feel so strongly connected that during my times of sadness, he pops into my brain to distract or show what can be done.
I recently lost my RP partner too, she ran off to the navy and made new friends, she barely writes anymore and doesn't want anything to do with my characters. It tore me up inside, absolutely destroyed me because now all those stories we'd written, all the beautiful pairings that I'd almost taken for cannon, meant nothing.
I distracted myself for a while with my own stories in my head, I paired my characters with other characters to give them something to do, it was never the same though, but I was unwilling to RP with just anyone. I'd had too many bad events transpire due to RPing around.
Eventually I found someone new to RP with that not only gave me what my old partner did, but was eons better at letting my visions, and hers, come into reality through the writing. I've never been a part of an RP group, I usually only do it one on one, but you've got to keep your chin up, friend. Cliche, but there are always more fish in the sea. It might seem hard to grasp, especially when you've had such a strong connection with that particular group, but you will always find another. Maybe different worlds will be created, but I bet you'll fall just as much in love with them as you did with the past ones, perhaps just in a different way.
Don't let it bring you down, and don't abandon poor Commando! Keep him right here <3 and even if he's not being used in an RP at the moment, he'll be right there for you when you need him : )
I recently lost my RP partner too, she ran off to the navy and made new friends, she barely writes anymore and doesn't want anything to do with my characters. It tore me up inside, absolutely destroyed me because now all those stories we'd written, all the beautiful pairings that I'd almost taken for cannon, meant nothing.
I distracted myself for a while with my own stories in my head, I paired my characters with other characters to give them something to do, it was never the same though, but I was unwilling to RP with just anyone. I'd had too many bad events transpire due to RPing around.
Eventually I found someone new to RP with that not only gave me what my old partner did, but was eons better at letting my visions, and hers, come into reality through the writing. I've never been a part of an RP group, I usually only do it one on one, but you've got to keep your chin up, friend. Cliche, but there are always more fish in the sea. It might seem hard to grasp, especially when you've had such a strong connection with that particular group, but you will always find another. Maybe different worlds will be created, but I bet you'll fall just as much in love with them as you did with the past ones, perhaps just in a different way.
Don't let it bring you down, and don't abandon poor Commando! Keep him right here <3 and even if he's not being used in an RP at the moment, he'll be right there for you when you need him : )
Wow I can so relate to this. Most all of my characters I love to use (but I have so many). I still have been doodling around with some of the adopted characters. I use to make up invisible friends when I was younger and all. Some were actually cartoon characters, then there were some I made up that were with me for most of elementary school due to not having many friends to play with after school. Anyways. yeah I also have had a little of a art block myself and the fact that I don't have a ton of time to draw as well cause of earning money right now doing odd jobs cause of not having time to do commissions..that and people don't understand I draw for a living somewhat. Hating that people just want requests and all sorta bleh cause of getting through the last I think I will ever do period. Yeah just haven't had time really to even scan stuff. I plan to sometime soon.
O_O It is not wrong to be emotionally connected to a character. This is how books and great tv shows are made. We all do it, but we wont' admit to it. We have tv shows where we're like "oh so and so...don't go!!! please don't go!!!" I love that about great stories. I can get into them. They grab me by the heart strings, then you find me somewhere in laying in the street crying with some awkward tourist staring at me like 'wtf'. (I work in hb. I expect such things.) Then i'm like "YOU GOTTA READ THIS" and tell it to every person i see for the rest of the day XD (Yeah pray you don't run into me. I might shove a book at you XP)
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