So, I'm finally biting the bullet. I kinda swore, for the longest, that I'd never have more than five characters because then they couldn't get the love they deserve. And stuck to that for as long as I've been on this site.
However, there's lot of scenarios, ideas, kinks, and stories that have come to mind, mostly over the past 6 months that don't really suit any of my active characters. Alongside that are characters that I either exclusively or predominately pair with others. Whether they belong to myself (Alyx, for example, is attached to Eclypse), or I'm pairing them with someone else's OC (See: Jenni and Josh, here. Josh belongs to the delightful and best maus in the world,
). Jen may date, I will likely get arts of her with others at some point, but her main focus is her taboo relationship with her little brother. <3
Some may have noticed, either through seeing my pools growing or from posts by other artists...there's about to be two, possibly three new characters in my stable.
One is a cute little gray fox adopt who...I'll be real when I put a courtesy starting bid on her I never once thought I'd end up winning her. I thought she was WAY too adorable to go out the door on a bargain bid and that I'd be outbid next time I logged onto the site. And then I get the notif from the artist that I won. Surprise, a new unplanned addition to the family. X3 I love her though, and she can explore avenues of development that would feel weird to go down with other characters of mine.
One...is going to be a vent-art character. I've tipped off a couple friends to her existence now. All of my characters get a little piece of real-me in them. Some more than others, of course, Eclypse is me-in-a-fursuit. Andi's a 'what-if' experiment of what I thought I might be like if things in my life went a little differently than they did. Riley gets all my pent-up tomboy energy and enjoyment for sports. And so on. This girl...she's gonna get a lot of the negative stuff. She's gonna get the mental health scars, and go through some very unpleasant life events and experiences. Some will be entirely fictional. Some will be things I dealt with, personally, when I was growing up. And while she's not going to have the greatest life...or the best time...I promise it won't be all bad. Because it never is, right? It's about how you handle the hardships, even if...some days are just Not Okay. She may be relatable to some of you. In which case, I apologize in advance, because relating to trauma shouldn't really be anything SHOULD be able to do, but...we do. I'll thumbnail and tag her stories accordingly. And, I promise, I'm okay behind the screen. She is a product of vent art, and channeling things like stress, like PTSD triggers, like anxiety or depressive episodes...into something creative. I both look forward to sharing her story, and am incredibly anxious about posting it, just due to the nature of it and how stark of a contrast it is to my current content. But, it'll happen. Probably as soon as I get a good, clear visual of her from the text I've written, and I'm in consultation with an awesome artist who's going to help me out with that endeavor.
And lastly I don't have enough boys in my roster, so I'm going to add one. Perhaps more than one in future but one's the plan for now.
TLDR: I have too many ideas and directions that my creativity is going in to be limited to 5 characters. ^///^ And while I know I can't keep up with art for all of them, I'll just...add it as I see fit. Eclypse is obviously not going anywhere, and will continue to be the headliner for content here. The rest, well.
...If y'all want to see more of them, feedback, scenarios, ideas, wishful thinking, or just support and comments on them go a long way towards inspiration! <3
Thank you, as always, for listening to me~ I appreciate every one of you.
Have as many characters as you need. Love them all in their own ways, and let them out when they want out. There's no rule that you need to give them a certain amount of attention or time or art to validate their existence! They come from you and are a part of you - sometimes we grow and change and even ignore aspects of ourselves for years on end. That doesn't mean we don't love ourselves still; we just have our focuses elsewhere.
I've probably retired more characters than most character fiends have even ideated. Every last one of them has a lot of me in them. Even within the BtFverse I've poured a lot of my heart and soul into the menagerie. I've been crushed at the idea of abandoning or neglecting my characters too, brought to tears for days at the mere idea of my sweet little characters getting the Puff the Magic Dragon treatment (seriously that song is fucked up and sad and hollows out my soul still lol)
But that way of thinking is not sustainable.
Over the years I've come to realize that characters are a lot less like plushies on a shelf, and a lot more like the goo in a lava lamp, always changing form and characteristics, but always made of the same stuff.
You are the lava lamp. Love yourself and you honor your characters. Don't worry if there's a stretch of time where your goo doesn't take a certain shape, or you don't talk to some character or about them. They're always riding shotgun with you and they're happy as a clam to see their friends and sidekicks take center stage for a while.
I can't wait to meet your new characters. :o)
Have as many characters as you need. Love them all in their own ways, and let them out when they wan
you already know the new ones got my support x3 i'm all for new characters. they're fun, it's a nice way to change things up. i've got ideas for a couple more myself later on. someone venty is always good to have to get the bad thoughts out, get some relief :3 i'm excited to see your new boy <3
you already know the new ones got my support x3 i'm all for new characters. they're fun, it's a nice
I have quite a few myself and two more on the way adopted ones from Fuf but I think I will pause with those last two and start to focus on my characters I do have :) but much love to you friend and hope you enjoy the new family members
I have quite a few myself and two more on the way adopted ones from Fuf but I think I will pause wit
