Hmm. An interesting statement, no? Rather difficult to find an accurate place to put something like this on the website, I mean, it's not exactly appropriate for an initial 'hello' post, nor is it something that can easily be slotted in anywhere. Yes, it's a 'user profile' item, but something of this volume and complexity doesn't really translate well to a generic profile box, nor is there any such box that can specifically be attached to a single user of this forum. Besides, I'm pretty sure I'd exceed whatever word or character limit that would be implemented on such a box.
So basically, here it is, in the most applicable portion of the site I can find (basically, the area for unbridled written creativity, or the notepad).
By and large, I am me. This is true for everyone, but what defines 'me'? How do I myself bound the structure and mentality that is 'me'? It's not so easy as it sounds.
Back when I first joined the fandom, I came up with Aaeden. Yes, the extra 'a' is vital, and it is pronounced A-DEN, not AH-DEN, or AY-DEN, or any other way. It's sort of an odd name, but it fits, and I've grown quite happy and accustomed to it. From my first days in Furcadia up until the modern me, this is the name that closely reflects me as a person in real life and in furry.
Shortly afterwards, when I was exploring the ability to play a role in the opposite gender, namely, the feminine, I realized that, to me, Aaeden was a very male-sounding name, and I needed something feminine to match that role. So I came up with D`Nae. Pronounced DEN-A. See it? Yeah, it took me a couple years to see it, believe it or not. I had created a new name for myself that was basically my original name backwards.
In case you're wondering, the creativity is on its way. I'll be tossing out my character descriptions and other bits and bobs that I've built up around my characters.
Regardless, here we are. I'd started exploring Aaeden and figuring out exactly what to do with him. I knew he was feline. There's a big draw to the feline in my personality and I figured it would be good to set him up with what I felt was best. He started out as a snow leopard, because honestly, I have no issue with cold weather in any fashion, being Canadian. This lasted for a little while, but was never firmly ironed out, and despite the fact that it fit one specific personality feature, I still switched species for some unknown reason. I started, and still do, identifying as an ocelot.
Aaeden's past isn't mystical or shadowy, his demeanor both distinctly reserved in his interactions, and at the same time, conversely expressive. He came from a simple family with simple goals and simple means, and has become a unique creature in and of himself. Often clothed in loose, if not outright baggy, clothing, he is often found crouched over some form of desk or worktable, either reading thickly bound books or tinkering with a wide variety of devices or inventions. Between the thick leather strap of his green goggles and the laced top of his favorite cream shirt, the ocelot's face is often smiling and happy, green eyes twinkling when talking to his closest friends, sometimes contorted into an intent focus on his current item of interest, or even more differently, slack and distant as he contemplates the more meaningful and indirect questions that he often gets stuck on. His favorite pants are the ones he keeps most of his tools in, adjustable spanner, screwdriver, and a variety of other oddments, mostly in the capacious pockets of the tough and resistant fabric. His tail coils flexibly from the rump of his pants, a sewn hole carefully constructed in the material showing not just his interest in things of a more mechanical nature, but his attention to detail in the manufacture and maintenance of material goods as well. The ocelot often dabbles in anything that he can show an advantage in due to his analytical and focused nature, including cooking and design.
Now, in order to understand Aaeden, I need to make a few assumptions here. Assuming you are willing to look at some stereotypical profiling for a moment (hopefully there's less of you that are willing and more that aren't, but it's a good basis to refer to), Aaeden is your stereotypical female, even though he's male. He doesn't fit all stereotypes, but he's the guy you'll ask for interior design tips, would expect to get emotional at a movie theater during a sappy romance, etc. He's more geared towards males than females in sexual encounters, but overall, is not a sexual creature. Sure, this is very much based in stereotyping, so I'll be more explicit.
- Aaeden is more responsive emotionally to other people and circumstances. (Emotional)
- Aaeden is more analytical and methodical.
- Aaeden is more likely to want to have long drawn out conversations about odd topics.
- Aaeden loves to cook.
- Aaeden gets embarrassed easily.
- Aaeden is mostly passive, and only occasionally assertive.
Given that, you should probably get the idea.
Moving on, D`Nae, the converse of Aaeden, is very much a sexual creature. She's also more assertive and has a propensity of being violent. She is an arctic hare, and always has been, but her form is mutable. Unlike Aaeden, who has a very strictly defined persona and description, D`Nae has the advantage of being moderately polymorphic. While most forms she takes are not directly assigned to her persona, an alternate form has recently made its way into use on a regular basis.
D`Nae's Arctic Hare Form:
Your gaze can't help but fall on the giant hare, her snow white fur contrasting almost everything in the immediate vicinity, and her sheer size overbearing everything else. Not often can she be seen somewhere where she fits in, only the first reason of which being her size and coloration. She stands at about 10' tall, as far as you can tell, the fact that there isn't much to compare her to only self-evident. Her form is soft and ill-defined, the soft fuzz of her fur gracing the ample curves of her body. Her face is unremarkable for a hare, but one of her soft pink ears is graced with what appears to be a cattle-tag, black in color and branded with a shining silver skull. Her chest is constrained in a rather snug, but not uncomfortable-looking leather corset, criss-crossed with thick black thread across the center, where a hint of her white fluff spills out at the top, enough to give a good view of her compressed cleavage. Her legs are clad in a comparatively loose-fitting pair of black pants, adorned with a variety of chains and buckles, decidedly haphazard in arrangement and design as they sweep straight down to her ankles, where her gigantic footpads jut out from under the garment, flat against the floor. Her thick arms are bare from the neck down to her elbows, not even interrupted by a strap from her corset as her form is more than sufficient to fill it snugly. Her forearms are adorned with a pair of lace operatic gloves, just loose enough to slide on and off with little effort. Her thick paws again provide a harsh contrast between the black and white, muted slightly by the soft pink on her paws.
D`Nae's Lizardine Form:
You can't be sure exactly what you're seeing, but it definitely is impressive. Before you is a towering creature of mixed heritage, hir scaly hide glistening in whatever light is available. Shi towers at least half as tall again as an average humanoid creature, measuring in at approximately 8' tall. The head of this creature is very lizard-like, a rounded skull considerably smaller than hir stature would indicate, tapering down to a large muzzle with thick green lips stretching widely in a grin along its edges. Hir eyes bulge gently out of the sides of hir skull, pitch black with hints of green, and hir ears stretch up and along the top of hir skull just behind them. Hir ears, instead of being made up of flesh to channel a sound into the internal cavity of hir skull, are fans of webbing. Thin, almost transparent flesh is stretched between scaled tubes surrounding very sensitive nerve-endings that transmit sound and vibrations down into hir skull. They fan up and back, nestled right next to a thin pair of black horns that guide and channel hir soft silver hair down hir back. Hir shoulders angle downwards ever so slightly, broad and strong, covered in a number of iridescent scales, forming an almost elegant epaulette of color before plunging into hir vast cleavage, the bulging breasts tight and firm, although supple, the center of hir chest billowing a gold hue from below hir wide jaw to down hir belly and between hir thighs. Hir chest is bound tightly by a simple leather band, solid and thick and cinched behind hir back, the brown material dull against hir skin.
Hir arms are long and firm, muscular, but also lightly padded. They end in elegant black claws, thick and curved on each of hir four digits, a hint of gold touching the underside of hir wrist. Hir belly sparkles with iridescence as well, the surface smooth yet not muscled, bulging ever so slightly in a healthy swell. Almost entirely golden, a small divet can be seen in the lower center of hir belly, indicating something similar to a bellybutton, but much more well-formed and circular than what might be considered natural. Hir thighs spread from hir belly, gaining more of the green that slides across hir frame, until the gold terminates completely further down hir legs. Hir taloned claws hold hir upright, the fourth claw facing back to give hir a stilted balance, the toeclaws much more developed than those on hir hands, causing hir to perch with hir legs ever so slightly bent. Hir tail is long and thick, more of the iridescence dotting the top as it curves round, terminating in a spaded tip, almost leaf-shaped and completely green, as most of the tail is far from the periphery of the gold splotches across hir front.
Hir hips are adorned by a leather skirt made up of interconnected and overlapped leather bands similar to the one across hir chest, however dangling from hir waist such that they slide back and forth around hir muscular lower limbs, hiding enough but not much more than that. Besides these, the glistening creature is completely unclothed and unadorned with any form of decoration, hir natural irridescence more than enough to be showy without overdoing it.
As of yet, D`Nae's lizardine form has no associated species (namely, because it's something I made up). As far as D`Nae's personality goes, the way she differs from Aaeden is typically as follows:
- Being imposing or intimidating is not an option, it's a rule.
- D`Nae is largely dominant in nature, but the largely sexual aspect of her persona allows her flexibility in this regard. She can play submissive as well as fill roles that do not directly relate to her overall persona.
- D`Nae is less worried about art and writing than she is in social interaction, gossip, and hedonism.
- D`Nae is more superficial when engaging with others, but also has a higher energy output than Aaeden does.
- Violent sports and Nascar racing are preferred over golf and theater.
So basically, that's it. I think I've written everything I wanted to get out there on this.
Comments? Opinions? Think I should be more specific about something? Comments / criticisms / opinions are welcome!
