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What's YOUR werewolf ethos?
Sep. 9th, 2010 11:47 am
Ganked this awesome meme from Wolf-Nymph on FurAffinity, who ganked it from Myenia. And I'm not the sort of person who usually describes memes as "awesome".
( The (long, elaborate) Werewolf Meme )
This actually isn't as snarky as it sounds. My personal werewolf ethos is very much a modern-day, culturally specific affair. There are no ancient rivalries with vampires (there are no undead people, period); there are no pseudo-Native-American themes except with characters who are actually Native American (and then it's the real thing); there are no mafia-movie "packs" having underground turf wars with each other.
There are, instead, computers, political squabbles, sexual revolutions, clever bumper stickers, psychological diagnoses, special guest stars on talk shows, families, friends, food stamps, car crashes on the way to work, college dorms, sarcasm, cheap cereal, endangered species, survival prostitution, voluntary prostitution, failed relationships, missing socks, buskers with acoustic guitars, and flat tires on your bicycle.
I like it this way because it feels real to me. This crap is the type of society that has informed my reality from Day One, and it's hyper-American, and it's classist and racist and sexist, and the system is absolutely broken, and still there are queer people everywhere. And I don't just mean queer in the sexual-orientation sense; I mean everyone who naturally differs from the standard, and who loves that difference, and who embraces their difficult position as one of society's freaks.
I don't need to make up some elaborate alternate universe in order to make werewolves believable. They would fit in perfectly with this world.
( The (long, elaborate) Werewolf Meme )
This actually isn't as snarky as it sounds. My personal werewolf ethos is very much a modern-day, culturally specific affair. There are no ancient rivalries with vampires (there are no undead people, period); there are no pseudo-Native-American themes except with characters who are actually Native American (and then it's the real thing); there are no mafia-movie "packs" having underground turf wars with each other.
There are, instead, computers, political squabbles, sexual revolutions, clever bumper stickers, psychological diagnoses, special guest stars on talk shows, families, friends, food stamps, car crashes on the way to work, college dorms, sarcasm, cheap cereal, endangered species, survival prostitution, voluntary prostitution, failed relationships, missing socks, buskers with acoustic guitars, and flat tires on your bicycle.
I like it this way because it feels real to me. This crap is the type of society that has informed my reality from Day One, and it's hyper-American, and it's classist and racist and sexist, and the system is absolutely broken, and still there are queer people everywhere. And I don't just mean queer in the sexual-orientation sense; I mean everyone who naturally differs from the standard, and who loves that difference, and who embraces their difficult position as one of society's freaks.
I don't need to make up some elaborate alternate universe in order to make werewolves believable. They would fit in perfectly with this world.
I'm still obsessing off-and-on about this new character and figured I'd share something of him. Here's the sketch for him in his non-anthro form, which I may or may not ever use:
He's a bit fluffier than this shows, so you can't normally see his bones, but that's about how rangy he is under the fur. He's half wolf, half African wild dog.
He's a bit fluffier than this shows, so you can't normally see his bones, but that's about how rangy he is under the fur. He's half wolf, half African wild dog.
...Part duck instead of part fish. So he can float.
Also, you - and I mean YOU - should check out (and seriously consider making a donation to) The Pet Project, a volunteer-run organization that helps responsible but economically disadvantaged pet owners keep, and continue to care for, their pets. Seriously.
Also, you - and I mean YOU - should check out (and seriously consider making a donation to) The Pet Project, a volunteer-run organization that helps responsible but economically disadvantaged pet owners keep, and continue to care for, their pets. Seriously.
Rat & Daisy
Aug. 23rd, 2010 03:21 pm
It seems to be less of a daisy and more of a freakish lovechild between a daisy and a dandelion. Daisylion? Maybe that's why the rat is so curious about it.
I'm thinking the concept might make a good stencil. We'll see what happens.
