So I was thinking the other day, it's interesting how different our characters become over time as we develop them in our heads, especially in the early stages.
I know personally I get a lot of the traits for my characters from the doll, or from the things that pop up in the first few weeks, so I don't like to lock in too many details too early because I know they'll change.

To give you some examples, here are some traits of my characters that they very quickly grew out of as I realised who I actually wanted them to be.

Bella - In her early stages when I was still waiting on the doll, Bella was a lot more secretive, and kept a much lower profile. But before that she started life as a male character, similar to what Cade has become now, she was a suave seductive demon with a dry wit, but that all quickly changed when I saw the Beryl and realised I liked her character even more as a strong woman. I actually played with the idea of giving her a male form early on before I fully decided I preferred her the way she is, it felt cheap to give her that crutch, and I think it weakened and confused her character to do that.

Lisette - Before I got her in doll form and before she even had a name fully decided, Liz was a lot more bratty. She was always cocky and self-assured, but it was in a much younger more naive way than the sultry eyed woman she became. This was back when I wasn't sure what sculpt to go with, so I think this was more a way of justifying a younger looking sculpt, as she would have been turned at say 16 instead of 19, but I came to realise this was not the kind of woman who would keep Bella interested for so long, so she quickly became someone I considered more fitting and more intriguing.
She's started to evolve a little more recently too with her interaction with other characters, like =seijikat's Amanita and Cire, I've had to explore more of her business side and her character outside her interactions with Bella, which has really helped to clarify her a little better in my head. In fact =seijikat's been pretty instrumental in working out Liz's character as she's been there the whole way, so I think input has really helped shape her over time as well, probably much better than I could have done with just myself.

Cade - Actually hasn't changed heaps, but has been fleshed out lots more recently. I actually agonised for a while with the idea of whether to bring him back or not, trying to find a way to make it vaguely believable. This is actually where the character of Byrne came in, because without him I couldn't see Cade's storyline working to a level I was satisfied with.
As such he grew as a character due to the attachment of Byrne, it was a lot easier to flesh him out as I could relate to him a bit more and start to see what he'd really be like rather than just a male Bella.
Similarly, like Liz, Cade has grown a lot recently due to his interaction with *Flayrah's Sasha (and Victor). I think just writing in their voice helps kinda put me in their mindset a little and think about what they'd really be like and how they'd really react. Do you guys find that too?

Byrne - Has probably had the most dramatic change over time. Byrne started his life as a female character named Merla, she was roughly the same being, but her personality was vastly different.
Merla was mysterious in a more sultry way, whereas Byrne is in a more stoic ominous way. I think this is largely due to the paradigm shift in my head when I moved the character to being male, Merla was just too feminine and I couldn't make that fit with the male version of the character. He quickly became more of an ever present silent type, and I worked in his bird traits in a completely different way. Needless to say I consider the characters almost completely separate now, they just served the same purpose, so while they cancel each other out, if I ever did work out a purpose for Merla, she could basically stand on her own.

So anyway, enough of that.
What about you guys?
Do you have characters which have changed over time? Even in little ways due to interactions with other characters, your own or other peoples?
I'm curious to see the process the rest of you go through as well.

Edit: Congrats and thank you to *wakiagaru who caught my kiriban, wow that shot up quickly.


Wow, overnight that last picture of Liz I posted has become my most favourited work by a large margin, eclipsing my most popular Bella and Byrne shots by about 50%.


Thank you all very much for your support, it makes me incredibly happy that you guys like Liz since I'm finally starting to get her how I've wanted her all along.
I even made it to the first few rows of the front page before 8 hours was up which is unheard of for me, and `Bakanekonei fav'd her, which is a huge honour.

I was expecting this to come in the next week some time, but I got a big jump in page views last night, so I'm announcing my next kiriban at 25,000, which at the time of writing is just over 400 pv's away.
Depending on if I post more of that shoot I expect that'll happen in the next couple of days probably.

Anyway, thank you all again, much love!

Stolen from and then everyone else after that.

Rules:
~ If you don't have at least 8 OCs I wouldn't recommend this meme
~ Add on questions to this meme! It will make it bigger!
~ Enjoy!


1) First list all your OCs by first name so we can see your list of all your wonderful OCs:

1. Bella
2. Lisette
3. Cadeyrn
4. Byrne
5. Rose
6. Ursula (Bella's werebear assistant)
7. Oberon (Bear God Spirit, and Ursula's father)
8. Josephine (Liz's old mentor)

2) Who is your favorite OC?
Bella

3) Who is your least favorite?
I'm not sure I have a least favourite per se, the last few I listed are least developed, and I have no real want to develop Josephine any more, so I guess her.

4) Who is your most developed?
Bella, then Liz. They're basically more developed in the order listed.

5) Which OC would you want to date if they magically came to life?
Um... maybe grown up Rose, she's kinda like Bella but without all the emotional baggage.

6) How many girl OCs do you have? Boy OCs? It OCs?
In that list, 5 girls, 3 boys, though I'll likely never get Josephine in doll form.

7) If you were stuck in a burning building what do you think the third OC on your list would do?
There's a pretty good chance Cade started it, maybe deliberately, maybe not. He'd probably get out of there to remain low key.

8) Name one thing you regret about one of your OCs.
I'm not sure I regret anything about them. :S

9) Which of your OCs do you think would make the best father/mother/it parent out of all your OCs and why??
Bella or Rose, Bella's got the experience and is fiercely protective of her kin, and Rose would be tender where Bella wouldn't.

10) Which of your OCs do you think will most likely be put in jail?
Either Cade on some kind of statutory rape charge, or Rose if she doesn't kick her pyromania when she grows up.

11) The eighth of your OCs was put into the future! What will their job be?!?
Josephine would probably still be a grifter more or less, I don't think she likes the idea of working honestly.

12) Name the first OCs catch phrase!
Darling.

13) Do all your OCs live together or are they separated?
Rose, Cade, Ursula and Bella currently live in Bella's house. Though Cade and Rose will eventually move out.
Byrne technically doesn't live anywhere, but he stays wherever Cade is.
Liz lives on her own, Oberon lives on his own, though Ursula used to live with him.
Josephine is whereabouts unknown.

14) Are there any pairings that are in your OC list? (they can't be with someone else's)
Bella X Lisette, Bella X Oberon, Bella X Ursula (X Liz sometimes), Cade X Byrne
(lol Bella)

15) Your seventh OC switched bodies with you for a day! How will they react at the end of the day?
Actually Oberon inhabits host bodies for about a century, so I think he'd be annoyed that he had to swap again.

16) Your last OC just became a fifteen year old. What do they do?
Josephine might have to rethink her seduction feeding approach. XD

17) Now randomly select a person on your OC list. Who was it?
Rose

18) That OC you just chose? Yeah they think they are superman (even if they are a girl) and are on the roof about to jump off.
That's not a question, but ok. Rose would possibly do something stupid like that, but she can fly, so I don't think anyone would be too distraught unless it was in public.

19) Are any of your OCs bored of this meme?
Byrne was bored from the very start, Bella and Liz are losing patience, Rose would be fidgeting.

20) Would your second OC prefer the beach or the mountains?
Liz would prefer the beach I think, but she prefers the night, so she'd probably just be there to perv on pretty girls.

21) Would your 5th OC battle a shark?
Haha, Rose might, but she'd probably be scared of it and use some bizarre demon power as an automatic instinct, blowing up it's head in the process.

22) Which OCs hate each other?
Liz hates Josephine (but didn't until they parted ways)

23) Which OC did you create first? And last?
Bella first, Ursula last.

Where'd 24 go?
???

25) And if those two were fighting, who would win?
Bella would win, but if they were fighting it would probably be sparring, Ursula is very kind, she can be vicious, but she has no ill will towards anyone by default.

26) Are your OCs fat or skinny?
Bella and Ursula are quite curvy, but not fat, Rose will probably grow up similar, Oberon is pretty beefy, but it's all muscle.
Everyone else is fairly athletic to varying degrees.

27) What are your first 2 OC's favorite foods?
Bella's favourites are chocolate and strawberries, Liz can't eat any more, but if you count wine as grapes then I'll go with that. XD

28) If your listed OCs were in a fight to the death, who would emerge victorious?
That would be a bizarre occurrence since most are related, but Bella is definitely the most powerful.

29) There's a zombie attack and your OCs are stranded. Who do they elect to be their leader?
Bella.

30) During said zombie attack, who's the first to die?
Josephine, but Liz probably set her up for it, or Bella did it, none of them are likely to die due to their own decisions.

31) Which one of these OCs do you think would have the most fangirls/boys?
If they were real? Cade, he'd make sure of it. In doll form Bella is the most popular.

32) Okay, so does OC number four have any last thoughts?
Byrne? He left at the start, so I doubt it.

33) If possible, what's your characters' height?
Er... here's a rough guess, they're mostly very tall
Byrne - 6'11"
Bella (in hooves) - 6'10" (human legs) - 6'5"
Oberon - 6'8"
Ursula - 6'6"
Lisette - 6'6"
Cade - 6'4"
Josephine - 5'10"
Rose - 3'3"

34) Can your characters dance?
Bella, Lisette, Cade, Ursula, and Josephine can all dance due to training, though in varying styles.
Byrne wouldn't be caught dead.
Oberon can probably do some kind of odd tribal fertility dance thing from a long time ago. XD
Rose can do that weird wavy thrusty jumping dance that kids do, but she hasn't been taught anything apart from that.

Hi everyone,

Firstly a big thank you to everyone who participated in my last question swap thingo, I was utterly overwhelmed by the support that got and truly enjoyed the banter that went back and forth with all of you guys. Seriously I'm still getting occasional replies now and I posted that over 2 weeks ago, it's currently got 350 replies (which includes the replies I posted to people).

Secondly things are plodding along with my characters, I've written a couple of Cade stories recently, being him meeting Byrne, and the first part of his death, and I'll post them some time soon once I finally get around to typing them up.
After I finish his death 2 parter, then I'll probably follow that up with the story of him coming back to life and readjusting to the new time he finds himself in, but after that I might give him a rest for a little bit.
I've been kinda swamped by the amount of dolls I've gotten this year so it's taken me a while to fill in their story on paper, though much of it is in my head, so please bear with me if you're curious about any of them. XD
In that regard, is there anyone that you're curious to hear more about?

I've always intended to do a few modern day stories involving Bella and Liz, but there's a bunch of ideas for those in my head, and not all of them are DA-friendly. XD
I'll probably end up moving on to Cade's kids coming in, but I don't want to progress that storyline too far right now as it will involve growing the kids up, and I'm not fully used to them at this age yet. :S

Doll-wise I'm pretty happy for a while, I have some distant future plans, but nothing really important, I'm currently focusing on finishing off the ones that I have, Liz is getting tattoos and cyberlox very soon, after which I'll body blush her too.
Cade's horns are here but need blushing, I just finished re-blushing Bella's horns, but her hooves still haven't been re-done yet.
Lots of work to do, but it gradually plods along.
Expect pictures as things get finished.

In other news, is selling some awesome SG corsets and other gear over at [link] so do check her out, I'd certainly like some for my girls when I can afford it again.

So I was talking to =kawaiimon yesterday about our characters and came up with something that I think could be a fun twist to an old favourite.

Here's how it works:
You ask one of my characters something, and in addition to responding, I'll also ask one of your own characters a question back.

Available characters: Bella, Lisette, Cade, Byrne, Rose (see panel on right)

If you want to ask from your characters perspective and do a little conversation then that's up to you, and if you want to keep it up until you get bored, go for it, but we'll trade one question for one question back and forth.

Obviously if you don't have a listing of your characters on your DA page or something then you might need to give me some basic details so I know who to address a question to. XD

Anyway, I figure it should be fun, and might help us all both to think about aspects of our OCs that we might not have considered, as well as increase awareness of everyone's characters in the community.
It might turn out to be a crap idea, but it's worth a shot, and it could be quite fun. :3

So yeah, ask away and I'll get back to you ASAP!
Oh and of course feel free to re-post this if you like it.