Page: I'm a rat now!
12th Apr 2024, 10:13 AM
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12th Apr 2024, 10:13 AM
The short version is that a conversation about Chinese Zodiacs led to me referring to myself as an "autistic rat girl." And subsequently led to me getting introspective and way more attached to that title than I expected. Which, naturally, I had to then draw; even when I didn't have a working tablet for a few weeks.
And even now, I keep drawing. I've never really thought of myself as a furry before, and I admit I feel like I'm still kinda working things out, but I sure do feel right depicting myself as a rat at the moment. So take that however you will.
Regardless, I feel connected to this look, so for the foreseeable future, this is probably how I'll draw myself. It doesn't change anything story-wise from me, mind. I don't have any plans for "ratfolk" demi-humans in My Impossible Soulmate, nor for a rat HRT substory, or anything like that (at the moment). It's really just for me. But it is something you'll see and I've already had a few people asking, so I felt like I should address it for the sake of transparency.
Speaking of MIS, new chapter cover next week. New proper pages come the following week. I'm finally back in action. Sorry again for the much longer than anticipated wait! I really meant that to be a much shorter break. ^^;
And if you're curious about the whole sequence of events in my journey to "ratification," you can see it in your social platform of choice (or at least whichever you can tolerate long enough). XD
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This is actually incredibly frustrating, because any pun I can think of here is too damn subtle to work, and would just sound like me either approving or questioning your avatar change.
Suffice to say, I find the double meaning very amusing, and hope others do too.
Anyway, you look so cute as a rat!
Congrats on beating it btw.
Why then wouldn't they have trade and durable contact with the people of Australia? Have you seen a list of the animals on Australia and considered how formidable they would be to people with weaponry from 500BC? The attire and cosmetics of the various people indigenous to Australia almost certainly wouldn't have been attractive enough to overcome the threats of Australian wildlife.
That does suggest that real knowledge of kangaroos was probably very slim to the Chinese who made their zodiac. However, for the more affluent and knowledgeable, familiarity with rumors of the strange creatures on that island certainly seems to me to be likely. Dragons have a year in the Chinese zodiac, I don't understand why rats would be more likely to be represented than kangaroos. It feels to me like confusion regarding a relationship between the two may have ensured the rats and kangaroos made it into the final list.
As for how it's translated, I ask, did the person who worked out the original translation to European languages know what a kangaroo was? That seems less likely to me.
rat jocelyn is very cute!
ok maybe i've been replaying FF9 recently >.>
One time I drew a picture for an ex. It was two rats driving a Ferrari through the desert. There were two rats because I’m also a Gemini and a Ferrari because my college roommate once compared me to one.
Your hoodie reminds me of how Jude wears his. Is that a coincidence?
ALL HAIL RAT JOCELYN
...interesting