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A few days ago, John posted a picture he'd done of "Rowan", and invited me to explain more about her.
I created Rowan on FurryMUCK in 1993 or 1994 as what passed for my "personal furry". I spent a lot of time on FM back then and found it taxing to spend four or more hours a day pretending to be someone I very different from myself. So my goal with Rowan was to make a character that would have a personality similar to my own, and familiarity with modern-day concepts, literature, etc., so that I could talk about RL events without being out of character.
So, naturally, I decided she should be a shoggoth: one of H.P. Lovecraft's eldritch horrors.
( Because everyone knows how ordinary shoggoths are )
I created Rowan on FurryMUCK in 1993 or 1994 as what passed for my "personal furry". I spent a lot of time on FM back then and found it taxing to spend four or more hours a day pretending to be someone I very different from myself. So my goal with Rowan was to make a character that would have a personality similar to my own, and familiarity with modern-day concepts, literature, etc., so that I could talk about RL events without being out of character.
So, naturally, I decided she should be a shoggoth: one of H.P. Lovecraft's eldritch horrors.
( Because everyone knows how ordinary shoggoths are )
