#Plus it's the last name of my fursona too! As for where I got the last name Vandenburg...

[stardestroyer81]

Do you? 💙✨

(Userbox edit lovingly crafted by my amazing sister @stephysalcido!)

[yupuffin]

Tagged by @deckofsouls​, so I get to do a fun thing, whoo! XD

Nicknames: Usually just Yu, but occasionally I’ll get called Puffin as well.

Zodiac: Taurus (moo)

Height: 5′5″

Time: 12:09 pm

Favorite bands/artists: yukkedoluce, yuukiss, nyanyannya, and a ton of others I can never remember

Song stuck in my head: yukkedoluce - Liekki (It’s amazing how yukkedoluce’s songs can so easily get stuck in my head and stay there for days on end. They’re so good!)

Last movie I saw: The Road to El Dorado (Did a rewatch since the other person in the room had never seen it :P It was only my second time, too)

Last thing I googled: There’s a lot of stuff on my history and I can’t tell which one was most recent, but the one on the top is an instance in which I searched Google in Japanese for a list of Deadman Wonderland characters so I could figure out how to write Shishito’s name in kanji.

Other blogs: None

Do I get asks: Almost never, but my ask box is always open to positivity and curiosity!

Why I chose this username: It’s my performer/stage name, which comes from the name of my fursona, which in turn comes from the pronunciation of my favorite hiragana, ゆ.

Following: Friends, artsy and anime things

Average amount of sleep: I need about 9.5 hours a night consistently in order to operate at full capacity. If I decrease that by even one hour for more than one or two days in a row, I start getting sick, so I need to be careful when I go to conventions.

What I’m wearing: It’s cold where I am, so I have my lined jeans and big warm coat on, plus an Iwatobi Swim club t-shirt I got in Japan. No scarf today since it’s quite below freezing.

Dream job: Either a freelance translator, or a translator/localization specialist at Nintendo. Or maybe a fursuit maker idk.

Dream trip: I’d like to go to Japan and attend a special event there, such as Magical Mirai or JMoF.

Favorite food: There are so many -- how do you expect me to pick one?

Play any instruments: I played cello as a kid, but now my instrument is my body because I dance (~*3*~)

Hair color: Brown (I’m boring)

Languages you speak: English and Japanese

Most iconic song: I’m not sure I understand the question? But I always think of “Meltdown” since it’s the song I danced to my first time on stage at a convention. I’d say that’s iconic?

Random fact: I have a very low spice tolerance and I love plain food.

Describe self as aesthetic things: Blue and purple, the ocean, stripes, high contrast, things that light up, tailcoats and long formal clothes, rough and sketchy lines

I get the distinct feeling I’ve tagged people for this same thing before so I’m going to play it safe and not tag anybody, but if it looks fun feel free to do it and say I tagged you \o\

[cardboard-moon]

40 Things You Never Wanted To Know About Me

You probably already know me decently well or else you wouldn’t be reading this, so instead of rehashing the basic (boring) “getting to know me” questions I dug a little deeper and asked myself about what’s really important. Here is the result: 40 Things You Never Wanted To Know About Me. Enjoy!

1. What Parks and Rec character am I?

While I could argue for almost everyone on the show I’m probably most like Ben Wyatt: a white, brunette, and sad man who eats soup alone on a park bench (minus his love of math and rollerskate kink)

2: Top 5 books?

To Kill a Mockingbird, The Secret History, A Prayer for Owen Meany, The Help, 11/22/63

3: Top 5 movies?

Chinatown, Star Wars, Rear Window, National Treasure (nick cage can be good in small doses ok) and Nancy Drew (2007)

4: Top 5 shows?

Parks and Rec, B99, That 70′s Show, Mad Men, Arrested Development

5: Top 10 most iconic vines?

1) Chris is that a weed/Mary is that a police

2) Hi My Name is Trey I have A Basketball Game Tomorrow

3) Rebecca It’s Not What You Think

4) The one where the girl is just hitting elmo with a baseball bat

5) Anything Kermit but esp. the one where he falls off the building

6) You Know This Boy Got His Free Taco

7) 2 Bros Chillin in the Hot Tub

8) Waelcom to my Keeetchen we have bananis and avocadis

9) Whoever Threw That Paper Your Mom’s A Hoe

10) i spilled lipstick in your valentino bag (yOU SPILLED WHAHULAUG LIPSTICK IN MY VALENTINE WHITE BAG)

6: Where do I see myself in 21 years?

One of my dreams in life is to marry the heir to a prestigious winery out in wine country. I have a vision of myself at 39, waking up at 10 AM on a tuesday and standing on my private balcony in my state-of-the-art spanish stucco villa. i am drinking a chardonnay despite the early hour whilst i observe my grape empire in my silk negligee. the only event planned for the day is a portrait sitting for my rottweilers (4 of them), for which i have arranged spaces in the family’s private art gallery. i am aging well despite the harsh california sun and my partner and i have a trip to tuscany planned for the fall. it’s a charmed life and i never tire of eating grapes  

7: Top 5 favorite cryptids

1) Nessie (Nessie is a true lady I believe in her)

2) Mothman (not real)/ el chupacabra (possibly real)

3) the kraken (definitely real)

4) Bigfoot (not real but a legend anyways)

5) the yeti (real only in russia)

8: Do I Believe in Ghosts

It’s a complicated topic and of course we will likely never know for sure but the short answer is yes. in my opinion though, what ghosts are is the important question: are they really the dead coming back to haunt the earth? are they just manifestations of energy that the mind interprets into recognizable shapes? hallucinations? or is it wish fulfillment and the reduction of tensions on a heavy conscience? our brains are capable of powerful things, but it begs the question as to whether if a human desperately wants something to be true does the human mind have the power to make it true? c. s. lewis mentioned once that he never understood the ghost debate since, given that ghosts are real, they have no real power over us or anything interesting to say. but i believe that just goes to show how the mystery is far often more important than the solution.

9: Best/Worst Month of the Year

Best: May/November (spring/fall in full swing, holidays, time off school, great atmosphere) Worst: August (too dang hot & start of school)

10: What is one of my embarrassing secrets

I didn’t learn how to tie my shoes until I was nine (velcro ftw)

11: What is my Dream Date

We go cryptid hunting in the woods and have a picnic in the dark; you supply dogs for entertainment and guardianship purposes, i supply drinks and the cryptozoological myths we are chasing. Afterwards we get gelato

12: Top 3 Presidents

(this is based solely on arbitrary opinion not policies) 1) Barry Obama 2) Lincoln  3) Millard Fillmore (his name is funny) 

Honorable mention: jimmy carter (he was the only noncorrupt man in office for like 30 years before barry)

13: Top 3 Vice Presidents

1) John Adams, if nothing else but for the drama this man caused 2) Walter Mondale 3) the big boy JB 

Honorable Mention: Nichard Rixon

14: Top 3 Secretaries of State

1) Madeline Albright 2) Henry Clay 3) Elihu P. Washburn 

(note: secretaries of state have the funniest names, like Hamilton Fish (1869-1877) rest easy Mr. Fish)

15: Worst Activity they make you do in middle school PE

Middle school P.E. is the worst in general but I’m going to say either grading you on your shotput skills (?) or BMI (??) or just the tuesday run in general (luther kids know)

16: Top 4 Worst Scents

1) Washing a knife covered in peanut butter 2) Really cheap perfume that they sell in checkout lines at convenience stores 3) Olives 4) organic deodorant

17: Top 7 Conspiracy Theories

1) The Denver Airport is an underground military fallout shelter designed to protect the 1% from nuclear warfare

2) A Roman pope adjusted the Gregorian calendar so that his reign would fall on 1000 AD so we’re actually living in the year 1783

3) Paul McCartney is dead and was replaced prior to the Seargant Pepper album by a lookalike named Billy Shears

4) The state of Wyoming is a myth

5) Avril Lavigne died and was replaced back in the early 00’s

6) The Titanic sank because too many people went back in time to prevent it from sinking

7) Not to be cliche George Bush and the military-industrial complex orchestrated the 9/11 attacks (jet fuel can’t melt steel beams and all that)

18: Inside jokes with myself

I’m not usually a “gamer” but every year without fail someone introduces me to a game exactly at finals time and I get hooked and it ruins my gpa and study habits. This year it’s Stardew Valley, last year it was Dream Daddy and the year before that it was undertale and I blame Jojo for absolutely all of it bc they are usually the instigator. Anyway, every year I joke with myself about what game will derail my grades this year

19: Top 5 Worst Tactile Sensations

1) Putting tights or leggings on wet, hairy legs post-shower

2) Running fingernails along cardboard

3) Sweating in a turtleneck

4) Having wet, salty hair after swimming that drips down onto your back and makes the top of your shirt damp

5) Reaching into a bag of grapes and only finding really soft, slimy ones

20: Best Cat I’ve ever encountered

One time my friend and I were leaving Romancing the Bean and walking back to her car and the fattest, fluffiest, softest ginger cat I’ve ever seen came trotting up to us and flopped over at our feet. He was such a good boy!!! And so friendly with strangers!! He was very well groomed and just wanted some love, and whenever we stopped petting him he would jump up onto our legs and leave little wet paw prints everywhere, I wanted to kidnap him

21: Best dog I’ve ever encountered

All of them

22: Best squirrel I’ve ever encountered

My dad has befriended a squirrel named Nutty that likes to sneak into his office when the door’s open and steals peanuts. if the door is closed he’ll bang on it and scream until we acknowledge him

23: If I were a furry what would my fursona be

I do not know because I am not a furry. HOWEVER someone who is well-versed in furry matters told me once that I would be one of those long, nervous dogs like a greyhound maybe and tbh I could see it

24: Favorite/Least Favorite Disneyland Rides

My favorite has always been haunted mansion, except for the halloween season when it’s nightmare before christmas and then it’s thunder mountain. I just love the outside atmosphere of the house bc I’m a slut for that southern gothic architecture style. Worst is splash mountain because there’s no seatbelt and LOGICALLY i know I don’t need one but it doesn’t stop me from having a panic attack every time I get on and we go up the big hill as I worry about being flung from the toboggan across the park

25: Least favorite restaurant within 10 mile radius of my house

I live over by Porto’s so I am #blessed to be surrounded by some really dope food. However there is a hipster place a couple of blocks over in Toluca Lake that only serves bizarre food like fried chicken in maple syrup with waffle fries and it’s surprisingly bland, so the lack of taste combines with how expensive it is probably makes it the worst (it’s also forgettable bc I can’t even remember its name)

26: Rank of JBHS history department according to how good of a parent they would be

9.Mr. Bixler - I have never had this man so I can’t say shit. NA/10

8. Ms. Snowden - I’ve never had her either but I’ve heard enough about her between Burroughs and Luther to know that this woman is kind of scary, intimidating and uptight, all things I personally do not desire in a parent. 2/10

7. Mr. Hatch - I love Scott Hatch but he is a tremendous mess of a man. Judging by his wife’s instagram photos his idea of parenting is taking naps while cuddling his children and letting his wife do the rest of the hard work. Plus he seems like the type to be too wrapped up in his own melodrama and too busy hangin out with his best friend Edward Frankenbush playing Xbox to pay much attention to his kids. However, he did skip the first day of school to take his daughter to kindergarten so he gets points for that. 4/10

6. Mr. Lee - Mr. Lee is a very respectable guy who seems like he does a very good job providing for his family. He’s ranked as middle of the road because he’s a naturally private person so I can’t speak to his parenting tactics or personality much, however the few stories he shared about his daughter were very cute and he does the typical teacher/parent things like making her his screensaver on his computer. Overall, a very quality dad and man, 6.5/10

5. Mr. Fitz - Kyle Fitzgerald is similarly a mess of a man, but the difference between him and Scott Hatch is that he seems to make an investment in his kid. He always talks about current events in terms of what idiocy his poor daughter will have to put up with which shows his devotion to her well-being and survival in a confusing world. Also he brought her in to go swimming once while I was working at Verdugo and I got to see them having a great time on the splash pad and it warmed my heart. Great dad 7/10

4. Mr. Piper - Richard Piper is such a good father but in a detached way. He loves talking about his son and wife just as much as he loves talking about planes. The real kicker? When he talks about taking his son ON planes and geeking out over history together. He also asked all of his classes for people looking for tutoring work when his son was struggling in math which is so cute. Good guy Rick gets an 8/10.

2. (tie) Mr. Frankenbush and Ms. Hacker - Ed and Jan are both beautiful people. I know Ms. Hacker is #divisive but I personally am a big fan and would die to have her guidance in my daily life. She’s always interested in what’s going on in people’s lives and sure she’s definitely chaotic but it’s a loving chaos that’s only looking to help other people. I’ve not had the pleasure of having Mr. Frankenbush but he always is hanging out with his son Joey and they love coming to the Burroughs pool and playing water polo together; they spend a lot of time together since his wife works so much and they have such a buddy friendship. Both of these lovely people are super devoted and invested in the youth and would make great parents. 9/10

1. Mr. Clark - A god. We don’t deserve this man and I can’t sing his praises enough. Were were all lucky enough to be Greg’s children I don’t think evil would exist in the world. 11/10

27: Worst book I read for school

Hands down Tale of Two Cities since it’s the only one I’ve never finished. Dickens just doesn’t do it for me I guess plus I get really tired of the one dimensional characters and how much he romanticizes Lucy

28: Favorite little-known tidbit of history

When Richard Nixon went to Soviet Russia as Eisenhower’s VP during the cold war his secret service agents detected higher than usual amounts of radiation coming from Nixon’s hotel room, so they started talking loudly about it bc they knew the Soviets had planted buds and were listening. Within like an hour the radiation had vanished and they never heard anything about it again so man Soviet’s ain’t sly

29: 5 Places in Burbank That Are Definitely Haunted

1. Coral Cafe for obvious reasons, look up the ghost on youtube

2. The View seems like it would have some kind of el chupacabra-esque creature prowling around, maybe a mountain lion hybrid

3. Fry’s Electronics

4. The abandoned train station under the bridge

5. The LA river by the equestrian center

30: Rank of all the AP classes i took in order of entertainment value

9) AP Bio: I liked bio but the class wasn’t very entertaining. There’s not a lot of humor in bacteria and cells, and Mr. Van Loo is much more of a calming than a humorous and chaotic presence, so overall it takes the hit as the least entertaining class.

8) AP Stats: Math is similarly not very entertaining, but Mrs. Hollingshed’s erratic personality gives it the edge over Bio. Definitely more humorous than expected of a math class.

7) AP Econ: I bombed econ and business/money isn’t very entertaining but Jan Hacker made it so thanks to her chaos (love her though).

6) AP Euro: European history is incredibly iconic because, spoiler alert, Europeans are idiots and historically speaking everything that can go wrong, will go wrong. I just wish I remember it since I think idiot sophomore Lily slept through most of the class so needless to say I didn’t soak up much of the entertainment value. If it were up to me I’d take it over again and maybe stay awake this time.

5) AP Lit: Lit was just as much challenging and intimidating as it was entertaining, so it balances out. Mrs. Caluya is notably iconic and the books we read were all pretty interesting so it gets a high vote from me.

3) (tie) Gov/APUSH: History is always entertaining in my eyes since people do stupid things out of pettiness. These two tie for different reasons: Mr. Piper is a great teacher and that mock trial we did for the industrial age was great, but the subject was also extremely entertaining overall. I loved reading about how John Adams made making fun of him illegal. Gov was mostly just entertaining because of Mr. Hatch and how salty his is about the government. His sarcastic comments about how corrupt everything is gave life to an otherwise pretty lifeless subject.

2) AP Lang: aka the class with no curriculum, or the Kuglen Hour. I love Mr. Kuglen so much and he is responsible for 99% of the amusement in the class. I somehow learned how to be a better writer by listening to him complain about Trump and everything else under the sun for an hour every day so it was well worth it. Also who doesn’t like a class where you read Dave Sedaris for homework?

1) AP Psych: Without question, this is the epitome of entertainment. Psychology is just a mishmash of people trying to figure out why humans are as stupid as we are and why we do dumb things. Add in all the iconic psychologists and history and a class led by salty Mr. Hatch and you have a recipe for an entertaining year.

31: Top 5 Iconic JBHS teachers that I NEVER had (no particular order)

Mr. Peebles: A quirky man who I would have loved were I any good at math whatsoever

Mr. Arakelian: Band kids hate him but the stories I hear are so frickin iconic that I wish I could be an honorary band kid for a day and see the horror firsthand. If you have Arakelian stories please send them my way I’d love to hear about your pain

Mr. Frankenbush: A sad boi who everyone should get to experience and I regret never having.

Dr. Madooglu: He was so kind to me after the failed anti-trump lunchtime protest last year and he didn’t even know me. I wish I could’ve experienced him as a teacher.

Mr. Clark: The man, the myth, the legend

32: List of some iconic swim horror stories

Charlie breaking his hand after he lost a race and punched the gutter as hard as he could

Some idiot JV boys smearing poop all over the Burbank High locker room

The entire JV team getting Burroughs swim banned from Islands

Me almost passing out at the Los Amigos meet last year after I didn’t eat or sleep all day

Everyone always feigning illness or injury to get out of swimming the 4x100 relay

Getting in trouble for watching boys volleyball practice instead of doing the weight room sets

Every. Single. 5AM morning practice before school.

When coach martin finally figured out how periods work and suddenly we couldn’t use that as an excuse for not swimming anymore

33: What Office Character Would I Be

A mix between Angela, Oscar, and Kelly (we love our dramatic icons)

34: #1 Thing I’d Bring With Me to a Desert Island

Castaway for instructional purposes

35: What Would I call my memoir

Schadenfreude

36: 7 Best Buzzfeed Unsolved Episodes (no particular order)

This is one of my favorite shows so these are my recommendations:

1. 3 Horrifying Cases of Ghosts and Demons - one of the very first and best episodes; a 45-minute special where the Boys investigate the Winchester house in San Francisco, the Island of the Dolls in Mexico, and the Sallie House in Kansas

2. The Strange Disappearance of D. B. Cooper - A man going by the name of Dan Cooper hijacked a plane, demanded money and passage to Mexico, and then at some point jumped out of the plane and was never seen again. To this day no one knows his identity or his fate despite some of the ransom money turning up in a river somewhere.

3. The Haunted Halls of Waverly Hills Hospital - Ryan and Shane explore an abandoned asylum in Pennsylvania and some creepy stuff ensues. One of the best supernatural episodes

4. The Thrilling Gardner Museum Heist - An almost hilarious story (with reenactments!) about a seriously inept security guard and the loss of some of the world’s most beloved paintings. This was one of the first episodes after they started making money and the production quality is off the charts 

5. The Scandalous Murder of William Desmond Taylor - Another excellent reenactment story about one of Hollywood’s first and biggest scandals, the suspicious murder of a leading film producer.

6. The Enigmatic Death of the Isdal Woman - A woman’s body was found suspiciously burned in the European wilderness and no one knows who she is or how exactly she was killed. Watch if you like espionage!

7. The Strange Killing of Ken Rex McElroy - An entire town seemingly rose up to murder a douchey, violent pedophile. One of the only episodes that’s actually happy?

37: 6 Things I would Have Changed About High School

1. Definitely would have joined yearbook as soon as I could

2. Wouldn’t have forced myself to swim for all 4 years; if the passion’s gone then you shouldn’t force it. It’s just a sign that you need to move on to better things

3. I would’ve taken more AP’s and maybe tried another stem ap class. I’ve always been self-conscious about how bad I am at math, but I’ve gotten a little better over the years and instead of being too afraid to challenge myself I would’ve liked to see how I could do and prove myself.

4. Worrying less about grades!! I killed myself over my grades for like three years and then I just kind of let myself go. I would have let myself have who knows how many more hours of sleep and taken the L on a couple of assignments; I’m still learning that my health is more important than perfection.

5. Meeting the right people! I wouldn’t have restricted myself to a few friends and would have branched out more by joinng stuff like JSA. It sucks meeting the right people your senior year and realizing that I was hanging out with the wrong people this whole time.

6. Spanish instead of French.

38: What Would I Name My Farm Animals if I had A Farm

I’d definitely name them all after female Shakespearian characters. My cows would be Hippolyta and Titania from Midsummer, my horse would be Desdemona from Othello, my chickens would be Gonereil, Regan, and Cordelia from King Lear and my goat would be named Gertrude from Hamlet

39: Most Useless Talent I Have

I have a really strong internal clock so when I don’t think about it too hard and guess intuitively I can usually predict how much time has passed/what time it is without looking at a clock. It’s really only useful for estimating how much time I wasted standing in the shower staring at the wall

40: Top Regret After Writing This:

Writing this instead of studying for my econ test in seven hours.

Thanks for reading!

[silkyskykitten]

Sooo @shooting-star-sailor tagged me in a little fursona ask meme. Over... a week ago actually ehh heh. But hey better late than never, thus it’s time to blabber about my radical fursona!

(also don't worry about tagging me in these things dude, I enjoy it actually. =3 )

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1. What is the name of your fursona?

Taylor Maverick Cornell / Kyle Wallace

2. Where did the name of your fursona come from?

Pretty simple really. His name is basically a combination of a first name very similar to my IRL first name with the last name of one of my favorite vocalists at the time. Specifically, the late Chris Cornell. Having Maverick as the middle name was actually a suggestion by my BF. Originally I was possibly going to make his middle name Chris to complete the reference to Chris Cornell, but I figured that would be a little too corny and on the nose. But my BF playfully kept calling me Taylor "Maverick" Cornell and it just... stuck. Thanks Kiba~

The "Kyle Wallace" on the other hand is supposed to be the name he was born with. Taylor Cornell is technically not his "real" name. My fursona is supposed to be an ex-NASCAR driver who left the sport and changed his name to hide himself after his father died. That "original" name once again is supposed to be two names slapped together, this time though based on actual former NASCAR drivers. Specifically, the Kyle comes from Kyle Petty and the Wallace comes from Rusty Wallace.

3. What species is your fursona and why did you choose that species?

He is a Siberian Husky domesticated dog. I originally had him be a wolf but I decided against that since I kinda didn't feel like it fit me. I felt I was a lot more dog-like than wolf-like, and Huskies are basically poser-wolves so I went with that. Although while it wasn't really intentional it turns out being a husky was very fitting though. Since, well, huskies are derps. Massive derps. And I'm a bit of a dorky derp myself.

Also huskies are very much associated with snow and cold, wintery weather. That's also very fitting since I was born in and have lived in the snowy land of Minnesota for pretty much all of my life. Thus being a snowy howler works almost TOO well, heh.

4. What color is your fursona and why? Hair/fur/eyes/etc.

His fur is the standard very dark grey/black and white color scheme you see on many huskies, although with a slight twist. He has pinkish markings on his tail and ears, along with having pink eyes. He also has long brown hair with pink streaks in it. It's... maybe a little TOO obvious I like the color pink isn't it?

But yeah, his appearance and color scheme doesn't have any major reasoning behind it. I just went with a pretty simple husky-ish fur color but added little tweaks to make it a little more unique. He ain't outlandishly bright and colorful, but he has enough to make him stand out in the crowd. And that's the way I prefer it to be.

5. What is your fursonas personality and how does it compare to your IRL personality?

Honestly, my fursona's personality and my IRL personality are somewhat similar I'd say. Which should be obvious considering he's supposed to be a silly ideal version of me, heh. Specifically he's/I’m a bit of a dork who's far too knowledgeable about random things, is a little TOO detail-oriented, and is a bit of a radical hipster. Although obviously I'd say he's a bit less shy and anxiety-prone than I am IRL. Also more of a slut. Or at least, less shy about his desires to be a bit of a slut.

6. What is one thing you think you would say to your fursona if you could meet?

Dude, I want your caaaaarrrr

7. What is one thing your fursona would say to you if you could meet?

... no, for the last time, you can't have my damn car.

(the joke is that my fursona canonically owns a 1984 Nissan 300ZX Z31, aka my dream car)

8. How has your fursona changed over the years?

He actually has changed quite majorly as I mentioned earlier. My original concept for him was meant to be a black and white colored wolf with blueish markings. In fact my idea for him was a little too similar to a very popular fellow in the furry vore community who goes by "Leo". Thus, I ended up changing my fursona and altering him into the husky with pinkish markings and long hair he is now. Partially because I didn't want to be accused of copying someone else, but also mainly because I realized I was way more doglike than wolflike anyway.

9. How long have you had this fursona?

About five years or so I'd say? I'm basing that on when I first ever got art of him, which was back in 2013. I'm assuming that's when I changed my fursona from the original idea into his current form, since I don't recall exactly when I did that anymore.

10. Would you like to be more like your fursona?

Definitely. I mean, he is basically what I wish I could be, so I think it's obvious I'd like to be more like him. Plus I'd prefer to be an anthro doggo instead of a human anyway.

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As always with these silly things, it's time to tag other people! Therefore I'm gonna tag @kiba-the-nerd-wolf , @rakru-wolf , @my-friends-dont-know-im-a-furry , @laviarray , @antlerdelight , @zilliont , @nerrwhat , @shadowthekitsunereturns , and @hineway . If you aren’t tagged here and want to do this anyway, feel free by the way! And if you ARE tagged here but don’t wish to do this either, no pressure!

[anactualhyena]

Answer literally all the OC questions pls

HOO BOY THANK YOU ANON

1. Your first OC ever?

That would be Seren! She started out as my Warriors OC in sixth grade - Dragonclaw, a neon green, red, and orange cat with spike collars and bat wings. I called her the leader of Blood Clan and made her Scourge’s mate and oh lord it was a nightmare. She’s gone through a lot of redesigning through the years and now she has a feral cat form and a human form? As a cat she’s like a partially albino Norwegian forest cat with moss growing on her back and bits of fur matted with blood and an old torn dog collar she probably found on the streets and thought looked cool. As a human, she’s a muscular tribal woman bearing a large spear of sorts and clothing made from torn fabric and a tiger pelt. I like her human rendition a lot better tbh.


2. Do you have a personal favourite among your OCs?

Answered!


3. Have you ever adopted a character or gotten a character from someone else?

I have! One of my old cat characters, Mandy, was a black cat with rainbow accents that I adopted years ago on DeviantART for like 5 points. Then my friend gave me her old Hetalia OC…I believe it was D.C.? As in Washington D.C.? But I don’t use my Hetalia characters anymore now that I left the fandom.


4. A character you rarely talk about?

That would definitely be Flint. Flint is a steampunk pirate character made for a Dungeons and Dragons campaign I had with a couple buddies last year. I’ve hardly talked about him at all but I love him too.


5. If you could make only one of your OCs popular/known, who would it be?

Iagan!!! Iagan is my little ball of fluff and happiness that would love to brighten anyone’s day. Plus I’m pretty sure he’s the most likely of all my OCs to become popular if any of them did.


6. Two OCs of yours that look alike despite not being related?

YES. Flint and Feuhorbe (as a human) look a lot alike because Flint’s design was based off of Feuhorbe’s. The difference between them is that Flint is thicker than Feuhorbe and their hair, eye, and skin colors are different. That and Flint has scars and is more Spanish-based whereas Feuhorbe has vitiligo and is Brazilian.


7. Are your OCs part of any story or stories?

Well…Iagan is (and I cringe when I say this) an Undertale OC, and Rev is a part of a story/universe that Griffin created. Carlisle and Vincent used to follow this sort of post-apocalyptic storyline I had going for an RPG my buddy Roman was making, but the idea got scrapped and I kept the characters, so now they aren’t exactly a part of anything. And then…there’s my old Hetalia OCs…Riccione (originally Sparta), Toronto, and D.C.


8. Do you RP as any of your OCs? If you do, introduce one of your RP OCs here!

I don’t actually RP as my characters anymore, but I used to RP with Riccione all the time in middle school. She’s a chubby professional dancer who runs a night club in Italy and maybe plays the violin? I can hardly remember.


9. Would you ever be willing to give any of your OCs to someone else?

I mean, their old designs? Absolutely. I’m slowly selling those on my DeviantART - mostly ones I don’t use anymore, like Warriors cats and my old fursona and a few others.


10. Introduce an OC with a complicated design?

FEUHORBE MY LORD. He’s actually not that complicated, but his vitiligo can be difficult to draw and as a furry, he’s a horse piñata whose colors follow a specific pattern based on an actual piñata I stole from one of my friends in the dorm room across from mine after their birthday. But there’s also Zane, a genderless dog dragon demon thing that someone gifted me as an avatar on the website Whirled, who I turned into my own character. I’m not sure if they were originally someone else’s OC that was given away or what, but I can’t find any other pictures of them or their species anywhere, so I’m keeping them as my own until further notice. Their design features horns and blue to black gradients and wings with holes in them and various scars.


11. Is there any OC of yours you could describe as a “sunshine”?

IAGAN!!! I can’t explain it enough, he’s literally a ray of sunshine.


12. Name an OC that isn’t yours but who you like a lot.

Oh man…there are these animators on youtube who I watch all the time and I’m in love with their characters/fursonas. There’s Mystery, who belongs to Sleepykinq, Puppers(?), who belongs to kittydog, and Yagi, who belongs to Scotch.


13. Do you have any troublemaker OCs?

Sonni is my little troublemaker. He’s a jokester and also a Dungeons and Dragons character, and his only purpose is to mess with my buddy’s characters and mess up their quests.


14. Introduce an OC with a tragic backstory

Carlisle had his arm blown off in an explosion, which also claimed his vision, but Vincent was able to build him a robotic prosthetic arm and these special goggles with LEDs that allow him to see again. That’s as tragic as it gets, really.


15. Do you like to talk about your OCs with other people?

I do! But I rather people ask me about my characters because if people don’t show initial interest, I just think I’m annoying them. A lot of times, that’s how I further develop or redesign my characters.


16. Which one of your OCs would be the best at biology (school subject)?

That would have to be…Seren and Roc, honestly. Because they are “”“warriors,”“” they know things like how the body reacts to certain toxins and which vital organ, if impaled, causes the most suffering before death. But that’s more like anatomy.


17. Any OC OTPs?

Answered!


18. Any OC crackships?

I high key ship Iagan with Scotch’s character Yagi? I have no real reasoning behind it. But that’s about it.


19. Introduce an OC that means a lot to you (and explain why)

Geez…that’s kinda hard to pick. I’d probably have to say Donovan, because I’ve projected a lot of my own traits and issues onto him (being a trans guy, having depression, letting him to do all kinds of things I wanted to do but couldn’t, etc.) and he helped me cope with a lot of shit until I just relied on my persona and let Donny have his own life.


20. Do any of your OCs sing? If they sing, care to share more details (headcanon voice, what kind of songs they like etc)?

Axwell actually was a choir kid growing up and can sing pretty dang well. My headcanon for his voice would be some sort of mix between Brendon Urie and David Bowie’s voices? His taste in music actually heavily varies and he doesn’t have a set favorite genre or anything - just anything with vocals. Feuhorbe love to hear him sing.

Iagan can kinda sing as well? He’s partially based off of a Samoyed, which are known as singing dogs, but it’s not one of his prominent talents. Although he can freely manipulate the sound of his voice as he pleases, his standard voice is that of JonTron’s. He’ll sing and listen to everything upbeat and cheerful.


21. Your most artistic OC

That would be Piper. Piper is a male Lolita, a ferret, sounds like cr1tikal, and is about four feet and ten inches tall. He does a lot of art, mostly of Lolita fashion and mainly uses watercolor paint.


22. Is there any OC of yours people tend to mischaracterize? If yes, how?

No one mischaracterizes my OCs because they aren’t popular enough for other people to even notice.


23. Introduce OC that has changed from your first idea concerning what the character would be like?

Since I already talked about Seren, I’ll talk about Carlisle. He started out as my original fursona, which was a generic twinky fox with long ears and black circles around his eyes and a MLP jacket. Then he was a feral fox that became my mascot? Now he’s my bara babe (other than Vincent) and had his metal arm and LED goggles And a way better color scheme.


24. If you could meet one OC of yours, who would it be and why?

I would absolutely love to meet either Iagan or Feuhorbe because I know I would have a really great time with either of them???? Hanging out with either of them would literally make me 10 times happier.


25. The OC that resembles you the most (same hobby, height, shared like/dislike for something etc?)

That would have to be Donovan. He’s only two inches shorter than me (not counting his ears), about 10 pounds heavier than me, huge into music, and a trans guy.


26. Have you ever had to change your OC’s design or something else about them against your will?

Nope. I made all changes to my characters freely.


27. Any OCs that were inspired by a certain song?

No, but I do like to think of what my characters’ theme songs would be. I’m still making that list.


28. Your most dangerous OC?

Answered!


29. Which one of your OCs would go investigate an abandoned house at night without telling anyone they’re going?

That would probably be Feuhorbe and Sonni. In it for the adventure but will not tell anyone specifically to potentially cause trouble.


30. Which one of your OCs would most likely have a secret stuffed animal collection?

I would say Iagan, but it wouldn’t be a secret. So I’d have to say either Skyler (a dragon character of mine) or Carlisle.


31. Pick one OC of yours and explain what their tumblr blog would be like (what they reblog, layout, anything really)

Piper would try to run a pastel aesthetic blog but it’d be riddled with too many memes and shitposts and videos of him just saying and doing stupid shit.


32. Which one of your OCs would be the most suitable horror game protagonist and why?

Alcatraz. He’s a lawyer but has a huge secret passion for ghosts and ghost hunting and all things paranormal, so he’d fit right into a game revolving around those things.


33. Your shyest OC?

Lukas! Lukas is a small quetzal that’s big into Harajuku fashion and he is the shyest little guy alive. But he’d probably get along well with Piper.


34. Do you have any twin characters?

Nope.


35. Any sibling characters?

Yes!!! Donovan, Carlisle, and Alcatraz are my three fox brothers. Donny is the youngest and Alcatraz is the oldest.


36. Do you have OC pairs where the other part belongs to someone else (siblings, lovers, friends etc)?

Yes! But they’re only with my boyfriend because I haven’t found anyone else who wants to ship their characters with mine.


37. Introduce an OC who is not quite human

I mean,,,the only set human characters I have are Flint and Axwell and my Hetalia characters, unless you count the human designs for my furry and feral characters. None of them are really a mix and could be considered not quite human except for Sonni, who is the most humanlike out of my non human OCs. He’s very lanky and appears malnourished and has three eyes and is covered in short, dark hair/fur. He has a short stubby tail and tall “ears” and has six arachnid-like appendages protruding from his back that he can crawl on.


38. Which one of your OCs would be the best dancer?

That would be Riccione and Donovan, who are actually dancers! Riccione is a professional dancer, whereas Donovan shuffles and such as a hobby.


39. Introduce any character you want

Bow Echo is a griffin that’s a mix between a bobcat and a peregrine falcon. She can fly super fast and I need to develop her more.


40. Any fond memories linked to your characters? Feel free to share!
41. Has anyone drawn fanart of your OCs? If yes, maybe show a picture or two here (remember sources & permissions!)

A few people have! They’re on my ArtFight profile under Defenses!

http://artfight.net/~CyberFoxFire


42. Which one of your OCs would be the most interested in Greek gods?

That would be Rev. The universe he’s from revolves around many entities similar to those found in Greek and Roman mythology, with him being basically the embodiment of the Ragnarök.


43. Do you have any certain type when you create your OCs? Do you tend to favour some certain traits or looks? It’s time to confess

Ok…I love making them around six feet tall or taller and giving them facial hair and choppy short hair that can be pulled back in low ponytails. But I’m trying to stop that and make them more diverse.


44. Something you like about your OCs in general

They all represent different aspects of my personality and I make really deep connections with them because of that.


45. A character you no longer use?

Jacobi. He’s just some Scottish guy that wears flannels. I’m selling him on DeviantART eventually.


46. Has anyone ever told you that you treat your OCs badly?

Nah. It’s mostly anons that tell me things about my OCs, like how they look like internet cancer. Not that I mind, I mean, come on. They all look like hell lmao


47. Has anyone ever (friendly) claimed any of your OCs as their child?

I think? When I first joined the Osomatsu-San Network, one of the first things I did was talk about my OCs with some other the other members. One might’ve claimed Iagan or someone else, I can’t really remember.


48. OC who is a perfect cinnamon roll, too good for this world, too pure

IAGAN!!!! And also Lukas!!


49. Which one of your OCs would most likely enjoy memes

That would be Piper, Sonni, Donovan, Feuhorbe, and Iagan.


50. Give me the good ol’ OC talk here. Talk about anything you want

Uh…I think I’ve talked about literally everything I can think of off the top of my head. Feel free to message me though if you want to talk about OCs!

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When it comes to decks in ARC-V, I’d say the Fusion dimension probably hit the jackpot.* So many great, versatile, interesting and powerful decks. Serena’s deck, of course, is no exception. They have a enough cards for a pure deck, and nearly all of them are good. Not many decks can say that.

This is my latest version of Lunalights. And thanks to newer releases, it definitely won’t be my last.

The name of the game is fusion. But this game has a gimmick: you climb up a ladder of Monsters to build stronger and stronger monsters. You fuse to create Cat Dancer, fuse it to make Panther Dancer, and then finally fuse it to make Leo Dancer. It’s kind of like evolving a Pokemon, and it’s a very interesting concept for a deck. Even better, the monsters get more and more powerful as you climb the ladder.**

But you’re probably thinking, “It’s that very limiting? I need to do all these steps to make Panther or Leo,” or “I’m using up so many resources to bring them out, smh.” You’d be using a lot cards to bring out Leo Dancer: 2 monsters and Poly to fuse for Cat; Poly, Cat and another Lunalight for Panther, and then Panther, 2 Lunalights and Poly to make Leo.  Assuming you’re not recycling cards somehow, you need 10 cards to pull out their best card, and several of them are specific. And you’d need to do it before your opponent tries to wreck it all.

This deck has it all covered. 

Polymerization is searchable via Black Sheep, who can discard itself to search Polymerization from the deck. You can then use cards like Luna Light Perfume or White Rabbit to revive it.

The Lunalight Pendulums aren’t really that good for Pendulum Summoning, especially since you can’t easily search both Scales. Plus special summoning your Main Deck monsters isn’t as big here as it is with Predaplants. Their Pendulum Effects, however, are the big playmakers here. 

Wolf lets you fuse by banishing material from the Field or Graveyard, which is an amazing way to quickly bring out the powerful Fusions, or even multiples of those powerful Fusions. 

Tiger can revive a Monster for the Graveyard for Fusion Summoning. This also lets you use Black Sheep’s discard effect to nab a Polymerization, and then easily revive it and use it for fusing. 

These Pendulums are great for reusing monsters, keeping up your resources, and summoning one or more of the Fusions. 

Kaleido Chick is this deck’s Elemental HERO Prisma: you send a monster from your Deck or Extra Deck to the Graveyard, and it takes their name. This is useful for Lunalight Fusions, as you can bypass the fusion requirements. I mostly like to rely on Fusion Tag though, since it also lets me pass the Predaplant name of Chimera Rafflesia, which lets me summon Rafflesia itself, or Greedy Venom Fusion Dragon.

Blue Cat’s also pretty neat: when destroyed, it can special summon another Lunalight from its deck, including itself. It’s not limited to once per turn, so you can summon two other Blue Cats in a turn to protect you. It also has an ATK-boosting effect, which facilitates OTKs or inflicting heavy damage.I recommend using this on Cat Dancer to bring its attack to 4800, then Tribute it for Cat Dancer’s multiple attack effect.

Blue Cat’s not the only Lunalight with a battle-oriented effect; you also have stuff like Purple Butterfly, which can boost a Lunalight’s attack by 1000 by being discarded. Crimson Fox, when used for a Fusion Summon, can make an opponent’s monster’s attack 0, in addition to having another effect that lets you negate an effect that targets your Lunalight monsters.

Fusion Recovery has always been a good way to recycle cards and fuse again. It’s incredibly useful here. 

Fire Formation - Tenki is a huge help for this archetype. It lets you search your deck nearly any Lunalight you need, providing you with a helpful card and some material for Fusion Summoning. It also gives all Beast-Warrior monsters 100 extra attack, which doesn’t exactly hurt the OTK strategy.

I mentioned Fusion Tag earlier, but let me explain what it can do some more. Summon a monster, use Fusion Tag to name it Cat Dancer, and fuse it with a Lunalight to make Panther Dancer. Or summon a monster, use Fusion Tag to name it Panther Dancer, and fuse it with 2 Lunalights for Leo Dancer. This makes both Panther and Leo more accessible, and saves you a ton of time and cards. It’s a fantastic card for a deck like this.

Upstart Goblin helps you to draw one of Serena’s fursonas, but the opponent gains 1000 LP. Normally this might be risky idea for OTK decks, but since this deck has such heavy output, I don’t usually mind. However, I’m going to try subbing it out for Fusion Recycling Plant. (See below for details.)

Other options for the deck:

There’s a new TCG exclusive announced today: Fusion Recycling Plant. It’s a really good Field Spell that lets you search and recycle Polymerization, and it’ll even nab you a monster from the Graveyard during your End Phase. It’s also searchable via Terraforming, which is a necessity for Field Spell-reliant decks.

Hmm, this deck has a ton of DARK monsters.

Dragostapelia is a good card to help trip up your opponent. it just needs a Fusion monster + a DARK monster; this requirement is very possible for the deck, and it’s less restrictive than Chimera Rafflesia, Greedy Venom, Leo and Panther Dancer.

And there you have it. Lunalights are a deck with a unique, fun style of play that has easy answers to deal with its inherit issues. Its offensive power is great, and it’s a great way to let your opponent know that you’re a furry.

Fun fact: YGOPro AI can’t seem to handle playing this deck most of the time. Probably because it struggles to grasp the more complex elements of the deck, and thus can’t make an effective move. But if you mastered the deck, you can blow the AI out of the water.

Monsters (20):

Lunalight Wolf x3

Lunalight Crimson Fox x3

Lunalight Blue Cat x3

Lunalight Kaleido Chick

Lunalight Tiger x3

Lunalight Purple Butterfly

Lunalight White Rabbit x3

Lunalight Blue Cat x3

Spells (16):

Fusion Recovery x3

Polymerization x3

Luna Light Perfume x2

Fusion Tag x3

Upstart Goblin

Cattle Call

Fire Formation - Tenki x3

Traps (4):

Lunalight Reincarnation Dance x2

Bottomless Trap Hole

Solemn Warming

Extra Deck:

Lunalight Leo Dancer x2

Greedy Venom Fusion Dragon x2 (I recommend replacing one with Dragostapelia)

Lunalight Panther Dancer x2

Starving Venom Fusion Dragon

Predaplant Chimera Rafflesia

Lunalight Cat Dancer x2

Number S39: Utopia the Lightning

Number 39: Utopia

Castel, the Skyblaster Musketeer

The Phantom Knights of Break Sword

Sky Cavalry Centaurea

* Of the non-Standard dimensions, Fusion got the best decks, imo. 

Synchro: Has Jack’s Red/Resonator deck. It’s a big improvement over his old Resonators, but doesn’t really deal with its issues like Lunalights, another high-offensive deck. Crow has Blackwings, but these are hit-and-hiss as always. Goyo was fleshed out as a series, but not as an archetype.

Xyz: Phantom Knights, Lyrical Luscinia and Raidraptors, real good. And then you have shit like Kaito’s Ciphers. The issue with Ciphers is that they work with Galaxy cards, but not with the Photons they’re meant to replace. This wouldn’t be too much of an issue if Galaxy’s worked well with the Ciphers. And right now, there aren’t enough Ciphers to actually replace the Photon cards. While Ciphers have a great idea to them, Galaxy-Photon is a much better deck. But at least their RUM and ED monsters are good. And also, lol no R4NK Trains for Allen, no “Fairy” archetype for Sayaka, but we’re not missing anything particularly special.

Fusion: Ancient Gears, Predaplants, Fluffals/Frightfurs, Lunalights, Performage (before half the deck was banned) Amazoness (the Fusions and new cards weren’t printed, but they were still great regardless.)

** This really isn’t relevant to anything here, but I thought I’d mention it for fun. This Fusion climbing is somewhat reminiscent of many Synchro decks: you’ll Synchro summon a monster, then use it as material to summon another Synchro with a higher level. You might need to do this because the first Synchro can recycle your Tuner and let you Synchro again, or you have the total levels needed to summon something, but you have 2 Tuners. 

I’m shit at explaining, so take a good visual example. In one episode of 5Ds, where Yusei tunes Speed Warrior with Junk Synchron to Synchro Summon Junk Warrior, then tunes Junk Warrior with Nitro Synchron to Synchro Summon Nitro Warrior.

As I said, this isn’t relevant to anything. I just think it’s neat how this Fusion deck features a common Synchro deck element.