It's funny how Disney loves to milk the hell out of their franchises and have been adding a lot of lore and expanding the "universes" of their franchises...
And yet when it comes to Mickey Mouse, the company mascot with probably the most amount of merchandise and reach, his lore is probably the most obscure where even many Disney fans don't really know many of the canon characters outside of the Sensational Six, the Ducktales characters, and a couple others like Clarabelle, Horace, and Chip and Dale.
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so tell me about this hatchetfield oc you have
Ok so I’ve had him for literally not even two hours at this point so it’s subject to change, but his name is Oswald.
His main inspiration was Mortimer Grey from Dreams of an Insomniac (or the fanon version of him, at least), though he also pulls from similar characters such as Alastor from Hazbin Hotel.
His story (so far- again, subject to change) is that he used to be a member of the Church of the Starry Children back in the Waylon era. A literal Starry Child, that is, as he was just a kid back then.
I haven’t decided yet if he’s actually a Waylon or just the son of one of their followers, but regardless, he was a member of that devoted little family just like anyone else.
Or at least he was, until the Hatchetmen came for them, and one by one massacred his family, and all he could do was run and hide.
(note: I’m pretty sure it was never stated when exactly that took place but if anyone has a specific date please tell me in case I need to change this)
As the Hatchetmen searched the house, the poor young Oswald, who was probably around 10 or 11 at that time, could only cower and pray that the gods he had worshipped his whole life would save him.
And, in a rare moment of mercy for the Lords in Black, they intervened.
One member of the Starry Children was never found during the attack on Waylon Hall. Just disappeared into thin air… or perhaps, into the Black.
Decades later, in the modern day, a strange man- looking to be no older than about his mid-20s yet dressed like some sort of stereotypical, monochrome magician, and with a speech pattern even more outdated than his outfit- appeared in Hatchetfield.
A man going by a name that hadn’t been heard in years.
The main concept behind Oswald was basically just “what if Miss Holloway, but reminiscent of the 1920s-40s instead”. He’s very rubberhose-cartoony.
There’s a lot of parallels between the two, as well: Holloway is associated with music, and Oswald is associated with art. Holloway has plenty of identities, whereas Oswald has none.
Holloway’s relationship with the Lords in Black is very parasitic since she’s basically just using their powers for her own needs and they get nothing (but entertainment, that is).
Oswald’s relationship with his ‘uncles’, as he calls them, is far more symbiotic. Wherever he goes, they follow, in a way. Though I should stress that he’s not a bad person by nature: rather, he was made a bad person by his upbringing.
Yes, he does their bidding and also finds murder funny, but that’s because he was conditioned to. And he also doesn’t understand why anyone would hate his uncles, but like… of course he doesn’t! They literally saved his life!
Anyways, that’s Oswald. Any further questions or corrections about lore inconsistencies or such… well, my ask box is always open!
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I know some people criticize Minnie's design saying it is too similar to Mickey. And while I personally don't really mind it, I get where people are coming from. I even like when artists do a bit more to differentiate her like give her bangs, freckles, or even a different body type or skintone.
But as someone who is very used to many annoying cartoon tropes. I vastly prefer Mickey and Minnie looking similar over the unfortunately very common trope of letting the male characters be silly little guys while the female characters are just average sized conventional attractive women with maybe some animal ears, nose, or something.
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