In more images I've had lying around practically finished that I never actually properly finished, a picture of Wynter, my MMA fighter/physics student wolf. This was supposed to just a casual image of her on the weekends or whatever, though she's still got some fresh wounds from her last fight.
Also, I kinda want that shirt. I need to go properly make that shirt so I can have one. I quite like it.
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Musings on Wynter and that universe
Incidentally, Wynter's become the character of mine I most deeply relate to, which is interesting, as both her girlfriend, (the as-of-yet unintroduced) Ryver, and Fenris both started as fursonas for me and kept a lot of me in becoming just characters. Honestly, like, the fact that the one OC that wasn't a fursona has become a slight (*slight*) self-insert is just...weird, I guess?
Musings on Wynter and that universe, some mh
Honestly, the moment she kinda became her own character and the moment that most reflects my own inner thoughts without being my thoughts was a writing wherein she explains why she liked to fight. In it, she explains that it helped her deal with depression, taking her out of her own mind, and dissociation, keeping her in her own body. And, it just...it was weird. It's words I technically wrote, but it felt like someone else was speaking my thoughts.
Musings on Wynter and that universe, mh, self-harm
It was just...That writing was something I included in a message to my therapist about my self-harm. It managed to so perfectly cover some of what I felt when I did it that I just couldn't *not* include it. It was, like, me speaking through Wynter speaking through me, in a way. And, yet, it was Wynter's own thoughts (as much as they could be, anyways). It just...I dunno. My relationship to my characters is weird.
Musings on Wynter and that universe
Like, seriously, compared to early writings of her, it's ridiculous how she's changed. I mean, the earliest writing I have with her is her musing on how great her girlfriend (who was, at the time, very much a self-insert) is. Since, she's kinda just grown out into a fully-fledged character that, like, is relatable for me, but isn't me.