#non human characters

[yourfavisblack]

Dave Brubot aka Major Player from Toontown: Corporate Clash is Black!

#yourfav #your fav is #yourfavisblack #dave brubot #major player #toontown corporate clash #non human characters #video games

[coffeeangelinabox]

Whumpril #20: Touch Starved

The others think they know. Untouchable Darrow who lets no one near him, more likely to snarl like a wounded wolf and chase them away when he needs them the most; sensitive David who has no one who reaches out with gentle, soothing touch because it doesn’t fit in with their ideals of masculinity, never noticing what that deprivation costs him; Rosie - little more than a child to crawl into a parents’ hold for comfort and cosseting, and yet blossoming enough into woman hood that to hold her in such a way makes her predominantly male crew worry that their intent will be misconstrued. 

They think they know. 

But for Nico and Casey, the lack of touch is a branding iron, a deliberate slow torture, a sickness that never goes away. 

Humans find the tactile aspect of them repugnant. They are told that they feel soft, squashy, but in the way of partly decomposed meat or large larvae instead of in a way that could be construed as comforting. And yet, unknown to their crew, that yielding flesh holds more than triple the sensory receptors of humans. Their species communicates almost fifty percent of the time by touch alone, an array of nuances in caressing tendrils. 

They hold themselves, running fronds over their back and neck and nodes. It keeps them warm even if it doesn’t offer what they need. 

“We can do it.”

Jay looks doubtful. “Are you sure?”

“You are the superior pilot and should remain aboard. Ensure we are able to leave after ramming the station. Our limbs,” they wave them demonstratively, “are not suited to weaponry. We will require Rosie as cover. But we can manipulate the electronics and find Jemma and we can do it quickly.”

It’s true. Logical. Necessary.

And when they are injured, as is inevitable, David will give soft touches as he heals them. 

#my writing #whump #whump prompts #whumpril2024 #coffeeangelinabox's space opera ocs #touch starved #non human characters #intentional injury #reckless behaviour #whumprilday20

[kingqueenofinbetween]

I, much like a lot of other queer people I've talked to, have a complicated relationship with queer monsters and queer villains.

Of course the fact that these kinds of characters often imply we aren't human or tie bisexuality to amorality or asexuality to emotionlessness is a huge problem.

And simply making a clean cut and saying:" I want actual human people who are the heroes and who are happy and I want nothing to do with this stuff" is in my opinion a valid response.

But to me and a lot of others there is something appealing about queer monsters.

There's a reason so many queer people love the Disney villains most of who'm are arguably queercoded.

There is something appealing about going fuck it guess I'm the villain now. Because of course the rejection of sociatal norms in favor of doing whatever you want is appealing not only to queer people but just in general. A lot of Villains are fun. Especially the queer coded ones. They're funny , they're dramatic and they don't give a fuck.

Every queer theatre kid I've encountered throughout my years of drama club has had a bit of a thing for villains or at the very least morally grey characters.

And then there's the monsters. Monsters are almost always metaphors for a bunch of stuff that can be read in a lot of different ways.

Be it vampires or fairies or ghosts or aliens or haunted porcelain dolls or ancient forest gods.

There's almost always a queer metaphor if you look hard enough. And I assure you a lot of us are looking.

Monsters are monsters because they are different.

Rejecting humanity in favor of being who you are is appealing especially when those two feel like they can't coexist.

Monsters are gender. Especially to a lot of non binary people.

Monsters are relatable to a lot neurodivergent people

Monsters also often hold within themselves a different metaphor. One for mental illness.

This is were this gets complicated for me.

Because I am all of these things. I'm a queer neurodivergent person with a vast array of mental health issues.

And the thing is...

The Villains loose and monsters aren't human.

Both of these types of characters are often intertwined tightly with tragedy. Especially the metaphors for mental illness.

And if you consume to much of this content you'll start to feel like you are destined to loose too. Like you are fundamentally broken in the same way these characters are framed to be.

It's often more of a subconcious than a concious thing. At least for me it was.

I think the best solution to this particular problem is, except for the obvious: actual human protagonists who are queer and or neurodivergent , is more happy monsters who are maybe even allowed allowed to also be explicitly queer and or neurodivergent.

Both "Hello From the Hallowoods" and "Monstrous Agonies" two relatively new fiction podcasts do the simultaneous metaphor and actual representation really well in my opinion. They both feel like incredibly well thought out deconstructions of the queer monster trope. They both feature a lot of non human characters who are often both metaphorically and textually queer/neurodivergent etc without those two taking away from each other.

You might be asking: why keep the monster at all if the identities they're often a metaphor for are actually represented?

For me the answer to that is: Monsters leave room for interpretation which is good. Explicit representation doesn't and it's not supposed to which is also good.

#nonbinary #queer #monsters #aliens #non human characters #thoughts on media #horror #fiction podcasts #hfthw #monstrous agonies #queer villains #disney villains #queer subtext

[archangelmacaron]

Happy New Year!

I think this piece of Holly and D is a strong start to this year's artistic journey! I hope to continue to improve my skills and their designs. I'm also working hard to have a better novel draft, I hope it can reach more people who will enjoy it!

Thank you all for your support 💜 Let's have a great 2024!

#macaron oc #original characters #ocs #non human characters

[mugenfinder]

Characters of Class Fighting Game

#Kakutou Class #Character Select #non human characters #unconventional #japanese indie game #Fighter Maker 2nd #doujin game #fgc #fighting games

[cripplecharacters]

A character in a sci-fi story I am working on is an android, a human brain controlling a large many-armed crane. Because her limbs are built too weak to lift her whole body, she moves via a track mounted on the ceiling. She is able to move more freely in lower gravity, but can't use that very often. Her mobility limitations are treated as important, but she still has many interests outside of her disability and leads a fulfilling life. I know that fully fictional disabilities are sometimes viewed as being worse representation, and I understand why, so I wanted to check if this character concept needs more work?

Hi there, thanks for your question!

I think this is a neat concept for a character, and I personally am a fan of seeing more non-human characters in speculative fiction who are physically disabled. I think there's a lot of storytelling potential in considering the ways non-human characters would experience disability differently from human characters and how that might look.

It's true that inventing fictional disabilities can potentially be bad representation, but that tends to hold more weight in a real-world setting and with human characters who could just as easily have been written with a real-life disability. As you've already established, your premise is science fiction and far enough away from the real world that I don't see a problem with it. And as an android, this character probably wouldn't experience the same kinds of disabilities that a flesh-and-blood human would, so I don't have a problem with writers getting a little more creative on that front.

Other physically disabled people are welcome to offer their thoughts!

-Mod Faelan

#mod faelan #disabled representation #physical disability #non human characters #android characters #fictional disability #biologicalfandomhippo

[sleepy-button]

I don't know

Idk

#Art #Beginner art #Scribble #Doodle #Dark art #Non human characters #Beginner artist

[morbidmusingsblog]

The non- humans in Satyajit Ray's films

#satyajit ray #animals in cinema #non human characters #aparajito #pather panchali #jalsaghar #music room #the apu trilogy #poetic cinema #indian cinema

[justadumass2art]

The forest wolves pack completed!

Territory

Culture

Concept art of Huvrr

All the wolves and their family trees

#creative writing #fiction writing #writing #writers on tumblr #writing characters #oc #ocs #original character #original characters #ocs family #wolf #wolves #wolf pack #culture #non human characters #map #map making #map drawing #concept art #character concept #lore #world building #worldbuilding

[wanderrealms]

Ok, maybe the 3rd 4th 5th short story in a row won't have a female ghost/creature/demon as love interest.

#writing #writing fantasy #This is getting out of hand #non human characters

[objectobsession]

Jammers > ALL CHARACTERS

Although I do not plan on seperately posting about every toddler show with sentient objects (there are waaaaaay too many), I simply MUST tell you about this one, because this is most likely the first show that INTRODUCED me to inanimate objects as characters.

Maybe my strange obsession was provoked by this show... Or was my fondness of this show a product of an "innate" obsession...? Hmm, I guess we'll never know... (For the dummies: dw, I'm just messing with y'all.) Anyways, as a former baby, I can say this show was DOPE AF:

Series: Jammers (2005 - 2011)

#inanimate object characters #animate objects #living objects #sentient #sentient objects #anthropomorphic objects #anthro objects #things #actual objects #non human characters #many/most/all characters #baby tv #jammers #animated #series #animated series #kids series #film industry #content for babies #educational #musical instruments #music

[yourfavisblack]

Misty Brightdawn from My Little Pony: Make Your Mark is Black!

#your fav #your fav is #yourfavisblack #misty brightdawn #my little pony #mlp make your mark #non human characters #animation

[dizzyditzyboy]

You ever love your favorite non-human characters so much you wanna disect them so you can study all the parts of them that make them the way they are like they're your own personal science experiment?

#favorite characters #comfort characters #non human characters #i was thinking about fnaf characters making this post #i wanna pull them apart and analyse ever peice of metal and wiring they have #but i'll never be able to!!! T_T

[flaminaroundlikeastar]

What your favourite non human character type says about you! / Part 1

Warning(s): Some stuff I mention might be 18+ so proceed at your own risk.

--> Demons

- You're kinky asf (don't lie, I can see everything 👁👁)

- No, but fr you're so kinky it's ridiculous LMAO

- Probably have a claw/fang kink

- You like creatures who are funky and unpredictable (as if they can trick you easily, but you don't care, you find it fun LOL)

--> Vampires

- Honestly same as last one

- You're most likely nocturnal

- Introverted, not much of a people's liker

- There's at least 50% chance you don't like garlic

- Oh and probably a hopeless romantic

--> Werewolves, Hell hounds, other canine monsters

- You're a furry! 👆 (dw I am too)

- Nature lover

- There's a 90% chance that you're very obsessed with full moon (or just moon) and probably wish that you were able to transform into a werewolf LOL

- Looks tough, is a cute puppy actually :3

--> Aliens

- You're definitely autistic and weird (in a good way! Keep being you <3)

- You probably wanna meet one irl

- Furthermore, you're curious how they look and do they have sub species (basically different classes/types of them)

- Probably have a tentacle kink

- Either that or you like being experimented on (not in gore way btw lol) and you probably WISH to be abducted haha

- Space nerd likely

--> Robots

- Science and technology lover

- Definitely obsessed with Sci Fi, but like to an unhealthy degree (it's ok, ik that feeling LOL)

- You are either smart or rlly dumb, most likely second option, cuz ur compensating for your lack of IQ /j

- You probably care about personality more than looks

- Depending which type of robot you like, can say about you, so this is mostly surface description haha

Edit: for demons -> you're probably obssesed with 7 deadly sins LOL

#What your favorite non human character type says about you #Aliens #Werewolves #Demons #nonhuman #non human characters #Hellhounds #Canine monsters #Monsters #Vampires #Robots #Fiction

[lina-a-disaster]

Some sketches I did, just seeing what designs come to mind without thinking too deeply about it +｡ﾟφ(ゝω・｀○)+｡ﾟ

#casual art #sketches #character design #clown character #non human characters #i cant draw bodies all that well rip #maybe next time #was at first too scared to upload my art but im very satisfied so far with my sketches #Lina's Art

[mugenfinder]

I like his body language.

#Kakutou Class #monster design #non human characters #doujin game #fgc #fighting games