Derideal pt3 WIP + BLOG "funny animals"

Hey, I got a small wip and thought I had today for you.

It was related to this WIP, that sometimes it's difficult for me to remember, but this is what I wanted to share with you:

I like making the anthro-side of the characters to be important or noticeable in certain parts of the story, besides the look/style.

I mean, I'm sure we all like our anthro animals doing human things, talking and all that, but I believe is important to keep at least part of their animal traits as also part of their personality or approach to certain things.

Animals behave in a particular way and we also have certain ideas tied to them, which is interesting as some sort of stereotype. Let's say, cats are hunters, making them good for grumpy or angry characters. Bunnies or squirrels make good nervous or anxious characters, something "besides" the animal you like the most for whatever reason.

Which is sort of a certain logic for which certain animals represent certain professions or play certain roles in my stories:

Dogs -> "loyal" -> bodyguards, guards, soldiers with a concept of family.

Cats -> "hunters" -> assault soldiers, infiltrators, with a "moody" nature.

I usually forget too to add these little details that make you remember you're actually following the story of an ANTHRO CAT, they should have at least a few moments with certain traits or ways their cat nature should come to play.

Sometimes I remember, like making them running faster running in four legs, or making they prefer certain thing over another, etc.... it's something I've tried to include in my stories, but I don't think I've pushed more, which is something intresting.

I mention funny animals, because the first furry characters in cartoons were called that way, mostly used for humor... probably one of the first time they were used as serious storytelling was with TMNT, at least in popular media.

The more animal a character "is", the most likely their species instincts should overcome their behavior. making even difficult to resist their natural impulses.

idk, I hope it makes sense.

thank you for reading :)