Squirrel Boy

Squirrel. Mutant. Not related in any way to Squirrel Girl except by sharing a similar mutation. Has tiny, dainty squirrel feet and a big bushy tail. Trying to figure out this big, crazy world. Indie Marvel 616 RP blog. Original character. OCs welcome. Multiverse welcome. Crossovers probably welcome. Read the Rules and the About page before interacting. I track the tag "squirrelthief."

[unbeatablesquirrelboy]

//Just to clarify and dispell the confusion.

Yes, I did reboot Forest.  The reason why is varied but mostly, I accumulated too many followers that I didn’t play with, I was too open to rp with just anyone in the beginning and it’s confused things, Forest’s timeline was kind of messed up and hard to follow, and I’d written myself into a corner with his ongoing storyline.

I think moving him to the school was a mistake as it left him hanging around too many pre-established characters in the Marvel universe but never directly part of any of the action as an OC.  Having him living out in the open and old enough to be considered a self sufficient adult allows me to have him involved in any number of situations or end up in more places with less mind stretching justifications.

I am willing to work out how our muses can still be friends/know one another as they did before the reboot as long as you’re okay with altering it a little to make sense with the whole not being at the school thing.

Sorry if this is confusing or upsetting for anyone.

[squirrelthief]

*quietly leaves this here*

[squirrelthief]

What are Forest's opinions on superheros as a whole?

Actually negative for the most part.  Part of my favorite thing about Forest is that he didn't spend his time being a mutant in a protected school with unlimited funds and a staff ready to help him adapt to his powers.  Most of his life was spent with other mutants being dirt poor and living in solidarity against the bias of humans on a day to day basis.

So when he looks at the X-Men or the Avengers or the Fantastic Four or anyone, he sees people who fight to protect the weak but don't really know or understand what true vulnerability and weakness is in the longterm.  They use money and connections and technology to boost themselves above many of the day to day problems they could have.

Forest finds himself wondering how someone like Logan would have fared in the X District community.  Or someone like Iron Man.  

Select members of the supergroups he can respect.  For example, he feels like Cap has a sense of true weakness versus true strength.  But for the most part, he feels like the others protect the weak from huge, world encompassing problems but do they care about things like mutant suicide rates, teen crime in the mutant population, police brutality against mutants for minor or made up offenses, etc?

And when they do take up these causes, are they aware that their popular viewpoints are going to directly effect how safe a fellow mutant is on the street while they remain safe from the lynch mob behind a thick wrought iron gate?

It's just something he mulls over quite a bit.

[squirrelthief]

If Forest were a canon character and someone else were going to play him, what are the five pieces of advice you would give them?

1. Forest is a complex character who likes to pretend he's simple in calm moments.  I would suggest referencing Scarlet Johansen's Black Widow performance as a good example of how to play Forest but on the other end of the spectrum.  Natasha is played as cold, emotionless and sarcastic but all the character acting is in the eyes.  Forest is chipper, happy, stupidly optimistic but there should always be a wide range of emotions and intelligence in his eyes.

2. Forest's cuteness is not based in manipulation.  He's totally unaware of how cute he is.  You have to play him as charming and adorable but like he's completely unaware he's charming and adorable.

3. The archetype surrounding his character is that he is weak but he's mostly just not confident.  He should frequently surprise people with his strength.

4. Forest is bisexual with a preference for men.  THIS DOES NOT MAKE HIM GAY.  I REPEAT FOREST IS NOT GAY PLEASE DO NOT HAVE HIM IN YOUR MIND AS A GAY CHARACTER.  He should regard male and female characters in the exact same way.  He should not be indifferent to female characters.  BISEXUAL.

5. If there's a kind older male on the screen at the same time as Forest, you should pretend that man is Forest's dad because he's just like that.

[squirrelthief]

mun studio: If Forest was a a DC character, what would change with him?

I'm not as familiar with DC lore but in my experience where Marvel is brightly colored, over the top fun time, DC tends to drift more toward the noir side of things, particularly Batman.  Superman tends to go towards the whole... Art Deco type thing.  

So with that in mind as the context, I think Forest would be more of a vigilante.  I think he would have gotten deeper into the crime side of things and ended up having to fight a bloody battle to get out of it and his fighting crime would be more of an atonement than his current just happening to fall in with the X-Men.  I think he'd have more of a masked vigilante thing going on.

I wouldn't know what to say about how he got his powers though???  Government experiment?  Bitten by radioactive squirrel?  Lots of drugs while he was in the womb.

[squirrelthief]

How important do you think Forest's ethnicity is to him?

Very.  His mother may have been a deadbeat but she raised him in a very traditional mexican home which included the food, many of the holidays, etc.  He was also raised around traditional Mexican family members.

He's very well aware of the hypocrisy of immigration laws and he's not fond of the "Mexican Amigo" stereotype.  Even though he is a lapsed Catholic, everything down from homemade tortillas to lighting prayer candles is something that he was raised with and values in himself and feels outrage and disdain when it is devalued by others.

On the flip side, he is not nor does he want to be seen as a stereotype nor does he only want to hang out with people the same ethnicity as himself.  He just wants his traditions and culture respected and not seen as some kind of buffet of heritage where they can pile a little of this on their plate and if they don't like it they can throw it away like it's nothing.

[squirrelthief]

How much has Forest changed since you first created him as a character?

HA HA HA HA SO MUCH.

And in some ways not much at all?

Forest was originally a Harry Potter OC made for a livejournal RP community.  He was 13 and a little bit pitiful.

If nothing else he's gone from an angsty mess to a cheerful despite all odds type of character. I tend to play him much older than 13 these days and I've toned down some of the horror of his past.  

Plus the whole.. squirrel thing.

But his development has only gotten deeper, it hasn't made a full shift really.  He's always grown up with a shitty mom in a shitty part of town, he's always been sexually promiscuous from a young age, he's always had a bad taste in partners, he's always been "cute."

Really, his development has never backtracked much, just gotten deeper and deeper.

[squirrelthief]

"...hi, senpai..."

"And where have you been??"

[psychoanalogical]

The Muns' Studio - ask me questions about the way I play my muse, why I've made certain decisions in their story and anything you'd like to know about what I think of them.

[bensmuntrashtalks]

Educate. Educate. Remember your goal is to educate.

[squirrelthief]

//sometimes my goal is more to bludgeon in the knowledge forcefully and with as much trauma as possible, oops I’m not a good person. <.<

[bensmuntrashtalks]

Not yet, Ferb

[tyrothegreat]

squirrelthief:

Yes you are, yes you— … You talked.

Affirmative. Self possesses vocal apparatus!

[squirrelthief]

... You're a pug.  [holding up the tiny adorable dog]

[bensmuntrashtalks]

Educate. Educate. Remember your goal is to educate.

[squirrelthief]

//sometimes my goal is more to bludgeon in the knowledge forcefully and with as much trauma as possible, oops I'm not a good person. <.<

[tyrothegreat]

... PUPPY. WHO'SA PUPPY?!

Self is puppy….

[squirrelthief]

Yes you are, yes you-- ... You talked.

[positivelybeastly]

[launches face first into blue fuzzy fur] YOU'RE BACK

[He chuckles as he catches Forest, not even stumbling as he hugs the younger man tight.]

Technically, I’m facing the front, but I’ll allow it, given your evident excitement.

How’s my star pupil?

[squirrelthief]

I'm passing math and science and I got put on a team lead by Jubilee and I'm awesome at being on the team and I'm dating Victor Borkowski and I missed you.

[snuggles forever]

[reidavidson-blog1]

So here is the story.  I ran a crowdsource fund to move a friend and their two kids out of an abusive home to come live with me. Thanks to the MASSIVE generosity of Tumblr, we were able to accomplish this goal and Mom and babies are safe with me.

Unfortunately, we still need help. I live in a tiny 2 bedroom apartment with two cats, a large dog, two kids and another adult.  Mom and the kids all have to share one bed currently.  I’m free to leave the lease I’m in at any time but saving up on one paycheck covering four people is hard.

I have managed to scrape together $900 towards moving but according to my calculations, we’re going to need anywhere from $1500 to $3000 to move. To top everything else off, we’re not able to sign up for food stamps (which we sorely need) or reduced day care (which we REALLY REALLY need) until we have a place where Mom is on the lease and where we are currently wouldn’t agree to add them.

Mom just got a new job and once we get moved into a new place, we’ll be able to cover all expenses without much issue but the cost of the initial move needs to be obtained quickly so we can sign up for sorely needed benefits.

To raise money, I’m going to attempt to do as many commissions between now and September 1st as I possibly can creatively and emotionally handle.  Which means you will be getting awesome commissions as fast as I can churn them out which means little to no waiting.

Here is what I’m offering:

(Color option 2  and full body options not offered due to time constraints.  Prices are applied PER CHARACTER)

Send all commission requests to [email protected] and I’ll be here all day on the weekends working and after 6PM on the weekdays to help you and discuss the wills and won’ts of your requests. 

If you’d like to help but don’t want a commission, you can donate to me here.  I don’t expect donations but would certainly appreciate any help we can get!

If you have nothing to spare (believe me, I understand) please just signal boost!

[landlocke]

"Greetings!" The tiny boy chirped, still hugging the tail with a giggle before holding his arms up. "Forest-friend came to see little self! Little self thought self would never see you again." He pouted.

[squirrelthief]

He pulled him into his lap.  "You saw me not that long ago..." he chuckled.  He couldn't help but frown slightly.  It was worrisome to see Dee like this.  "What have you been up to?"

[fangedfirecracker]

YAY SO MANY AWESOME PEOPLE! YAY MUSICS!

So, 1600 of you and ten days before my 2 year anniversary on this site. So I did this 600 followers ago for my 1000 follower giveaway, and now I’m doing it again.

You like musics right? Well of course you do. We all like music, songs get circulated around here like crazy. So how would you like a song specifically for your blog/muse? Yeah. Crazy right? Of course it’s crazy!

So some of you may know that in addition to having had a band and being a singer/songwriter, I also do digital production and love coming up with new tracks (some of which were done specifically for different plots on this very blog!) Well, I can make one for you! You the winner of this here giveaway! Here is a taste of my music, though I can do a variety of different styles.

The Rules:

Must be following as of today. I know who follower 1600 is so anyone after that is not eligible. 

One like, one reblog. Let’s make it easier on everyone else this time, eh?

Must be an RP blog. I will not create a unique song for a personal blog, I’m sorry.

Winners must be willing to give out address.

The Prizes:

First place gets an original song, my Make Your Adventure album on CD (signed because why not), a digital copy of my second album Cursed, and a promo graphic.

Second place gets Make Your Own Adventure (signed) a digital copy of Cursed, and a promo graphic.

Third place gets a digital copy of Cursed, and a promo graphic.

Contest ends at midnight est time August 28th, 2014. Good night, good luck, and rock on.