#joey stuff

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Slip up / accidental compliment

Loser by @r0tting-rat & @anonymousmouse556

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TIME TO INTRODUCE MY FAVE LIL SAD FUCK JOEY YIPPEE !!!

Joey is my I'm Your Man s/i!! Au by the stellar @r0tting-rat & @anonymousmouse556

Here's their messy asf ref sheet, sorry in advance for the illegible word scribble hfhthdy (also be warned these refs + notes are just a taddddd old. I'd draw new ones but apparently im incapable of drawing rn and im too excited ab introducing them to wait, so)

So first off, Joey is not human. They are infact a Zoanthrope (general term for were-creatures), and their specific species is a Didanthrope! (Virginia Opossum) and their meer existence is their own unending personal hell because of that (that is about to get a LOT worse no thanks to a certain ranger...)

In this world Zoanthropes are heavily pedjudiced against by humans - and must live in constant hiding because of that. So that is exactly what Joey is doing! Hiding from the dangerous humans in plain sight as one of their own, that is until a robot far too curious for his own good sees a few things he really shouldn't have.... and now suddenly Joey has to fear for their very life for every waking and unconscious moment - because who knows when he might decide to turn them in?

Okay tensions aside here's some more fun stuff on them. Joey works at the local nightclub as a singer! Here's their work outfit (not pictured are their heeled leather boots) + Doe in his matching outfit (the club has a bit of a dress code, so he has to dress up if he wants let in to see Joey perform)

Here's some more goofy unfinished/old art of them being the bane of each other's existence while I get some extremely basic info/facts out of the way

Joey - quite obviously at this rate - is a tsundere. And they hate Doe with every fiber of their small possum being. If it wouldn't get them arrested - they most certaintly would have killed him by now

There's this fun rule at the club where staff can touch customers, but customers can't touch staff - which Joey just LOVES to abuse to drive Doe absolutely insane. They get to be flirty and coy and a lil shit, and he can't do anything but sit there and take it. (It's their payback for how he likes to flirt with and torture them when he's working) (they just go back-and-forth with each other, really. Incredibly vicious cycle with these two)

Doe & Joey are canonically a match made in hell. They are perfect for each other in every awful way possible - they are SO toxic. To each other and anyone within a distance close enough to hear them flirt (on Doe's side)/fight (on Joey's side). If you don't know them, consider yourself blessed,they are the WORST couple EVER

Joey has spent their entire life on the run simply to stay alive, considering their species alone would have them executed instantly if they were ever found out. Blue Lake this the newest place they've run too - and unlike the rest, this is one place they'll never be able to flee from

Joey's hatred for Doe is comprised mostly from instinctual fear. They are absolutely terrified of that man, they don't trust him as far as they can throw him (which they cant even pick him up, so)

Instead of calling them "Bunny" like usual, Doe gave them the petname "Joey" (the term for baby possums, for those that didnt know) after learning about their species. I actually have an old comic on him using it for them the first time too, as you can tell they're not very appreciative hfugufh

Okay tbh thats all I can think of to share ab them for the intro post, dont wanna ramble endlessly in something thats meant to be simple, yk?

But I do have so much to say about this freak, their fucked up relationship with Doe, and zoanthropes as a whole. Please please ask me questions about them I will love you forever /silly /gen

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Since I posted ab the Joey variants last night, thought i might as well share their art too

Both of these are just base concept sketches, I likely won't be doing more with them unless I get really inspired somehow

Here's Joker and their basic dynamic with Doe

And then here's Pup

Will I ever draw Jelly and Pig? Who knows. I started sketching pig since ive designed Vivian, but idk if ill ever really finish it. We'll just have to wait n see ig

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You!

How many opossums are you sending upon the dca rn? (As in like- do you have multiple self insert sona characters with many dca aus n such...and what are they like-)

Technically speaking one......... but also six.

And all of them are reserved near exclusively to that man i hate. Grrrrrrrrrr

Okay, there's no other time I'll be able to talk about this, so I might as well take the punch to my ego and spill. Only because the autism demands it, really

So I have six s/is for Doe, but only one of them is an actual opossum. That being the titular, and canon s/i, Joey. The rest have all either been purely for fun and/or explorative "what ifs" to help me figure out worldbuilding stuff for the Zoanthrope-ridden reality Joey is from (save for Lovebird, Lovebird is the only acception to this worldbuilding stuff - since they are from a reality of their own)

So I have four other "Joey" s/is that are just Zoanthropes of different species, backgrounds, and relationships with Doe in accordance to their respective situations.

First there's Joker, a Croanthrope, aka the spotted (or "laughing") hyena. They hate everything (not just Doe, unlike Joey) for the sake of hating everything, are very violent and impulsive, and are the only "Joey" Doe is actually scared of, because they have jaws powerful enough to crush bone - and are NOT afraid to use them on his annoying punk ass.

Next up is Jelly, a hydanthrope (leopard seal). They're not as hostile as either Joey nor Joker, but they still hate Doe intensity. Only thing stopping them from actively trying to dismantle him is their instinct to care for him because they never see him eat - and thus assume he is malnourished. A very reluctant caretaker, if you will.

And next is Pig (trying to keep a J name theme with these guys (save for Lovebird), I just haven't been able to come up with anything for these last two yet), who is a Cavanthrope (guinea pig). Pig is also very hostile towards Doe (for tsundere and social heriarchy reasons), but they try and keep themself under control because their partner (guinea pigs are meant to live in groups so Pig is already dating someone - and Doe is trying to become their third) likes Doe, and they would rather turn themself in than ever upset their partner (said partner is an oc named Vivian btw).

And then the final "Joey" is Pup, a Cananthrope (domestic dog, specifically a dachshund-like mutt). I'd say Pup is the least violent out of the group, not because they hate Doe any less than the rest of the bunch (infact it's say Pig is the one that probably hates him the least out of them all), but because it is simply not in their nature to be genuinely violent. They have that "must be good" mentality you would expect of a dog. Also they have a tail that just lovessssssss betraying their hatred for him, and instead revealing their true feelings towards the guy.

And then finally finally, we have our one outlier s/i that doesn't hate Doe even a little bit (yet(?)). That being Lovebird, an ironic nickname for them given by Doe - considering their relationship with Doe is fully platonic in every possible way imaginable. Lovebird is a cupid instead of a Zoanthrope, specifically a cupid that functions the same as cupids in Love Bullet - so they are physically incapable of feeling any romantic or sexual attraction or love of any form. So thus they are just Doe's bestie who he is Very Normal Over Having (platonic yandere time baybeeeeee).

Anddddddd thats it on the simple stuff... my hands hurt......

Can we return this ask back to sender, I dont like how it's putting spotlight on me like this- /silly

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Unfinished Joey/Doe comic to the song "No Girl's Toy" from Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure. Joey would so sing this in defiance to all of Doe's attempts to woo them

Doe by @/r0tting-rat & @/anonymousmouse556

Edit: Here's the full version of the song on youtube since the audio only plays the first 30 seconds

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Sooooo 👀... how'd Joey get a job at a nightclub despite being a Zoanthrope? And how'd Doe find out about what they are?

They got the job mostly because the position needed to be filled, and they fit the bill. They can sing, dance, act, and work early into the morning with no issues whatsoever. As for the Zoanthrope part - Joey has always been careful about choosing jobs that aren't very invasive with their background checks. Or physical health checks. Thankfully, this specific nightclub doesn't offer any "services" involving their singers for especially high-paying customers, so Joey doesn't have to worry about anything invasive that could expose their species. They chose this job because its something they can do, something they enjoy, and they can still be in hiding while working. Also, their boss is really really cool👍👍

As for how Doe discovered their species - it went exactly how you'd expect. He got curious about that feisty, gender-ambiguous "human" that always smells like booze and cigar smoke, and started following them around all the time. It didn't take him long to put all the small pieces together - the naturally bright white hair, the obscene amount of razor-sharp teeth, the odd waking hours, and not to mention the concerningly high levels of chronic anxiety that almost always morph into an outright feral rage..... and all of that was just before he followed them home for the first night and saw them without a shirt and shoes on. With their pouch and thumbed feet on full display? There was no way Joey wasn't a Zoanthrope. And after that he made it his personal mission to figure out what specific species they were, and with his luck and a few chance slip-ups from Joey thanks to their biological advantages and disadvantages - Doe had "possum" locked down in no-time. Trust the animal-loving forest ranger to sleuth out a Zoanthrope for sure

Doe by @/r0tting-rat & @/anonymousmouse556

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