#wolf characters

[respectthewolf]

Wolf Wagon from Richard Scarry's Busytown

[princessofghosts-posts]

If you had to associate any single mammal with Nico who would it be? (taking into consideration everything about him like personality, fighting style, aesthetics, ....)

Ik that many people already said that Nico is totally a cat,especially with the Solangelo dynamic of "golden retriever × black cat" stereotype. But it's a little bit wrong (according to Nico,in BoO,Will remind him of a ginger cat).

But for me he is a wolf. Let me explain.

The wolf is a mammal that corresponds to lunar energies,it teach us to: respect our emotions and our subconscious needs,the wildness of our animal nature,and the willingness to face the shadows within us.

Which is what Nico's character stand for. We can see that in how people see him as creepy just because he embrace death and shadows. Those are elements that are part of life itself,but that many people are scared of,especially demigods since their life is very short and always in danger. Nico isn't scared to kill someone (half of his povs in BoO is literally him try to find a way to kill Octavian no matter what-). That is something most demigods don't really do because of their morality (Percy always try to not kill other demigods,at least untill it's inevitable,most of the other demigods during the first war were forced to off siblings and friends to save the world,but they didn't want to). He cares for the people but at the same time he know when it's time to let go,and he make sure to let go. Killing is part of the demigods nature after all,they need to survive in some way. And he also respect himself in that. He doesn't force himself to do something that he doesn't want or feel (as much as the Gods will-),but at the same time he recognizes that some things have to happen.

Wolves are also excellent “team players”,are extremely loyal to those they consider part of their pack,and often have strong leadership qualities. They often quickly sense when a situation is “unhealthy” and will work to change it. It is important that they learn to manage circumstances gently,without upsetting others,or the pack may turn against them.

Something that is part of Nico's development. From HoO to BoO and ToA Nico learned how to comunicate with others,trying to open up to people after all of his trauma and being successful in it. Before that people hardly trusted him (aside from a few). We see multiple times how much he will push himself for people that he cares for (Bianca,Percy,Hazel,Will,ecc...). And one of the reason he didn't join Luke in his cause was because of Bianca and Percy. Percy's fatal flaw is loyalty,but Nico isn't too far off: Bianca told him to let go of his grudge and he did (not really how it work but ok),he liked Percy (he wasn't aware he loved him at the time) and didn't turned his back on him no matter the circumstances,and helped him in the war because Percy was one of the only people that cared about him (even tho he was a bit shitty about it sometimes-). He also has a good leadership ability as a child of the Big 3,but prefer to stay in the shadows to do damage control from the sidelines. And his dedication skills are pretty sharp,Nico is fast to realize when something is wrong and act on it.

Ritual are very important to wolves. Both the small rituals of daily life and the grand rituals of howling at the moon. Whatever their spiritual beliefs,"wolf people" will feel more connected by honoring the life force.

Another connection that Nico has thanks to his heritage. As a son of Hades,he was a good connection with the death,and understand it better than anyone else. He's the opposite to life,that's something death take away. But at the same time he doesn't hate life,since he doesn't want to die (he just doesn't see value in it during most of the narration,if he die or not he doesn't care) but if it happens,it happens. Also,let's not forgot that he uses ancients greeks rituals to raise the ghosts and talk to them. Rituals that are linked to the death too.

Some other traits that wolves have are: intelligence,wit,communication,friendship,loyalty,generosity and compassion.

I don't need to explain that they describe pretty good most of Nico's qualities too,since he is extremely kind and has a pure heart,otherwise he would have joined Luke.(Tho,he still needs to work a little bit on the communication and friendship part).

Another misconception is that of the “lone wolf”. Wolves are actually a social,friendly,and gregarious creature and incredible communicators,whose withare naturally eloquent.

This is a stereotype that has Nico too and that is actually canon and wrong on the same side. Nico wasn't a lone wolf,he was a small child always talking,about his interests and his favorite games,at the begging of his instruction in the story. He was a social butterfly. After Bianca's death,and how people forcibly ostracized him,he became a lone wolf. But it wasn't something he wanted. He had to because he was aware people didn't want him so he adapted to it. Nico is a small child forced to be alone when all he wanted were friends. In BoO and ToA we get to know better about his social skills and he is a great listener and comunicator. Also,Hades's made him his ambassador for a reason,he's proprably pretty good with politics.

The wolf represents deep faith,and a deep understanding. Furthermore the animal possesses a keen intellect,and has been observed using elaborate hunting and migration strategies.

I don't really need to talk more since we know that when it cames to strategy and survival instincts he's kinda crazy (What do you mean you are using your enemy's shadow to travel a statue and two other people after you killed him?? Like,how do you even realize you can do that??). He also will hunt down whatever person or monster stand in his way (What do you mean he turned Bryce in a ghost because he wanted to arrest Reyna?? Again,Minos and Octavian didn't meet a great end after they opposed to Nico). And he understands better than most when it came to life and death struggles.

So yeah,Nico's a wolf. A very protective and effective one (If someone hurts Will,Hazel or one of his friends I hope they survive because Nico isn't going to let them get away).

[kspeciale]

Just wanted to share all of the illustrations I did for my novel in one post and give an update overall. Still working on the novel. Getting some things fine-tuned. I think I should still hit my goal on releasing the book around Halloween or end of Fall. This novel has been the project of the year honestly so I haven’t posted much of anything else. But I will be posting some new non-novel-related art soon including a new design on Redbubble - just waiting for product to get shipped to me before I post it. I’ve got some other goodies I’m gonna be adding to my Etsy too! Stay tuned!

[softbluerose]

I really like drawing wolves... So, I want to try Skeb style commissions for wolves specifically. If you don't know what Skeb style is, it's basically a commission type where you get what you get, and there is generally no communication between the artist and commissioner... Essentially, it is a gacha commission if that makes sense. Because it's a gacha, there won't be any retakes... But I'll try my best on your character.

This is pay what you want starting from $5

Tbh, I'll even let you pay after I'm finished idc ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I do ask that you be 21+ though, for my comfort levels.

[just--mizu]

Some Feral Pride characters

I haven’t watched Feral Pride in years but I just remembered it out of nowhere and decided to draw some characters, I might draw more some other day

[cha0s-boyy]

@fluorescent-floof​ ‘s furtober day 20

prompt: miniature

all of the small simons! none are full sized wolves, and caspian and narrator could almost certainly be considered miniature. (narrator: head, neck, and arm only; caspian: small winged; matthew turner: gold; darkling: black and lizard-like)

[thirteenthismydoctor]

Some new art that I've done over the last few weeks and the most recent I did yesterday and today. Most of these characters belong to their rightful owners but the top 3 and the 7th image of the dragon are my characters!

[randallwallaceart]

What else you got, Robuttnik?