Rabs Whitetail

Rabs Whitetail is a character belonging to a friend of the author's called Plushlover on Live Journal and Fur Affinity who was invited to have his main character play a role in Spectral Shadows. The discussion took place in 2011, and is preserved below, which began with the posted image of the character found here. Rabs Whitetail by plushlover -- Fur Affinity [dot] netPerri Rhoades: Nice character. Can I write him into my saga? He seems to have been made for it.
Plushlover: I'm honored! Keep in mind that he's old enough to be the father of most if not all of your characters, though. ^^
Perri Rhoades: I've got a couple of ideas for where he might fit in. How would you feel about him spreading enlightenment through plush toys? Or something along those lines.
I can also see him in the magical school story, perhaps as his younger self, or as a teacher. But I think it would be really cool if he could be part of my two deer character's quest for enlightenment.
If you have any background or personality details I should know, please share, and I will do my best to put him in a scenario you'll like.
Oh, and if he does end up in the story, you'll be getting more art of him from my illustrator.
Plushlover: Sorry for the delay. It's been a rough couple of days for me.
I like the magical school story idea, either as a younger character or as a teacher. Rabs is kind of a mystical sort (all my fursonas have been) but not an overly serious puss. Kind of a good-humored old curmudgeon all in all. :)
I have to confess, though, that he is not very well fleshed out. I'm actually not sure where plush toys figure in with my fursona. I'm not even sure Rabs has any. Weird, huh. Anyway, more anon...
Perri Rhoades: The scenario I'm thinking of right now is that Rabs would meet Jon, Rael and Christine at magical school and share a few adventures. But he'd be closest to Rael, because they share similar interests in seeking enlightenment.
Much later, Rabs will turn up on Cygnus. He'll be in charge of the toy factory in Chris Corners (which is kind of like a Christmas town.) And he'll help my characters deal with the developing conflict between Chris Corners and Halloween Town (whatever that will be about, haven't developed that part yet.)
And at some point I'll have him explain how toys and the concept of Chris Corners relate to what he's learned in his life long quest for truth and enlightenment.
This will probably be very helpful to me. I had no idea what I was going to do with that particular arc, and it's coming up on me pretty fast.
I might want to give him a family in the latter scenario, as I'm going to need a character from Chris Corners to be a rival love interest for the princess of Halloween. And I'm thinking that could be Rabs' son. Then, of course, Rabs would need a wife. I'm thinking his wife would be either a Faline type or a Miss Bunny. Or she could be anything else you'd like.
Plushlover: Sounds delightful! Especially the wife and family. (Something I never had and now deeply regret.) A deer mate would be best, I think, tho the bunny sounds intriguing, too. ^^As of this writing in 2023, Rabs Whitetail has not yet appeared in Spectral Shadows, but it is thought that, as the existing episodes are moved off of Live Journal onto the new Word Press site, various episodes of Serial 11 may be rewritten to include this character as the master toy maker at The Great Factory of Chris Corners. We expect Christine will recognize him, and that he will take an interest in Christine's continuing adventures.
Meanwhile, as Serial 2 is now back in production, Rabs will appear in the Aslander world as a retired teacher who now instructs only selected students, otherwise concerning himself with crafting plushies, mostly of the students, which are highly prized souvenirs of the game, and will accompany the students back to the real world. Allowing the student a magical item that will keep them connected to the magic of The Aslanders.
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