Connor (penguin)

Connor Prime photographed on [my] desk.

**Connor the Penguin** is a small, blue penguin bird created by Sam [me]. Connor came into existence sometime in 2017 as a computer-aided design (CAD) project for [my] shop class. Since then, Connor has served as an artistic muse in the media of 2D and 3D visual art. Connor's prevalence in Gobcord is mostly attributable to an emote of a digital 3D model of him which was briefly used in the server.

## History

Connor began as a 3D design based off instructions for a CAD penguin model in [my] middle school's shop class. Although the purpose of the assignment was to teach students about well-planned and symmetrical 3D design, Connor was designed mostly freelance and without any care for symmetry; many aspects of Connor's model is off-centered and disproportionate, but to a degree which was barely noticed by [my] shop teacher. Connor was not an infrequent victim of body shaming, receiving many harsh comments on how husky he looked as compared to his instructional model penguin. Although Connor's design as a penguin is simple and cartoonish -- others often failing to recognize him as even such -- his model is loosely based off an emperor penguin. His signature bluish color which serves as a staple of his design across all media is the result of an arbitrary decision of [my] shop teacher to print Connor using blue plastic. The physical form of Connor Prime was printed in 2017, and has remained fully in-tact to this day.

   Leaving behind the toxic bullying he faced in middle school, Connor began to garner a reputation for being just a silly little guy. In 2018, Connor gained his iconic bowtie and tiny top hat, an outfit which he felt would distinguish himself beyond his simple, round shape. Connor would adorn the hat and tie, or variations of it, up until 2020, after which he began a gradual return to form accompanied by a hiatus from the public eye.

Connor followed [me] in the creation of what would be known as Gobcord in 2021. From there, he would find a novel role in the new community's culture, acting mostly as an artistic muse character for [me] and others (Sketchy). A digital 3D model of Connor was created during this time for use in the cover art of a song being made by [me]. Though this cover art featuring Connor would not be used for any song, nor would that song be released, it would be used as an emote in Gobcord for a brief time. Though this Connor emote was eventually removed (and investigations on who removed it are still ongoing), there have been requests made to reinstate the emote.

The most recent variation of Connor was an Ancient Mayan-inspired design also used for song cover art. As opposed to the previous design with the 3D model of Connor, this design and the cover art it's featured in was used for [my] 2021 single Noam Chomsky's Project Objects which first released in May and was re-released in October for Bewildered Vagrant's Lickety Split collaborative album.

Currently, Connor has once again opted out of the fanfare of public life, but still remains a beloved character among members of Gobcord. Before his second hiatus, he announced that he plans to kill Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson, though this has not been followed up since.

On 16 August 2022, Connor lost his left arm in an accident while moving to college. His left arm had been weirdly misshapen and especially frail for all of his life due to a 3D printing accident. The loss of his arm affected him marginally.