User blog:EtherealNyx/Aesop Fable Concepts

I made some character concepts from my copy of Aesop's Fables, so please tell me your opinion!

Basically to explain the drive behind these new character concepts, I can cite rereading my copy of some of Aesop's Fables today. Some of the tales were quite unusual, but also very interesting to think about! Therefore, I decided to make some character concepts off of them! Please let me know what you think!

Credits
I have to give credit to Artemis and Mina for their suggestions! You guys rule!

Concepts
The first concept I devised is the next stork from The Fox and The Stork, a story all about how retribution is entirely possible if you play practical jokes on people. Naturally, rather than having a sensible stork girl, I came up with a prankster girl, pretty much.

She's a jokester, one that loves to laugh, even at her own expense. She's all about good humor and giving everyone a reason to smile. Her jokes are small, but hilarious gags: pretty much the equivalent of a pie to the face. She's not malicious enough (or clever enough shhh) to come up with more complex pranks.

A bit of a connoisseur, she loves good food and isn't picky about how she gets to eat it, hence how she's manipulated into being akin to something similar to a hired thug for more clever, malicious students like Hannelore Eszes. However, although the way to her heart is through her stomach, don't even think of serving her snacks and expecting her to follow you blindly. It has to be an impressive meal to get that kind of devotion out of her.

Despite being a class clown, she wants to become a midwife when she grows up, simply because she has a genuine liking for children and is remarkably good at taking care of them. In turn, children enjoy her company, calling her a sweet, funny caretaker.

Beyond that, I've got nothing else to say for her just yet.

Another concept I have is for a girl made out of honey from The Flies and the Honeypot. Why a food OC? Well, let me explain.

I have this weird habit of making food OCs. It all started with a joke OC that was born off of bad puns with the combined help of Bessie, Artemis and I, but not only did Jamie evolve into a real OC, but others soon followed (like Pierre Pain, my bread boy). A honey girl was only a logical next step from there.

This girl is very slow, a procrastinator to the very end. She jumps to conclusions a lot when it comes to other people and tends to judge them unfairly based on her inaccurate perceptions. Beyond an aura that makes you feel ill if you stay around her too long, I don't have many ideas when it comes to her personality. Any suggestions?

EDIT: I got some good suggestions on her being a hoarder and clingy, so I'm inclined to implement those into her personality.

As for appearance, her form isn't very solid. Not only does excess liquid drip everywhere (she is made of honey after all), but she's actually incapable of sustaining legs for a long time. She can't solidify her entire body long enough to wear actual clothes, prompting her to sculpt her body into appearing as though she is wearing a dress. Her legs are typically a pool of ooze and she slides around, much like a snail, except marginally faster.

Moving on to my amaranth, from the Rose and the Amaranth. Honestly, the amaranth in this story thinks he or she isn't beautiful, but the amaranth is a lovely flower and the Rose knows it as well as I do.

This OC isn't really one to care about his beauty. He's all about having fun, being bold, going out there and taking risks! However, he's charismatic enough to avoid getting in trouble most of the time, but that doesn't mean much for someone as adventurous as him.

All mischievous smiles and dimpled cheeks, he could convince a demon itself to sell all the souls it owned to him. A boy of everlasting cheer, his smiles never seem to leave his face and his enthusiasm never wavers. No wonder people aren't necessarily inclined to like him.

He's a very good cook (alluding to how amaranth seeds are used in food), so he's good friends with the stork girl, who can relate to him because they are both mischievous people.

I know he'll have purple-ish black hair and green eyes to remind people that he's a flower, but beyond that, I come up blank looks wise. Suggestions for his appearance and anything else are appreciated as always.

Finally for today, we have the clay pot from The Two Pots. In the version I read, she was female and the brass pot was male. I decided to write them as a couple, albeit one that hardly ever interacts. So, the guy I shall now tell you about is one of their children (his twin sister is the brass pot).

Unlike his sister, the clay pot is NOT sensitive or a pushover. Rather, he is rather brazen (no pun intended) and overly dramatic. While he is fundamentally a normal guy, albeit a plump one made of clay, his dramatics are all done out of love for his sister (he wants to draw all the attention onto himself to keep her from being too anxious).

While he's an excellent actor, he's also a pathological liar, but there are certain things you can use to tell if he's lying: he always jerks his index finger to the right sharply before lying. Since he's a bit of a Casanova, make sure to look at his hands before you decide to start dating him. His affections may not be as true as you assumed...

That's all for now, folks!

Names
The class clown stork is

The honey hoarder is called Hunnie A. Mead (the A stands for Agave)!

The cheerful amaranth is named

And, the lying clay pot goes by

Polls
Which concept do you like the most? The stork with a good sense of humor from The Fox And The Stork The clingy, judgmental honey girl from The Flies And The Honeypot The cheery adventuring amaranth from The Rose And The Amaranth The flirtatious and dramatic clay pot from The Two Pots

Make sure to vote!