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Miff - Penguin version by MiffTheFox

Miff - Penguin version

MiffTheFox

Well look at that. I've decided to make the penguin fursona permanent. I guess the best way to describe why in the context of the TV series that inspired me to change.

It's an older series, and is difficult to classify between sci-fi and fantasy. Much more known in it's home country then here. It deals with change, loss, regret, fate and free will. The hero would do anything to save the people he cares about. And at some point penguins show up.

I'm talking, of course, of Doctor Who.*

(Wait a minute there are penguins in Doctor Who?)

My favorite aspect of Doctor Who's mythos is the cycle of regenration. In-story, when the Doctor, or another Time Lord, is critical injured, he can heal himself at the cost of taking on a new form and a new personality. Out-of-story, it's an excuse to replace the actor.

The Doctor changes very dramatically during his regenerations. He's a pacifist, a warrior, an insecure young liar, a confident old man.

But, there's always the basic idea of what the Doctor is. He seeks adventure. He helps people. He lands his blue box somewhere in the infinite universe and with his courage and brilliance and especially the help of others- both his trusted companions and newfound friends- he always saves the day.

That's the Doctor and it doesn't matter if he's William Hartnell or Peter Capaldi or even that weird Peter Cushing one, he's the same person, even though he's different.

It's a paradox that lives in the hearts of each of us.

I'm embarking on major changes in my own life, but the Doctor has shown me I don't need to be afraid. I'm changing over time and also staying the same, even though it's not as drastic as when a Time Lord does it.

I thought seveal times about replacing my fursona with an all-new character. I can't think of anything good and I don't think any of it really fits me as much. The only solution I see is to change Miff himself.

That's why I'm making the regeneration process part of Miff's character, even if it is for no adequetly explored reason. I'm even counting the actual Miff the Fox from 2007 as the first incarnation.

Regeneration is a part of human life. Sometimes, we change. We don't know if it's for the better or worse, and no matter how hard we try, we can't go back to how it was.

Like David Tennant, we don't want to go. The future is scary, and nothing I can think of is more scary then looking into the mirror and seeing a face you don't recognize staring back at you.

But the change is inevitable. We all have to go, and we have to use all thirteen of our incarnations. We have to grow up. We wear a bit thin.

We have to regenerate.

For a year or so now, I felt that Miff isn't a strong fit to me as much as he used to be. I've grown without him, so I figured it's time to give him new life and a new incarnation.

He's still playful. He still loves swimming and eating fish. He's still interested in chemistry, painting, and taking nice long bubble baths. He's still Miff. But different.

Like the classic Doctors, Miff's otter form will still be around. I won't identify with it like I used to, but I'll still be as open to the otter identity.

But I'm looking forward to a bright future. I'm growing to like Peter Capaldi's Twelfth Doctor. And I'm going to love my new fursona.

Allons-y! *indescribable penguin squaking*

* Trainers, if you said Mawaru-Penguindrum, you were close but also very, very far away.

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