Vrasik Aldwin

i was banned entirely off goatlings (discord + website) with Zero communication from staff for making a fanpet of a goatlings ad on another petsite!

On 4dopt i made my own goat species, Caprines, for fun about a week ago and released them. About a few days in I did think it was cute to use the built-in site customization and markings i uploaded before to make the indiegoatling as a little homage goat id keep as a little nostalgia reference, as shown here. Obviously it's not entirely accurate as its just layers of markings that already existed before I had that idea

With the original attached for visibility ^

About a few days later i received a DM from 4dopt staff about getting an anonymous report involving that goat being a "copy" and to maybe change it just in case so zero issues happen. About a few minutes later i checked goatlings to see i have Zero access to the site.

I did forward my goatlings ban to 4dopt staff and they were very much surprised that I got an entire uncommunicative nuclear bombing over this goat.

After that though, they did share that the anonymous report included 2 other goats of mine for being "copies" of goatlings ads. They told me the 2 goats involved did Not need to be changed (likely why they only shared it after). behold.

yeah. i do Not know what delusion is into play here other than the crime of having Similar Colors of incredibly common aesthetics, because if you spend more than 1 second looking at either of the goats, theyre still Vastly different designs? I guarantee this would not be compared if they were wolves. Krisgoat obviously doesn't own goats or coloring them to popular choices...?

Anyways I have no idea why goatlings staff (...not gonna fault their team entirely though! i know from talking about this with others that its definitely One Infamous Persons choice) thought I was some evil Malicious ripoff bootleg god but i have made zero dollars or sold any customs to anyone in relation to caprines. They're little fun pets I made because I like goat! I never interacted on goatlings site or offsite discussions about goatlings other than posting my art and ad concepts, so I didn't think I'd get banned alike others.

4dopt staff has been incredibly kind throughout all of this thankfully! None of this is in their error at all, and I appreciate the communication from them and what they shared. Nobody really saw this coming...!

Anyways, the indiecaprine is now Hatsune Miku. Enjoy!

Walnut was born in a species-recovery breeding program in the 1980′s.  The program had crane chicks hand-raised by human volunteers, and at that time they did not fully understand the measures necessary make sure that the chicks do not imprint on humans and retain their identity as cranes.  

As a result, her keepers believe, Walnut does not recognize other cranes as members of her own species.  

It has not been proven that Walnut killed her previous suitors; however, there is a persistent rumor in the white-naped-crane-conservation community that she did.  

Because this species is highly endangered, and the gene pool of the captive population is small, it’s pretty important for the survival of her species that Walnut A) mate, and B) not kill a bunch of other cranes.  

The actual name of the keeper is Chris Crowe.

They both arrived at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in 2004.   

Walnut immediately began paying special attention to Chris--and ignoring the eligible male crane in a nearby enclosure.  

Walnut initiated their courtship, performing the opening moves of a mating dance.  

Chris realized that if he reciprocated the mating dance, it might be possible to artificially inseminate Walnut with her participation and consent.  (The process normally involves restraining the bird.)  

It worked!  

Chris and Walnut have had five children, who were raised by other crane couples at the facility--sometimes the biological dad and his mate--both because it’s unclear whether Walnut would accept the chicks as her own, and because Chris is not equipped to be a Crane Dad.  

However, the Institute provides her with artificial eggs to sit on, and Chris takes his turn looking after them.  (This would not work with real eggs because he can’t sit on them properly, but Walnut seems to feel that he is on the job if he just stands over them.)

she has not been PROVEN to have killed her exes, but there is a PERSISTENT RUMOR (really officers she's simply DEVASTATED, she sobs, wearing a new feather boa unfortunately resembling her most recent deceased husband)

His name is Chris CROWE. (Mrs. Walnut Crane-Crowe?)

the mental images of a whole human man learning and performing the crane mating dance, and "sitting" on artificial eggs so she thinks he's performing his duties as a husband and father (and apparently OBJECTS if he does not?)

"chris, buddy, you gotta marry the possibly-murderous crane lady for the GOOD OF THE SPECIES." (alternately: "chris, my man! good news! we found you a very interested lady! She's 36, she's very spirited and independent, she holds a very important and rare status in her society! ...Is there a downside? WELL...")