Rodent's character ask blog

felt like the appropriate way of starting this blog off was with an introduction post!

so Hiya! I’m Rodentblood aka Rodent and this is an ask blog for allllll of my characters, or at least the ones I am currently developing and am writing stories for.

All my kids can be found here -> https://toyhou.se/RodentBlood/characters Tho I’ll mainly be focusing on characters in my Mains folder + its subfolders 

A vast majority of my characters are split up based on what story they’re apart of but given I like crossovers, almost all of them make cameos or frequently cross paths with characters from other stories. I just like having a massive universe where all my ocs live and their stories work off one another, it’s fun to me. 

I currently have 4 main stories I’m working on: 

Lazy in Space - the tale of an apathetic cyclops mouse alien assisting a cyborg robot headed feline/fish attempting to escape the clutches of a vicious hivemind android hell bent on murdering them.

Violent Tendencies - After failing in her attempts to rule the world a former computer virus seeks refuge in a rather scandalous rated R video game.

Para Familia - A demon jester with unknown origins desperately craves for a family. 

The Circus - the story of a trans teenager who falls in love with a demon clown

You’re more than welcome to ask about any of my characters/stories and I’ll do my best to answer any and all questions I receive! I’ll also be tossing up bits and fragments of world building here as well as even some short drabbles who knows maybe even some comic pages if I can muster up the courage to give those a try! 

figured it'd be fun to mention why I've written my lore so clown demons hatch from eggs lmao

Vermin would be of a fairy lineage, her village was aided by a dragon who deemed himself a god (big daddy) and he offered them his power should they worship him. At first their loyalty was won over by his claims of aiding them, tho in reality he was aiding himself and securing a following to grow his own power. Eventually when bribery wasn't enough he took to violence, eating anyone who dared to oppose him.

With the threat of being devoured the fairies of the village simply continued to follow their new deity and soon their society was nothing but slaves for the dragon.

A small army was created to build up the fairies defenses and to protect the hoard of wealth the dragon seized. Amongst them was Veronica (Vermin) who quickly climbed the ranks to be captain. She was strong and cut throat exactly the type the dragon desired but she is using her position to try and find a means to usurp him. Veronica would be a paladin warrior with her main weapons being dual scimitars.

She's tall for fairy standards but despite her still small size she can pack a lot of weight into her attacks. She also utilizes her wings to boost her speed.

Puppy's body is a well marked harlequin shiny Lopunny that came from a very prestigious breeding ranch in Sinnoh. He's got very symmetrical split markings and was originally bred to be a top tier contest Lopunny but was bought as a family pokemon.

Puppy's mind was originally a human male trainer, he ended up using a prototype synchro machine a family acquaintance was working on that ended up malfunctioning and killed his human body and the mind of his beloved Buneary companion.

He in turn got his mind stuck in the body of his Buneary and has been trapped there since the accident. Unable to communicate and tell other's what had happened he watched his own funeral play out and had a complete mental break upon seeing his urn brought home.

Puppy wears a tiny soothe bell he had gifted his Buneary when he took her on their first shopping haul together, and with the power of the soothe bell along with his love and guilt for his Buneary he evolved into his current Lopunny form.

He was originally handed down to his younger sibling but ended up breaking his original pokeball and running away. Unable to handle living in his home with his family being unaware he was there and treating him like a mere pokemon.

Despite his best efforts tho he was quickly caught in the woods by a random trainer who upon seeing Puppy's unique coloration instantly threw him into the Pokemon Contest circuit. Puppy found the whole ordeal deeming and refused to comply with his new trainer's demands. Often fighting back violently which ultimately led to his quick retirement from contests.

Being able to handle Puppy his new trainer traded him into a Pokemon breeding ranch/sanctuary where Puppy was meant to be used as a new breeder. But he continues to prove resilient and violent toward others. The only move he's ever learned, as moves don't come naturally to him being a human in a Pokemon body, is the move Frustration.

it'd be similar to how she hears bones and their desires but this would relate purely to the living

her eyes would turn entirely gold and you'd be able to see any past memory of yours through her eyes, letting others relive them or properly recall what they've thought they'd forgotten

it'd only work as long as she maintains eye contact without her glasses though which would be an incredibly rare thing for her to allow/offer to others

then I hit with the reality that's their story is about:

so to recap for those who don't know Vertebrae is the aftermath of two minds fighting for control over one body those being Mr. Trickster the demon clown and Vermin the sentient computer virus

Mr. Trickster is just a demon he's been around for centuries and he obtained the blessing of La Muerte for healing and immortality

Vermin is a downloaded personality interface that whose original mind and memories came from a human who went by Squeaks. Vermin infected Mr. Trickster and that's how they eventually became Vertebrae.

Squeaks is the key part I'm tying the connection to. Squeaks is one of La Muerte's human descendants whose mind found a way to have an immortal body

La Murete in my version didn't have immortal children because she's death. She wants her family to experience death and to be with her.

But now one of her blood has found themselves in a body that can't die, so La Muerte is now at a crossroad.

Let Vertebrae continue and eventually crown her a goddess or put an end to her to have her soul rejoin the rest of the family in the land of the dead.

She can go either route but currently is steering toward keeping Vertebrae alive simply cause she finds herself enjoying her company and it's altering her views on her own position as death.

Vertebrae's new titling should she become a goddess would be of Reincarnation/Life. Allowing souls who want to live again another chance rather than leaving them in the land of the dead.

La Muerte does not enjoy the thought of losing her souls but from the few glimpses she's seen of souls returning to the husks Vertebrae creates she realizes that some do greatly desire to walk the land of the living once more.

So there's a possibility she'll allow Vertebrae to fully reincarnate souls so she can find joy in her family so that later when they die again La Muerte can accept them back and begin the process a new should the soul wish for it.

Story is 'Para Familia' aka 'For Family'

Some lore on La Muerte from Vertebrae's story -

Which is why I'm glad I decided to sneak in the shade for Vertebrae's story. I was wondering what I'd do to include a Pancreas alt into her story or if I even should and boom inspiration in the form of her literal freaking shadow.

Obvi the shade doesn't love Vertebrae like the twins love Vermin nor how Pancreas loves his partner

but it doesn't need too, it can just enjoy being around her and being her loyal companion. Her shadow. Constantly by her side and helping her with her goals just because it enjoys seeing her happy.

but now I'm thinking I may alter it so she's Demiromantic

Cause as I keep mentioning she's her own individual person. Not either of her past minds or a true fusion of them. So realistically she shouldn't fully mirror them in most aspects of her personality.

Mr. Trickster had of course Giggle his SO and favorite person in the world but he also has his circus troupe. A rag-tag team of lesser demons he took under his wing over the years and who over time grew to be his family.

So both minds combined had that demand for family and closeness but Vertebrae being a new thing entirely doesn't have anyone to call her family. And her hunger prevents her from viewing most living creatures as more than just food so she latched on to the next best thing which was those creatures remains.

The magical knowledge of Mr. Trickster still lingers in her mind so she knew raising the remains was possible and Vermin's ability to spawn hybrid creatures was the blueprints for her wanting to mash skeletons together to make something brand new.

When Vertebrae first emerged all she felt was hunger and loneliness so after attempting to make a meal of a deer and realizing she didn't enjoy the taste, (she /can/ eat most fauna but she cannot survive on it alone she needs to eat humans to live) she instead found another use for the carcass and so that's where it all started.

I'm not entirely sure how Vertebrae would react to genuine attempts of others trying to get close to her. Mainly because she currently doesn't see living creatures as anything other than potential food or tools.

She has yet to look someone in the eye and realize 'oh this…is a living creature who I don't want to wait til their dead to care about'

The menacing human eating demon who stands at a threatening

4 foot 9 inches

She's shorter than Vermin's 5'2" but taller than Mr. Trickster's 3'5"

I was originally tempted to make her taller than both (sort've combining heights deal) but I much prefer a smol like gremlin scuttling around

It's also much more comical imo so it helps lend to her clowniness to have her be this evil monstrous creature but also teeny tiny. It's why Mr. Trickster is so small tbh lol I love small villains so much they're like angry chihuahuas ♥

I still haven't designed it cause I have like a billion other projects lmaoooo but likely in her true demon form she'll be much taller, again, similar to Vermin and Mr. Trickster who both have secondary monster forms that are absolute behemoths.