#birddog

"Is this where I submit my application to the internet?"

Meet the English Pointer—the ultimate bird dog, bred for speed, stamina, and style! With its iconic “pointing” stance and noble profile, this breed is as elegant in motion as it is devoted at home. Perfect for hunters and active families who love the outdoors.

🐾 Why Pointer enthusiasts admire them:

Natural Bird-Dog Instinct 🐦 (born to find and point game!)

High Energy & Athletic ⚡ (needs plenty of running and mental stimulation!)

Gentle & Even-Tempered ❤️ (great with kids and other dogs!)

im gonna do birddog for my other choice hehe!!

👻 GHOST - do they believe in ghosts? what are their “ghostly experiences”, if any?

oh phenomenal question. like functionally samira Has to believe in ghosts because the reson she's doing all of this is like stupid desperate hope that the synapse will show her a vision of her dead sister. which isnt how the synapse works but its what she needs so bad. however she has never had any ghostly experiences, and i dont think she ever will!!! i always go back and forth on if ibtihaj's ghost actually shows up during the course of signoise or not but right now im firmly in 'no'.

i think the definition of 'ghost' is weird for birdie - both her and most of the people she knows are able to physically come back to life, so seeing them again after death isn't abnormal for her. i think if she saw something that she understood as a ghost she would be DEEPLY unsettled

🍧 SHAVED ICE - do they still have any objects from their childhood? what significance does it have to them? what would their reaction be if they lost it?

i dont think samira does!!! the amount to which samira is outright dismissive of, cagey about, and has disregarded her own history is notable for the fact shes a historian and also a thing she's specifically thought about. she is so interested in keeping records that she knows very well that she does not want to leave one of her own for someone else to find and interpret. the act of being interpreted is so frightening to samira (HYPOCRITE!!!!!)

father there's a world war coming in/all the seasons i've been worrying

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✨- How did you come up with the OC’s name?

one of the earliest things i knew about birddog was that she was a scout unit, and i wanted the name for her to be a colloquial, tongue in cheek type way of referring to these units (their official designation is saint-hail), so something related to a hunting dog ended up being a fun choice!! i also like that its two parts - is the saint or the hail the bird or the dog? her chosen name, cory, is related to the scientific name of a species of dragonfly, i knew i wanted her to be linked to dragonflies from the start

🍕 - What is their favorite food?

i don’t have a great idea about what food culture looks like in the syzygy (esp with the exegesis specifically, cause they’re mostly inorganic) but birdie would LOVE a little street food snackie. whatever that looks like in this world

🍀 - What originally inspired the OC?

she is Just my destiny oc reskinned and with a new wip around her akdjjdjf. when i hadn’t been engaging with destiny as much i got upset that my poor baby june was trapped in there and i didn’t have as many excuses to think of her (she’s an all time fave oc) so i started going ‘hey, what are the important parts of her character and how can i use them in my own work?’. seeing as i love sci fi worldbuilding and my only other sci fi wip is…..a weirdo that i don’t work on often, it worked out great to be able to build a little world for her. and sci fi worldbuidling is fun!!