#yadgod

Remember when I said Yadgod had lore? He comes in two forms! A rejected toon - and who he was before that.

His pendant's supposed to be a cracked sun or something like that

This is Toon OptimisticKoala, but she would rather be called either Ellie or Optik, whichever one's fine. She's the leader of a group of Toon Smiling Critters that were rejected by Playtime Co. and were never seen or heard of by the public, known as the 'Rejected Toon Critters'.

Optik was drawn and brought to life as part of an idea that the production crew had when they wanted the new episode of the Smiling Critters cartoon to be an homage to the black and white cartoons of the old days, and she was going to be introduced to the viewers as a new Smiling Critter. The who who drew the koala had an idea that her not having a neck or arms would make Optik look a bit more interesting to the audience.

Unfortunately, Playtime Co. had shut down production of the episode before they started creating the other characters, and had the show continue off with what they were originally doing. It seems that they had decided to scrap the idea rather than have their production team waste time designing black and white versions of the Smiling Critters that are just only going to be used for one episode. The koala ended up living/hiding out somewhere in a part of the factory where she made her own home where no one can find or disturb her, which later became a home for the entire group, but the koala does leave her home to visit the Toon Smiling Critters and the other rejected toons who didn't join her group, and obtain some supplies sometimes.

Optik loves to bring laughter and optimism to everyone in order to cheer them up. She can climb through the vents, and even knows the layout, thus she can get to where wherever she needs to be. The koala can also expel a blue gas that is similar to Catnap's illusion gas as whoever breathes it in will temporarily see the world and everything in it as a cartoon, including their own reflection as well.

While toons are somewhat unaffected by the gas, it's unknown what would happen to a non-toon if they were exposed to too much of it over constant, long periods of time. Bubba theorized that the individual would be stuck seeing the world as a cartoon for the rest of their lives, so Optik avoids something like that from happening by preventing others from having constant exposure to it.

In the second drawing, Optik is giving Yadgod a present as a birthday gift for the day he was created. I wonder what she gave him for his birthday?

Maybe I'll actually make a comic with these two...

Yadgod using a yad (a pointer in the shape of a pointing hand used to read the Torah scrolls).