omg hello you have Civil War cat OCs what?? Billy and Jeb are literally so cool I love them! Their whole story looks really interesting! *excited fellow history buff noises*
YO HELLO FELLOW HISTORY BUFF YES I DO HAVE CIVIL WAR CATS THE CIVIL WAR IS REALLY COOL (I grew up near some big battlefields and there’s so much local history there)
(and not a lot of people know about it nobody can tell over in forum games lol ;w; )
FR I LOVE THE CIVIL WAR ITS MY FAVORITE HISTORY THING EVER- and same here actually!! I'm from the deep south originally. I love the cats thing as I said Billy and Jeb are AWGDKJGN GAAH the coolest cats B) civil war ocs are my number one weakness lol (ALSO I THINK IVE SEEN YOU ON ART FIGHT BEFORE DO YOU HAVE ART FIGHT?)
YO I'm also from the deep south, I love touring old plantations and historic sites unlike most peers my age lol. And THERE AREN'T ENOUGH CIVIL WAR OCs out there skhfdjff
I do have other characters as well in this series that I haven't uploaded yet and are mostly just sketches lol. I also have so much lore that needs to be dumped but never get around to ;w;
As a matter of fact I do have an Art fight! It's right over here https://artfight.net/~Captain_Fartbeard (Billy and Jeb are characters on there)
Haha same,,, as for battlefields, I've only been to Gettysburg and Chickamauga currently but this summer I plan on going to a bunch more >:D
FOR REALSIES!! There's that but also for some of the ones I CAN find, the creators aren't necessarily people I'd want to interact with... if ykwim. I'm currently fighting with myself whether to make two more or not (a 20th Maine guy and the ghost of former slave Union soldier) haha. I have sooo many ideas but I just try to cap em because I won't develop them if I do 😭
Well maybe you should lore dump,,, for me??? please??? 🥺🥺🥺
I found you already, thanks though!! I sent you a message :D I should draw our Billys together sometime :000 (they seem like two VERY different people tho because mine's not a very nice guy lol)
Ooooh good luck! I haven't been to any of the northern battlefields yet. The ghost of a former slave soldier sounds similar to Billy (he was the kid of escaped slaves). I get what you mean though, it's why I've only developed Billy and Jeb despite having lots of other goobers in the story (and that's not even including my other ideas)
By all means draw the 2 together! You'd probably have to human-ify my Billy (which is fine by me) cause an anthro cat and a human would probably freak out at each other.
And as for lore dumping, do you have a discord? We can dump ze lore there
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Oh absolutely! I live near several civil war sites so it's been super fun researching that topic for my ghost story (even though I don't have that info out yet on their profiles lol)
The ghost story seems really interesting! Cant wait to see its development, especially since it has the information of someone who lives right near the battleflieds!!
I wish I did love closer to some battlefileds, sadly the closest is an hour away. The civil war is one of the most interesting things in American history for me-!
Ye! I wish more people talked about the Civil War, because it is really interesting despite having some obviously controversial elements to it. The time period in general is absolutely epic from a storytelling perspective.
The story I have so far goes like this:
A poor farm boy from the country (I can't decide yet if he's from Arkansas or Louisiana based on where the unit I have in is from) Jeb joins the army with his best friend in order to win over his lover, the daughter of a wealthy planter. He, along with his best friend who also has a crush on her, hope to move up the ranks so that they will have the social standing to finally win her over. Jeb fights in the army while his best friend becomes a General's aide. The best friend eventually realizes that Jeb will win the heart of their lover if they both survive, so he convinces the general he works for to put Jeb's unit on the front line so he gets killed. He becomes a ghost and follows the army to another battle, where he meets Billy who also recently died.
I have less info on Billy since that area's a little bit more foreign to me, but he's the son of escaped slaves living in Pennsylvania. Naturally Billy's parents are very supportive of the war, and when Billy says he wants to be a drummer boy they are happy to sign him up.
The hardest part of the story is the ghost perspective because that's something I'm much less versed on. I have no idea what sort of trouble they get into in the afterlife since they're already dead. They need some antagonistic elements, but that will require more research into the paranormal.
Genuinely that’s such a cool and neat storyline! I’m really happy that I finally found else someone who enjoys the civil war and even has a story on it. The rivalry between Jeb and his friend is very interesting in this setting,
Thanks so much for taking the time to draw Iridia! She looks great in your style and I love the background! Definitely different from what I envisioned, but that's part of the fun of letting other people interpret my ideas and I really love it ^^ I also love all the colors you went with! Thanks again :)
Thank you so much for the bunny design! He's so rad and I love the little lore snippet you added!
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