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Argh, I miss my cat characters, and a few of my dog characters. I spent years developing their personalities, their lives, their relationships, their thoughts and fears, etc. I'd become so comfortable with them that I'd sit down and start writing/drawing, and they would just act themselves out naturally. I wouldn't have to put much thought into things other than a vague plot suggestion. It made me feel like I was living among them.
So, now I miss them just like I miss some of my real friends I haven't seen in a while (or what I had with people who I used to be better friends with in the past, etc.). I miss "hanging out with them," if that doesn't make me sound too crazy. I don't know if I pushed them away, or they pushed me away. Maybe a little bit of both. After all, these sorts of things happen to real friendships, too.
I don't know whether to cling onto them, or get over them. I had resolved myself to getting over them, but it makes me feel all weird inside. Come back, Midnight! You bring joy into everybody's life (except Bianca's.. unless she's torturing you; then she's joyful). I miss you, Mathieu! I want to give you a huge hug again, while you're at that coffeeshop munching on that blueberry muffin. Max, you're psycho and I want to bring that out in my next (theoretical) comic. I want to sit at a roundtable with all of you and Bianca and chat over breakfast again. But mostly sit next to Bianca and laugh at Max's and Mathieu's back-and-forth bickering and making fun of each others' hair.
*reaches out to them, but no answer*
They are upset with me. They have a point; I've been a horrible creator, abandoning them like this. Now what?!
So, now I miss them just like I miss some of my real friends I haven't seen in a while (or what I had with people who I used to be better friends with in the past, etc.). I miss "hanging out with them," if that doesn't make me sound too crazy. I don't know if I pushed them away, or they pushed me away. Maybe a little bit of both. After all, these sorts of things happen to real friendships, too.
I don't know whether to cling onto them, or get over them. I had resolved myself to getting over them, but it makes me feel all weird inside. Come back, Midnight! You bring joy into everybody's life (except Bianca's.. unless she's torturing you; then she's joyful). I miss you, Mathieu! I want to give you a huge hug again, while you're at that coffeeshop munching on that blueberry muffin. Max, you're psycho and I want to bring that out in my next (theoretical) comic. I want to sit at a roundtable with all of you and Bianca and chat over breakfast again. But mostly sit next to Bianca and laugh at Max's and Mathieu's back-and-forth bickering and making fun of each others' hair.
*reaches out to them, but no answer*
They are upset with me. They have a point; I've been a horrible creator, abandoning them like this. Now what?!