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Deceitful-Fox — Professor Octavius Reference

Published: 2011-07-30 01:55:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 1290; Favourites: 21; Downloads: 18
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Description Here's another in a long line of my character ref sheets. Here we have 'Professor' Octavius, a half mad, stuttering kit fox who fancies himself as an zoologist.

Born on the Great Plains in the late 1840's, Octavius had a troubled kithood to say the least. To begin with he wasn't always called Octavius, and he wasn't always a 'Professor'.

Despite the peculiar nature of his early life, he was genuinely happy to live it, until he came to the Southern Valley, and like everyone else was thrown into the maelstrom of the drought. His experiences here affected him greatly, and resulted in his distinctive stutter and psychosis. They also gave rise to the 'Professor' title that he now touts.

His life became focussed on locating an elusive and important sub-species of his own kind, and he travelled extensively in his search. He still seeks them today, and will not halt until he has found one.

Professor Octavius is 30 years old at the time of the story. He is neurotic, jittery and finds it very difficult to concentrate. He speaks with a definite stutter and trips over words. He is easily confused by seemingly simple things, but his deep knowledge of animals and taxonomy is unsurpassed.

'Life is far too precious to waste here.' - Prof. Octavius, Pg. 417

Professor Octavius, A Fox's Smile story (c) me.
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Comments: 39

OfTheBlessed [2013-11-05 15:36:57 +0000 UTC]

I just love the "half mad" characters.

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Deceitful-Fox In reply to OfTheBlessed [2013-11-05 15:39:47 +0000 UTC]

Oh yes, me too. The eccentric anthropologist is one of my favourite stock Western characters, and Octavius is my take on that, I suppose. 

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OfTheBlessed In reply to Deceitful-Fox [2013-11-05 15:50:46 +0000 UTC]

Nice.

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deckerfox [2012-07-25 20:55:51 +0000 UTC]

Cute!

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Deceitful-Fox In reply to deckerfox [2012-07-25 21:02:14 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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SnowFox9125 [2011-08-01 15:40:14 +0000 UTC]

Nice. You should use him in the next RP xD

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Deceitful-Fox In reply to SnowFox9125 [2011-08-01 15:51:11 +0000 UTC]

Hmm, I may well use him sometime.

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SnowFox9125 In reply to Deceitful-Fox [2011-08-01 20:21:36 +0000 UTC]

YAY

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foxstory [2011-07-31 04:06:43 +0000 UTC]

This is a great, well-developed character design and interesting montage. I hope your book gets published when you finish it and you're ready!

Hope you got my first 4 chapters in the email I sent you.

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Deceitful-Fox In reply to foxstory [2011-07-31 04:11:24 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much, I appreciate it! Yes I did get them and am reading them right now.

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foxstory In reply to Deceitful-Fox [2011-08-01 05:24:57 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful! I look forward to your email. Unless you'd rather talk in skype, I can do that too.

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Deceitful-Fox In reply to foxstory [2011-08-01 05:30:42 +0000 UTC]

If you ever want to chat to me come join my DA chat. It's always on my profile page, and I'm almost always there: [link]

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foxstory In reply to Deceitful-Fox [2011-08-01 05:37:22 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, I'll keep it in mind.

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Elreydelleon [2011-07-30 22:26:43 +0000 UTC]

A fox interested in researching not only his own species, but others as well. That's intriguing.

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Deceitful-Fox In reply to Elreydelleon [2011-07-30 22:42:58 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much, he is a peculiar character indeed.

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GPedde [2011-07-30 18:09:44 +0000 UTC]

He looks like he either needs some coffee, or has had WAY too much coffee already......I like.

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Deceitful-Fox In reply to GPedde [2011-07-30 18:19:30 +0000 UTC]

lol, probably number two. Thank you very much.

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weirdtalon [2011-07-30 16:14:38 +0000 UTC]

Professor Octavius sounds like an interesting character, I can't wait to see more of him ^^

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Deceitful-Fox In reply to weirdtalon [2011-07-30 16:26:34 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much.

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Lily-Box [2011-07-30 15:32:53 +0000 UTC]

D'aww.

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Deceitful-Fox In reply to Lily-Box [2011-07-30 15:39:59 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you like him.

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RominaH [2011-07-30 08:41:16 +0000 UTC]

Another interesting character^^
I can't wait to read about him (and of course all the others)

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Deceitful-Fox In reply to RominaH [2011-07-30 13:32:46 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, I'm glad you like him.

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RominaH In reply to Deceitful-Fox [2011-07-30 14:02:01 +0000 UTC]

I especially would like to hear him speak^^

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Deceitful-Fox In reply to RominaH [2011-07-30 14:10:45 +0000 UTC]

lol, it's very tedious writing a character with a stutter, I have to go back and add it in to everything he says.

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RominaH In reply to Deceitful-Fox [2011-07-30 14:24:06 +0000 UTC]

I can imagine

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Mechanikal-Animal [2011-07-30 05:11:26 +0000 UTC]

Yet another awesome ref from you! I love this guy, he's so quirky. I can't wait to read about him on my plane ride across the pond!

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Deceitful-Fox In reply to Mechanikal-Animal [2011-07-30 05:13:46 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much, I hope you like him!

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probablyfakeblonde [2011-07-30 03:23:31 +0000 UTC]

His ears TOTALLY need to be bigger... just sayin'

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Deceitful-Fox In reply to probablyfakeblonde [2011-07-30 03:25:12 +0000 UTC]

lol, you would say that, wouldn't you? I think you'll find they are anatomically correct for his species.

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probablyfakeblonde In reply to Deceitful-Fox [2011-07-30 17:08:43 +0000 UTC]

Anatomy.... what's that?

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Deceitful-Fox In reply to probablyfakeblonde [2011-07-30 17:23:42 +0000 UTC]

lol...

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Snowy-Ninja [2011-07-30 02:08:21 +0000 UTC]

*picks him up by the scruff of the neck* Hnn... to much caffine? to many late nights? get some sleep...
nice sheet by the way, he's kinda cute in a strange way

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SnowFox9125 In reply to Snowy-Ninja [2011-08-01 15:40:48 +0000 UTC]

Of course. Omega always knows best ._. xD

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Deceitful-Fox In reply to Snowy-Ninja [2011-07-30 02:10:18 +0000 UTC]

lol, I think you might be right. Thank you very much.

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Snowy-Ninja In reply to Deceitful-Fox [2011-07-30 02:11:42 +0000 UTC]

haha, one Question if you will: Who is he looking for?

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Deceitful-Fox In reply to Snowy-Ninja [2011-07-30 02:12:34 +0000 UTC]

You'll have to wait and see, won't you?

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Snowy-Ninja In reply to Deceitful-Fox [2011-07-30 02:15:05 +0000 UTC]

As aurora would say "Meanie pants"

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Deceitful-Fox In reply to Snowy-Ninja [2011-07-30 02:20:13 +0000 UTC]

lol, indeed.

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