Got a cat in your tongue? ...is, perhaps, the appropriate question regarding how am I suppose to deal with this particular son of mine. Writing-wise and all. 2016—2018, improvement maybe can be seen on my art, but not on his expression... and default angle. Build up story and notesI like joining the hype back then. Being spurred about a certain thing at a certain time is sure a fun moment. It makes you have something to share with others who are in the same momentum. While I've been following the JKR's Wizarding World aka Potterverse casually, I had never considered on making a fan-made OC for it, initially. Somehow, I have this kind of kodawari for not making a fan-made OC out of media that I'm currently following. I'm not against people who do it, that's simply my personal aesthetic policy, though. However, it would be a different case if said media is somehow interactive or well, makes me being dragged to its world and lore instead of 'interfering' the canon story. Such example is being the protagonists in a game or the like. Sooo, when Pottermore was finally being renewed along with some fresh information of new school called Ilvermorny and its houses, and that we can being sorted to both existing schools, I was thinking, why not? The very first draft I did of him (along with semi-revamped Zreyn) Tilla is purely created for that very purpose. I was in deficit of sons, haha, that's why I made him as a young boy. I wanted to experiment as well and did my best in distinguishing him apart from Geo, because, the very first drawing of him reminds me of Geo. Hence, the darker skin complexion, the wild and streaking hair, the cat-like irises, and such. I tried so hard. He was placed on Ilvermorny once, because that is the reason why I created him on the first place. As the time progresses and when there are some other schools finally revealed, I moved him to Uagadou, the African wizarding school, at once since it suits him better. Yes, I designed him while keeping the ideas that he comes from somewhere around Middle East or Egypt from the very start. Practically speaking, Tilla is also the first kid that I... decided to break from my usual pattern? Like, he is relatively darker than any other kids I have. His ethnicity and such are also being the other factor as well. He is basically the excuse for me to learn and search references for another countries and its cultures, which subsequently leads to the diverse casts on this verse. NameSince I created him after done with the sorting result, his get up and all is practically based on that. He was sorted in Pukwudgie house, and as Pukwudgie prefers healers, I thought of some name that has correlation to it. Hence, Rafal and Shafi. For his first name, I like how Attila sounds. I took that from Attila the Hun. I don't know, it rings nicely, so there it is. As he is now enrolled in Uagadou, I don't have any idea on what house he would be sorted in. Or if the school has the house system or entirely different one anyway. But, if information about Uagadou is revealed ever more and supposedly school system is similar with Hogwarts, I would probably choose the one that corresponds to his name, mirroring Pukwudgie. When talking about him, I usually refer to him as Tilla or Tillaboi, since he's the babiest of the bunch, haha. He is also called as Tilla, in universe. BirthdayI rarely have kids whose birthday in May, so I just placed him there as variation. The date itself has no significant meaning, actually. Although, when I look it up just now... Apparently May 3rd is the World Laughter Day. Pfft, what an irony. PersonalityThe default pose of him. Come to think of it, I never really have a chance to draw him in a solo art or such. I should start considering that... and changing the pose as well. I never give much thought about his personality, actually. I'd like to have him as a kid who is somehow quiet and barely emotes, yet still easy to distinguish him from Geo. While Geo is... hm, melancholic, sardonic, and quiet because he is observant, Tilla is more headed toward... yes, he is quiet, but he's quiet because he thinks it would make him look cooler and can be taken seriously by others, hahaha, kids. He's smart, so I think he spices his speech with big words. Part of it because it's the way to show his intelligence, other part because he knows that big words sounds cool and adult, hahaha. He can be pretty chatty if it involves things that pique his interest, but... Again, trying to be an adult, he restrains himself from exaggerating reaction like children around his age do. It's not like he's stoic, he's genuinely still a kid at heart, so he still does have his moments. Like, he laughs when it's time to laugh, cries when it's time to cry or being upset, and such. Only that he's keeping it low key. Because he wants to be a cool kid and letting out such outburst of emotion is uncool. The setting also helps me better in building his traits. Like, since Uagadou students are adept in self-transfiguration, I think making him able to transform into a cat as an Animagi is kind of noice. He is somehow whimsical and curious like a cat anyway. Also, Uagadou is known to be good at Astronomy and Alchemy. Hence, somehow it gives me idea on how he would rather be a skeptical kid than being wishy-washy wizard, hahaha. Relation to other kidsBeing one of the first Potterverse kid along with Zreyn, I tended to make them as combination. Well, even though I barely drew together in a same piece mainly because there was still no information regarding Ilvermorny uniform, back then. I saw their dynamic as... hm, something like siblings, with Tilla as the little brother and Zreyn as the older sister, despite neither being related at all nor living in the same continent. Time passed, another kids were added, adjustment made, and by the time I realized, he is already far from Zreyn, as the relationship dynamics change, hahaha. Reflecting from that, though, I do make him interact with Zreyn in the future timeline. He's somehow become the dragon to her, since he is hired on her company. I'll cover about this more on another entry! Nowadays, I usually let Tilla interacts either with Tohma (by being the only boys among the group), or with Rayne (since Ilvermorny was his school before transferred to Rayne, and the cat—fish analogy). As an element of surprise, haha, I also contemplate to have him interacts with all of the girls, something that I actually do in the future timeline. Yeah, Tohma, you maybe got the look and charisma, but it's actually Tilla that I choose as the VN protagonist here just for funsies. End noteI might rarely draw and write about him, but it's always fun when I'm working on him. He's the type of the kid that I want to pamper because he's a babie. Although sure, maybe he will hiss hahaha. I'm actually in the middle of thinking about his backstory. It's quite hard since I need to fit him to some aspect and that... I haven't dig him thoroughly, so I'm still unsure on some part. Nevertheless, I'm excited on what will come up out of this cat boi heh heh. [Last updated on April 2020]
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