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von Thiel Blog Entry |
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September 20, 2024, 12:00:07 AM 9/20/24: r/SketchDaily theme, "Free Draw Friday." This week's characters from my anthro WWII storyline are Frau and Herr von Thiel (first names never given). They're the parents of Katharina von Thiel. They're deceased by the time of the main story but play a small background role in the friendship between Katharina and Louis Dobermann. I've already gone over them in her Tumblr entry (can't link here, it gets marked as spam) though there'll be more about them later there and on Toyhou.se. Regarding their design, they're white poodles, Edwardian period. TUMBLR EDIT: I haven't much to say regarding the Junker parents of Katharina von Thiel; their personalities are covered somewhat in her entry. Her mother is rather fussy, old fashioned, overly defensive, and easily offended by minor things, while her father seems more laid back and indulgent; they both take part, along with Ilse and Rudolf von Dobermann, in attempting to set up their children for a potential marriage alliance, then all react in vastly different ways when the effort falls through. Frau von Thiel throws a fit at what she deems to be terribly inappropriate (yet completely platonic) behavior on the teenagers' part, blames Louis for corrupting her sweet innocent daughter, and forbids them from seeing each other again, blaming his parents for his behavior; Herr von Thiel, meanwhile, is baffled by his wife's reaction, saying well, didn't we WANT them to fool around with each other, wasn't that the whole point? Later when it becomes clear Louis and Katharina are only interested in being friends, Frau von Thiel huffily asks, what, isn't her daughter good enough for that boy?--and Herr von Thiel makes this exasperated comment that summarizes his personality perfectly: "Oh, meine Liebe, bitte, do just stop." The von Thiels don't survive to the main story; they die in a house fire prior to the Great War, despite Katharina's and the von Dobermanns' efforts to help. Their bodies are recovered intact in their bed; from the looks of it, they simply succumbed to the smoke, and never woke up. Although devastated, Katharina takes this as a sign to grow up and look after herself now, since no one else will; and then Louis decides to follow the same path, breaking out of his family's shadow and enlisting in the army when the war starts. Unfortunately, his fate is similar to Katharina's in more than one way; his entire family succumbs to the flu while he's away, leaving him orphaned as a young adult and the last living member of his family--just like Katharina. Although Dobermann ends up with Inga, he and Katharina remain close lifelong friends, with her family and experiences having a major impact on him (and then later on Inga herself). So far, I haven't developed any significant backstory regarding the von Thiels, how they met, their own romance, etc. I have no real intention to do so as they're relatively minor background characters--I decided not even to give them proper names, which I'm not sure how to deal with when creating profiles on Toyhou.se--yet that could change someday, who knows. Check out Herr von Thiel's entry, and especially Katharina's, for further info. [Frau von Thiel 2024 [Friday, September 20, 2024, 12:00:07 AM]] |