I find it quite amusing that literally the first thing I did within an hour of posting my birthday thing - where I said that the number of variants and forms of my fursonas is getting out of hand - is design another one of them.

Say hi to Chili Chocolate, my realsona's devil form - with credit to Flowers for the name, who got it down perfect in one try. She exists on the same spectrum as my bunny and puppy forms, on the polar opposite end to the pup.

To explain her inception as briefly as possible, it started out somewhere around 10 years ago when my friend's pastor literally called me a "devil;" a badge of honor I obviously still wield with pride to this day. More recently, I shared the story about it with my friend Crow, who has a headmate that's a demon named Blake. They liked it so much that they then helped me brainstorm what I would look like as a devil myself.

While telling stories on stream, I shared the one about my runin with the clergy - and I remembered the design that was floating around in my head. I knew what I had to do.

While sketching her out on stream I also workshopped with the chat what her personality and attitude would be; what about her would set her apart from my bunny and puppy forms. A lot of the discussion revolved around her being more dominant and a little bit cruel ((in a good way)) and harsh ((also same)) in ways, but that didn't sit quite right with me.

At some point during those discussions I remembered that earlier that day, I was talking about wanting to be more determined about my wants and needs and to get better at asserting them, and it suddenly made perfect sense:

Chili isn't cruel, mean, or domineering - she's Hedonistic. Confident. Assertive. Selfish, even. She knows what she likes and wants, and knows how to get it. She's not necessarily dominant, nor forceful nor malicious, and doesn't want to control or harm; but she wants to enjoy herself and get the things she wants for herself. If others get something out of whatever it is that she's having, then that's all the better for everyone involved.

One small detail that doesn't show up in this design sketch is that she only has one horn, on the left. I'm not quite sure what the significance of that is yet, but the idea came to me while discussing it with Blake, and it stuck.

To sum up; in Garnet's ever astute words when I first showed Chili off to her, "she's a Power Bottom." And boy, is she ever. 💝