Staff Litter Discussion Thread 2017

[EpicratesPictus]

"Blue, but not blue."
One theory for this clue that I have(which actually makes sense, unlike the other one) is about blue eyes or feathers. Blue jays, and all other blue birds, do not actually have blue feathers or blue melanin. Blue eyes also are not actually blue, nor do they have blue melanin. Both of these examples only appear blue due to how light refracts off the microstructures they are made of. Maybe the dog of the giver of this clue has black eyes, reminiscent of blue bird feathers, or colorless eyes, like blue eyes without light refracting?

[Swiftalu]

-sneaks in-

If someone could provide 1-3 pups with good reasoning as to why it's mine, I will either confirm or deny 1!

[nickjr]

I THOUGHT THAT DOLL WAS MADE OF PLUSH AND CLOTH OR WHATEVER IT'S CALLED. SOFT MATERIAL.

WHY IS IT CRACKING

[Atwood]

ok, I'm going to leave this here for Atwood or a fellow detective to pick up.

My latest three guesses for Atwood's pup (and yes, this is exactly how I relax and clear my mind in between contemplating breadcrumbs ):

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o No blue eyes.
o No extra things in the negative spaces.
o He has the pricked ears that could flop over any minute; he has the stub tail like a previous staff pup at this stage; he has the subtle blending of colors like previous pups (most notably the purple one). He’s got the deceptively simple pup stage going on.
o Shares the blond highlights and the dark lowlights with the Master.
o Does not have a translucent watermark, to throw us off.
o Not bald.
o Looks gentle and sweet, but also looks a bit like a bear which could be scary to some.
o May have tail edits at a later stage.
o Well, if he’s a bear, are people thinking of Gentle Ben or The Revenant?
o Friends with the skunk—both looking like forest creatures?
o This pup is the only one in the litter that’s borderline brindle.


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o No blue eyes.
o No extra things in the negative spaces.
o Looks to be based on an existing breed like a previous dog, has flop ears, detailed face markings, and blended colors. Deceptively simple pup stage.
o Master colors: blond and dark
o Watermark not translucent, to throw us off.
o Not bald.
o This looks like a mastiff to me (note the jowls), and those breeds are giant goofballs that love to be loved on and spoiled. They’re incredibly sweet, but because of their size, people are frightened of them.
o There have been plenty of horror movies featuring dogs, but Sandlot is one that comes to mind for showing a “scary” mastiff that turned out to be a big softie.
o Tail edits may happen in a later stage.
o *Sigh.* I know plenty of mastiffs that have wanted to be “friends” with skunks, rip our olfactory senses.
o This pup seems to be the only one with obvious jowls.


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o No blue eyes.
o No extra things in the negative spaces.
o Flop ears, and looks to be based on a corgi—a couple of previous dogs also look to be based on herding dogs.
o Master colors: blond and black.
o No translucent watermark to throw us off.
o He could very well be sweet and gentle, but right now he looks like he wants to bite someone or something.
o Tail edits may happen in a later stage.
o Dark lineart, blended colors, deceptively simple pup stage…
o Maybe he wants to befriend the skunk so it can scare off whatever parasite that is on his back.
o Those stubby legs are unique to this pup.

Super strong reasonings, and you are definitely right on track with a lot of your thinking <3 Seeing as this definitely earns a denial, much though I would love to claim this little dude, this:

is NOT my pup.

And, as I think you've earned a little reward beyond just a denial, I'll tell you that my pup stage has a very uncommon edit, in fact being the only pup this year to have this particular style of edit.

"Blue, but not blue."
One theory for this clue that I have(which actually makes sense, unlike the other one) is about blue eyes or feathers. Blue jays, and all other blue birds, do not actually have blue feathers or blue melanin. Blue eyes also are not actually blue, nor do they have blue melanin. Both of these examples only appear blue due to how light refracts off the microstructures they are made of. Maybe the dog of the giver of this clue has black eyes, reminiscent of blue bird feathers, or colorless eyes, like blue eyes without light refracting?

You're kind of in the right ballpark as to why it's blue/not blue, except this thing is something no one actually thinks is genuinely coloured blue.

[VanyaDuvainel]

Wait, so it... appears blue but it isn't blue, and everyone also KNOWS it's not blue? Maybe an illustration of glass? How... complicated.

[AislingNyht]

"1. ""Is yours based off an animal?"" ""Yes, there is animal <3"" (Photo of a hedgehog
afterwards; could be hedgehog based again?) maybe there's an animal in the last stage?or the animal is 'hiding' in the pup stage? or like a hedgehog could hide in fallen leaves?
2. ""Pumpernickel's eyes are not a primary color."" (Referring to red, blue and yellow) can't see any color on the pup, so..
3. ""Why talk when I can just hide things in plain sight? *stealth*"" see answer to number one ^.^
4. ""Better hide your beehives!"" ok i got nothing here
5. ""I edited the lineart. What stage though? You'll never knowww."" maybe the edits are on the final stage?
6. ""Teddybear [her rl dog] wouldn't get into your garbage to steal yo bread. Pumpernickel might.""" this could refer to the animal seen in the last edit?

the specks kinda look like the seeds on pumpernickel bread, as do the colors; though the colors also look like a hedgehog's, too xD
plus the specks design seem to be something that Dia. does in other pet designs o:

Dia. - is this your pup by any chance?

I feel like a lot of these hints could easily apply to this pup as well. I'm on mobile right now so I can't really pull up the hints chart, but have they denied this one?

[Reigncat]

Wait, so it... appears blue but it isn't blue, and everyone also KNOWS it's not blue? Maybe an illustration of glass? How... complicated.

I dont know why but I thought of blueberry. help me pls.

More things:

The moon as in blue moon?
Or ummm I dunno what else

[sharklord]

BLUE RASPBERRY.

WATER

URM...

[Easterrabbit2]

Wait, so it... appears blue but it isn't blue, and everyone also KNOWS it's not blue? Maybe an illustration of glass? How... complicated.

I dont know why but I thought of blueberry. help me pls.

I'm stuck between the sky and water.... or the ocean if we are talking about water.... umm.... My BRAIN....

[Avianahelena]

Commonly perceived as blue, but no one thinks blue is its actual color.
So something that is maybe most commonly described as "blue" if you want others to understand you, but that is generally known to not actually BE blue...
Let's see....ice...water...some shades of merle or roan...