Celozon wrote:Algebra wrote:I'm still thinking a reptile, like a lizard, maybe a snake.
"I am the first to live upon earth"
"I have given birth to your own kind, the furred, and the flying"
Scientists believe that reptiles lived in earlier times than did birds or mammals, which evolved from reptile-like creatures.
"I have ruled your world, and I have been replaced"
Kind of goes with the first two; also, dinosaurs are reptile-like creatures, and this fits dinosaurs really well too.
"I am a being of the warm air, of the sun, of the earth"
Being cold-blooded, they need to be in the warm and and lie in the sun. The often go on rocks (earth) as well to absorb heat.
"I am the one who is feared, and the one who fears"
As in my earlier post, could refer to snakes, maybe other reptiles that people fear.
Also, reptiles shed their skin like the shedding cat.
Plus, look at Cel's profile, it has like 3 reptiles on it including the profile pic.
Thats it! The answer is reptile ^^
Celozon wrote:I am the first to live upon earth
Firstly, wanted to point out that it doesn't say 'Earth', it says 'earth', meaning land/dirt, not the planet. I did say I worded some of these very specifically. This one depends more on how you interpret it, but it is referring to the first animals that lived on land, which were reptiles (suppose it depends on how you interpret 'animal' as well, but the first amphibians only walked on land but didn't actually live there, the reptiles evolved from those and had a full land-based life). Though technically there were some centipede/millipede and insects as well.
I have given birth to your own kind, the furred, and the flying
All mammals and avians evolved from reptiles!
I have ruled your world, and I have been replaced
Yes, dinosaurs.
I am a being of the warm air, of the sun, of the earth
Reptiles are cold-blooded, depend on the sun for their heat
I am the one who is feared, and the one who fears
Mostly just referring to things such as snakes, being a common fear, but at the same time we've got little anole lizards and that are scared of pretty much anything that moves.
As said, the first line is more open-ended in its meaning. I couldn't exactly be super specific about the type of animal, but did want to include something that referenced their early evolution compared to mammals and birds. Take it how you will. I did say to just move on from the first line if you're getting too hung up on it.
So, my cat will be a reptile! No specific type of reptile, though it does include a few things from different species, its really just meant to be a reptilian cat. They are shedding their fur because they are going to be growing scales! Very excited (I'm excited).
I did include a few other things scattered about which were noted;
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Its a lizard. I like lizards c':
My stamp collection;
The entire thing hints to different aspects actually!
The lizard, scaled dragon-dog, and june stamp with the chameleon just referencing lizards in general (though my birthday is actually in june)
The cat has a little tooth (ok its not really a tooth but hey I got limited choices in stamps). My cat may or may not also have a visible tooth
Purple lion -> purple cat
The saying at the bottom mostly referencing that my stamp collection is indeed a hint.
And the little imp has yellow eyes, just like my cat!
Some of thats a bit of a stretch, but no one really pointed it out till just now anyway ouo/
Also, the fact that my coded hint was on my character Dustil wasn't a coincidence, my cat's eyes are in fact both yellow and orange, which Dustil's are too! I think someone pointed out the eye color at one point as well so points for that!
Obviously most of those weren't gonna help on their own, but they were meant to be little clues in figuring out which was mine if it hadn't been last to be claimed.
When my cat grows, I'll say a bit more about my own meaning/inspiration behind it, for now just wanted to explain the hints!
