Name: The Velveteen “Velvy” Rabbit
Age: ?
Demeanor: Absolute loyalty embodied in a toy needing to be truly loved.
Origin: “The Velveteen Rabbit, Or How Toys Become Real”
Shard/Location/Color: Joker 2 / located where his left button eye was / Pink
Abilities: Velvy is new to attaining his shard but so far he can converse with any non-living object (rocks, doors, etc.) and appears to feel no pain. Velvy has an uncontrollable disease aura surrounding him. It also follows him and kills anything it touches. Only those he considers friends and carry a shard seem unaffected by the disease, though the icky goo he trails does leave a mess. He might subconsciously control the aura, due to his loyal nature. Velvy is incapable of harming anyone he considers an friend or ally. This disease aura is a weakness as well as an ability because it keeps him from attaining that which he desires most: to be completely loved and accepted.
Weakness(s): He is mildly afraid of fire (but not Jack) yet his chief weakness is a desire to be loved and accepted which is so strong, he unwittingly kills things he touches in his quest. This makes anyone and anything living want to stay as far away from him as they can get. It is unclear whether he is aware of his disease aura at this point.
I’m so going to bring the fan art I have for him up now
the story of the Velveteen Rabbit has been a top favorite of mine and has always got me crying up to the parts of his almost brush with death cause he has a plague about/on him.
Haha;) Yes, it is a sad story. TB came up with all of the main heroes and nearly all of the opposing factions so I can’t take credit for Velvy’s creation. His look, yes. I designed each and every one of the characters in Shards, be they good, bad, side characters, or a hunk of bread on the wall or some such. TB just gives me bare bones and I flesh ‘em out. But I do believe my old cat did have a hand in inspiring TB to make Velvy have disease/plague powers. My old, little Siimuum has never been too healthy and will try to get on anyone at all times, despite runny noses, wet sneezes, or the other disgusting things she does. Aw, poor, Siimuum. Yes, we’ve taken her to the vet. Her biggest problem is she is getting close to 15 years old. I don’t want to try anesthesia at her age. But that cat is very much like our cute and not quite cuddly Velvy… or vice versa. We’re quite proud of our Velvy, from his sickly story to his plague-ridden powers:) I think he’s adorable.