Today, 02:40 AM
Alright so this is the OC I was talking about a couple of days ago
His name is 'virdle' (I got his name from mashing the words ''virus'' and ''delete'' together and then changing some letters around lol)
He's kinda like bonzibuddy if he was someone's OC that was made by me in particular. because of what he's supposed to be, as a virtual desktop assistant thingy, that also means that he's my first and only OC that could technically be ''real'' which is really cool to me. Also, this art is from 2024 so it's kind of old, I'm redesigning him a little cause he kinda looks more like some newgrounds character or an incidental invader zim character more than what he's actually supposed to be, also, i don't think any company back in the 90's or 2000's would find it acceptable to have an imp demon as their mascot?? so, yeah. I'm gonna be turning him into a ladybug so that i can keep his colors and design mostly the same, just with minor adjustments to make him look a little more authentically late 90's (which i wasn't around to experience, so i don't have a lot to go off of)
he also meows. you're gonna find that for a lot of stuff i add to my OC's, my only reason for it is that i ''thought it'd be funny.'' this is one of those things. i imagine that it's kinda like a vocal stim or a nervous tic for him, that he usually tries to avoid doing around other people since he finds it a bit embarrassing. i think he'd also be pretty illiterate when it comes to the modern internet, cause he was made for an internet that's pretty much nothing like the one most of us are familiar with nowadays. like he'd still try and exist within it but he prooobably wouldn't be a very great ''assistant'' and couldn't tell you what in the world a ''skibidi toilet'' is to save his life (which is probably for the best...) due to him being ''obsolete''/abandonware he also breaks out of character and forgets his scripts super easily and he's likely to just improvise on the spot to make up for it. his reference picture doesn't communicate this like at all which i'm gonna try to fix in my new reference image but he's also really anxiety prone & sorta jumps between excitement and panic quite a bit. when he gets particularly excited, his grammar and spelling in his ''speech'' (in dialogue boxes) starts to degrade a bit too as a tell, meant to represent the text eqivilant of someone talking too fast to keep up with themselves. he also really likes to be the center of attention, probably because he was the ''mascot'' and the center of attention to his software developers.
however, since he is based off of an existing piece of malware, that's also a part of his character. he himself is not malicious but his 'software' shares a lot of similarities to the one he was based off of. meaning that in the back of his head, while he was doing his job, he was also aware that he was indirectly harming those same people he was helping by infecting their computers. just like i used to have a fascination with the ''old/early'' internet, he has the same sort of fascination towards our world. he is kind of forced to work as a ''double agent,'' he sees us humans almost as ''gods'' for creating him, but he is also helping some humans to steal data and inject a bunch of adware/malicious software into the computers of other humans.
eventually, the internet grew up past its infancy without him. the silver lining for him is that now he's able to fulfill the purpose he was made for without any strings attached, even if he may not be very good at it due to his lack of knowledge about today's internet, and the fact that a lot of his features have all been adapted into other individual programs over the years. at least there will always be some people (like me lol) who have a weird appreciation for weird internet things like him just for the fact that he exists. i think that's kinda, sweet in a way?? he's probably one of my favorite characters i've made
His name is 'virdle' (I got his name from mashing the words ''virus'' and ''delete'' together and then changing some letters around lol)
He's kinda like bonzibuddy if he was someone's OC that was made by me in particular. because of what he's supposed to be, as a virtual desktop assistant thingy, that also means that he's my first and only OC that could technically be ''real'' which is really cool to me. Also, this art is from 2024 so it's kind of old, I'm redesigning him a little cause he kinda looks more like some newgrounds character or an incidental invader zim character more than what he's actually supposed to be, also, i don't think any company back in the 90's or 2000's would find it acceptable to have an imp demon as their mascot?? so, yeah. I'm gonna be turning him into a ladybug so that i can keep his colors and design mostly the same, just with minor adjustments to make him look a little more authentically late 90's (which i wasn't around to experience, so i don't have a lot to go off of)
he also meows. you're gonna find that for a lot of stuff i add to my OC's, my only reason for it is that i ''thought it'd be funny.'' this is one of those things. i imagine that it's kinda like a vocal stim or a nervous tic for him, that he usually tries to avoid doing around other people since he finds it a bit embarrassing. i think he'd also be pretty illiterate when it comes to the modern internet, cause he was made for an internet that's pretty much nothing like the one most of us are familiar with nowadays. like he'd still try and exist within it but he prooobably wouldn't be a very great ''assistant'' and couldn't tell you what in the world a ''skibidi toilet'' is to save his life (which is probably for the best...) due to him being ''obsolete''/abandonware he also breaks out of character and forgets his scripts super easily and he's likely to just improvise on the spot to make up for it. his reference picture doesn't communicate this like at all which i'm gonna try to fix in my new reference image but he's also really anxiety prone & sorta jumps between excitement and panic quite a bit. when he gets particularly excited, his grammar and spelling in his ''speech'' (in dialogue boxes) starts to degrade a bit too as a tell, meant to represent the text eqivilant of someone talking too fast to keep up with themselves. he also really likes to be the center of attention, probably because he was the ''mascot'' and the center of attention to his software developers.
however, since he is based off of an existing piece of malware, that's also a part of his character. he himself is not malicious but his 'software' shares a lot of similarities to the one he was based off of. meaning that in the back of his head, while he was doing his job, he was also aware that he was indirectly harming those same people he was helping by infecting their computers. just like i used to have a fascination with the ''old/early'' internet, he has the same sort of fascination towards our world. he is kind of forced to work as a ''double agent,'' he sees us humans almost as ''gods'' for creating him, but he is also helping some humans to steal data and inject a bunch of adware/malicious software into the computers of other humans.
eventually, the internet grew up past its infancy without him. the silver lining for him is that now he's able to fulfill the purpose he was made for without any strings attached, even if he may not be very good at it due to his lack of knowledge about today's internet, and the fact that a lot of his features have all been adapted into other individual programs over the years. at least there will always be some people (like me lol) who have a weird appreciation for weird internet things like him just for the fact that he exists. i think that's kinda, sweet in a way?? he's probably one of my favorite characters i've made