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Good Puppy

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"You smell like owner"
"It's the new shampoo"


Your message center will now be filled with nothing but ridiculous cute fluffy things. Feel free to cry havoc and ruin.

Isengrim can be kind of a punk sometimes, but when it comes down to the wire he's really a sweetheart.

Somebody told me once that they weren't clear on why Terra is so fond of Isengrim, considering all the grief he put her through. I wasn't quite sure then how to answer that, but I think I am now. At the risk of sounding corny (wait no, there is no risk, it is corny and I'm just in denial), Terra just defaults to caring about people. She'd rather focus on someone's strengths and potential for good than dwell on mistakes they've made--or are currently making. Which is why there's a special place in her heart for people like Isengrim who have the strength and courage to realize that they've messed up, own up to it, and use their past experiences to make stronger their conviction to walk a higher path.

Terra admires Isengrim because he's big and strong and smart and fluffy and has swords and stage presence and a ridiculous brand of dark humor. But she loves him because he listened to her, stopped the downward spiral he was on, and relentlessly fought his way through the tangle of psychological issues he had accumulated until he emerged triumphant, and the experience left him all the stronger. It was a victory for both of them, and both their lives continue to be blessed for it, as Isengrim's kingdom and political ties to the rest of Neopia are more stable, and Terra and her family have a very powerful ally--and a very dear and caring friend.

(Someone else once said that Terra would not have grown as fond of him if instead of the Werelupe King, I had used a villain like Meuka--but really I think I doomed Isengrim to his cute fate when I gave him his sad backstory, and it would have happened no matter what villain I'd used. I'm nefarious like that.)

Okay, enough out of me.
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Maneir's avatar
The cuteness is going to kill me...