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Description .. most likely you won't remember this character unless you've been watching my art for a while.

sorry his foot got kinda cut off, ran out of paper.

I think one of my friends told me that I don't mention my Titan AE characters' stories very often here, not quite like I mention the furrecats, so... I will attempt to explain this guy's story. without getting too violently ill, I hope, and without spacing out too much.


Cody is sort of the bastard result of the rape of Tai's girlfriend, Melody, by the slave master. When he found out that Melody was pregnant he tried to have the child aborted, against Melody's will, but Tai got in the way. He swore he would not support the child. Largely thanks to Tai's constant help, Melody went through the pregnancy and had Cody, who was born relatively healthy, though small. However, Melody was only 13 and the environment was extremely ill-suited, so she came out on the worse end of the whole deal. She gets an infection and, without any medical support, dies within weeks of having Cody. The slave master's mistress takes in Cody after that, until Cody is weaned, and gives Cody back to Tai and Dover, the only ones left after Melody's death. Tai is in no condition to help raise a child and wants nothing to do with Cody at first, who only reminds him of Melody and the circumstances behind Cody's birth. Dover ends up the one who takes care of Cody the most, as Dover has taken on a very paternal role as the eldest of the three.

Cody never knows any of that as a child, though... Tai and Dover are all he knows as family. He's a relatively normal toddler, though quiet and somewhat detached. Since he's so young he never really experiences any abuse or hard labor as a slave, but does witness some of the abuse that happens to his "uncles". He's carried out of slavery when he's three, when Tai leads an escape and Dover burns down most of the farm. haven't worked out the details here. Dover eventually decides to keep Cody, and they go their separate ways... Dover takes Cody to live with him on a drifter colony for a few years. Dover meets a girl there who eventually moves in with them. Cody associates the girl with the mistress at the farm, having no experience of a mother, so is thus both open and wary of her. The girl wants very little to do with Cody, as he isn't even related to Dover, and is annoyingly quiet, as she puts it. when Dover gets married she attempts to force Cody to be more social and talkative. in just the opposite direction, Cody eventually develops selective mutism, especially towards adults, who he associates with the slave master; the only person he speaks to is Dover.

when Cody is about seven, the drifter colony is transferred to New Earth. the family settles in and enrolls Cody in a make-shift school started up in the area. Cody has a difficult time fitting in with the other children, as he can't speak to them; all the other children also come from a rather wide variety of experience and division. He eventually grows out of his selective mutism but remains a very private person. as a teenager he typically struggles a lot with his identity, especially when he learns of his origins.


.. yeeup. there's probably a lot more I could develop to the character right now, but I'm kinda... eh, spacing out too much.

ballpoint + Photoshop 6.0
Titan AE stuff is © Fox Animation,
character and stuff is © myself, I'm afraid.
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Comments: 29

Wings93 [2005-01-14 18:45:58 +0000 UTC]

cool pose!

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KatsBrain [2005-01-14 17:51:34 +0000 UTC]

aww, poor little guy. I always love your backstories - they're so complicated and intertwining
*feels dense*
what's AtN?

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tigrin In reply to KatsBrain [2005-01-15 04:29:32 +0000 UTC]

Thanks..

AtN is an acronym for "Amount to Nothing", the name of the story I'm writing that Tai & co. are from.

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KatsBrain In reply to tigrin [2005-01-17 13:31:17 +0000 UTC]

Ah, thanks; did wonder Is it on DA? It sounds really interesting.

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tigrin In reply to KatsBrain [2005-01-17 21:26:02 +0000 UTC]

I don't keep any of my writing on DA anymore, not after that whole fiasco with that short story I posted... -_-;; but if you're interested in reading it, it's up here...: [link]

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KatsBrain In reply to tigrin [2005-01-18 13:07:01 +0000 UTC]

thanks very much for the link
erm...what happened with the short story on DA?

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tigrin In reply to KatsBrain [2005-01-18 23:38:23 +0000 UTC]

umm. pretty much I was mocked and/or ridiculed, called a disgrace, in an attack formation. it wasn't fun. I deleted it, of course.

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KatsBrain In reply to tigrin [2005-01-20 13:18:06 +0000 UTC]

aww why on earth did they call you that?
I'm so sorry

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tigrin In reply to KatsBrain [2005-01-20 22:26:08 +0000 UTC]

I don't know... the story was inspired by Faulkner's style, and I noted that in the description.. and the people who commented on it said things like... you're a disgrace to Faulkner! etc. e_e

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KatsBrain In reply to tigrin [2005-01-21 13:12:20 +0000 UTC]

Aww you didn't deserve that...
Goits....

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shaz [2005-01-11 18:25:25 +0000 UTC]

Poor little lad. < Thats some background origin you have on him. Sweet. And he looks cool, although I have to admit, I can see a hint of 'Treasure Planet' in the design. All futuristic stuff still. Thats not a critique though cause both the movies were brill. ^_^

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tigrin In reply to shaz [2005-01-12 00:41:47 +0000 UTC]

Not surprising.... I still draw sweatshirts and such like Jim's jacket. X3

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jdzero [2005-01-11 10:08:32 +0000 UTC]

// =9.9=

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WildSpiritWolf [2005-01-10 17:30:04 +0000 UTC]

Ah, that's great! I love his expression and pose. The stories you type for your characters are so enjoyable to read! You really put a lot of thought into these, don't you? I'm not much of a writer, so all I can do is make up characters or base them of of RL people and animlas and make up my own little lame stories. You rock.

--WildSpirit

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zirith [2005-01-09 19:11:02 +0000 UTC]

Aw, he's such a cute little bastard. < /badbadbadpun>
His pose is hilarious. To me, at least. Reminds me of the people at school who pretend not to give a crap about anything... when you know they really do.
But wasn't New Earth called, um, Bob?

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tigrin In reply to zirith [2005-01-09 22:29:21 +0000 UTC]

I actually got the idea to draw that picture when I saw some kid walk by, probably a freshman, wearing a beanie with the same sort of expression. X3

In the end the caption reads: "New Earth (Planet Bob)" trying to outwit me on my AE knowledge?

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zirith In reply to tigrin [2005-01-10 01:01:16 +0000 UTC]

hah. I didn't remember that... god. It's been so long since I've seen that. Half a year, at least. I need to watch it again.

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HAWKins17 [2005-01-09 16:12:35 +0000 UTC]

neat... I've always had an interest in your AtN characters, and art of them is always a plus... not to mention you'd never done any drawings of Cody as an older kid/teenager. yay! more backstory too.

Do Dover and Cody ever see Tai again after those years on the drifter colony?

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tigrin In reply to HAWKins17 [2005-01-09 22:27:30 +0000 UTC]

Unfortunately you seem to be one of the few that cares about my AtN characters. ;-; ah well. means a whole lot to me that you do.

I did a drawing of him as a teenager once during the summer, but it turned out TERRIBLE, so I'm glad this one came out....

They do meet up on New Earth - probably wouldn't be very hard, as Tai ends up working for an agency that helps reunite families and such when all those colonies are resettling. I wrote that confusing short story where they meet up when Cody's about 13 and go back to the planet to visit the farm, trying to get some closure.

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HAWKins17 In reply to tigrin [2005-01-10 04:12:52 +0000 UTC]

That's neat that they do end up seeing each other again...and going back to the farm. like you said, it would give all of them some closure.

That's too bad not many people are into it, it's such an inventive story... few fanfics get me emotional, but AtN tends to be one of those. I guess that's a good thing?

I originally liked Tai, but more and more I'm leaning towards Cody and Dover... drawings kinda help 'flesh' them out for me, so now I know what Cody looks like. whee! ^^,

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tigrin In reply to HAWKins17 [2005-01-10 04:40:19 +0000 UTC]

*shrug*

heh, I'm beginning to think no one likes Tai but me.

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HAWKins17 In reply to tigrin [2005-01-10 04:53:11 +0000 UTC]

ACK!!! no, I like! *glomps Tai* ^^,

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rhonwen-ceredwyn [2005-01-09 07:13:52 +0000 UTC]

I remember Cody! I loved that one story by the way.... or was it two... anyways I remember the stories. And I really like this and the background you put down for it. You're a great storyteller!

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pandabarrie [2005-01-09 06:44:26 +0000 UTC]

nice story
you know, if he didn't have that braid in his hair, i swear he would look just like a guy i used to stalk...but don't anymore...he moved
>.>
<.<

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navara [2005-01-09 05:42:19 +0000 UTC]

I like how he came out. :3 Reading his background info is really nice, too. I seem to really like Cody.

I just have a question, what colour is Melody's hair? I've been wondering for the longest time because, well...I've been wondering. XD

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tigrin In reply to navara [2005-01-09 05:44:12 +0000 UTC]

Same color as Cody's.

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navara In reply to tigrin [2005-01-09 07:35:04 +0000 UTC]

Yay, thanks. Now I can finally do something I've been wanting to do.

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Kaided [2005-01-09 05:15:18 +0000 UTC]

His background is really nicely put together. All the pieces fit nice and smoothly together. His personality fits very well too.
The picture itself is nicely drawn too, of course. Nice lines, smooth coloring.
I really like the name Cody...no clue why though.

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abyss-dog [2005-01-09 04:45:02 +0000 UTC]

I really like the backstory. It's nice to learn some more about Cody, as the only things I really knew about him were what's been mentioned in AtN. Nice drawings, especially in older Cody's pose.

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