I am Dag - AMA

Iaurdagnire's picture

        


"Hello, my name is Dag.
I'd class myself as a forest veteran now, mostly known for my community driven story.
My story is the reason why some call the hill by the Ruins 'Dandelion Hill'.
Ask me anything."


Character AMA - 'Ask Me Anything'

Ask Dag the deer anything you like! This is very open - you can ask something both as a player or through your character if you wish. This is your opportunity to ask a question directly to him, and don't be afraid of asking something silly as I will very much enjoy coming up with an answer through his eyes.

Edit:
You can also ask me, the player, anything you like as well!

I hope this will be fun. Also if you like the idea and want to post your own AMA blog, then please do!



SapphireSkye's picture

Ooh, I love these

Ooh, I love these things!

Will put something here later...
Avatar by Mary13!
hadoukin's picture

Your antlers look pretty

Your antlers look pretty heavy, do you have any neck problems do to that big rack?
ehe :>
Ebony3's picture

Lilith comes slow, the old

Lilith comes slow, the old one, with a limp in her step she approches. She's seen better days, her body is still damaged and she is still thirsty. Pausing close by she gives a deep nod and looks him in his eyes. She does not ask if he rembers her, it's been a lifetime since the brittle beings came to the forest. "What would you change?" The voice is hoarse but clear. "About anything you've done."
Oh, I'm just a girl, trying to find a place in this world.
Poppyflower's picture

"Have you ever had birds make

"Have you ever had birds make nests in your antlers? That must be annoying, right?"

The small, maroon fawn glanced up at the far larger stag unyieldingly, a mischievous glint in her dawn colored eyes.

unyieldngly may not have been not a word before but it is now
~Poppy~
Profile picture by ahimsa ♥


Pixel Wis by squeegie~
Mjrn's picture

snooping for later, maybe

snooping for later, maybe
Account previously Mjrn, returned to Veedeer.
Reyy's picture

Does Dag have a human

Does Dag have a human concept?
Is it linked with his forest life or is it a separate character of his own?
What's he like?

[e]: I so wanna make one for Vasla + R now.
Iaurdagnire's picture

hadoukin - "I suppose a big

hadoukin - "I suppose a big guy like me was meant to carry something, right? Hm-hm, I'm built for them so my problems are minimal. The only time I have aches and pains is if I rest my head on the ground at a funny angle. Truth be told... they are heavy; if my head rolls over too far in my sleep, for example, it is rather difficult to upright myself. To keep upright, I try to sleep against something if I can - be that a tree or someone like Ephiré..."

Ebony - Dag dipped his head in greeting, his brow slightly furrowed in concern for how she limped. Lilith's question took him by surprise, though he didn't know why.
"Nothing."
He replied, as sure as anything.
"I may have some regrets... Hindsight can be cruel, but tomorrow comes and one has no choice in the matter. Every choice I made, both good and bad ones, lead me to where I am now. If life in the present was worth suffering for in the past, then I could not ask for it to be changed."

Poppy - He looked down and matched her with a playful smirk, "No, no nests! ... At least... I don't think there are." His eyes darted about in jest, "trying" to look up and behind him at his antlers, "I hope someone would tell me if that did happen!"

RAY-RAAAY - Ooo a question for me! Good call, I think I might add that as an option too.
Human Dag... partially exists. I mainly tried to create a human version of him because it was a popular thing to do at the time? People having tumblr blogs for their characters etc, I thought it would be interesting. Dag as he is, was created purely for the forest/the game, so the human version of Dag retained his personality but story wise, I couldn't think of a good spin on it so made up something completely different. I got as far as his name (Dag Nyland), that he was a handsome son-of-a-gun (naturally) based on this guy, and that maybe he worked as some type of blacksmith or fire fighter... something outdoors-ey and MANLY to warrant still having his scar, haha. But I couldn't really pin down any more in the end - I found it hard to "transform" him into something human when he wasn't ever meant to be. I did keep a tumblr for anything that could count as inspiration for him whether it be clothing, body shape, etc. I haven't decided to delete it just yet.
SapphireSkye's picture

Alastair comes slowly walking

Alastair comes slowly walking up, looking at the large stag in front of him.
"Do any of the smaller ones ever mistake you for...a tree?" He asks, amusement in his voice, glittering in his eyes. "You are rather large, and have an impressive rack that could very well be mistaken for branches."
Avatar by Mary13!
din's picture

^ sapphire, pretty please

^ sapphire, pretty please close your bolded text code! its leaking hehe

wanted to do this both from a player and character standpoint.
i love reliving our most favorite times. it makes me smile. i hope it makes you smile too ♥ ♥

A voice. Soft, familiar, and perhaps, long forgotten.
"Dag. What is your favorite memory? Something you may think about all the time, or something that may be hidden deep, held warmly but covered in dust. What do you think of where it just makes you smile and your heart swell? Share it with me."
Sannosuke's picture

wipes the tears from his

wipes the tears from his eyes...
I just read through your interaction with the season spirits... and all of it really... Completely blown away, emotionally crushed, and endlessly captivated.
We haven't met before, but I'm very glad to today Smiling
Q: May I give you a hug? \(^_____^)/
goes and pours back over a most glorious story
I welcome you with open arms to stay away from me
Iaurdagnire's picture

ehhh I don't know how to fix

ehhh I don't know how to fix open tags, maybe this will work.
Edit: It did not. I dunno how to fix it XD it doesn't matter though.

Sapphire Skye - "Smaller deer? No," he laughs, "perhaps if I were less colourful. Though that does remind me of a time my little friend Kaoori "decorated" my antlers with leaves and such... I think I'd make a handsome tree, hn-hm. Those who have never seen me before do find my antlers a bit of a shock if they come upon me unexpectedly. It can be funny sometimes, watching them decide whether to stay or run in that instance. Most choose to stay and-" he sighs in comedic defeat, "...- and make some comment about me being a walking tree."

din - "My favourite memory... That is too big a question to answer straight away. I will have to think about this and get back to you."
THIS ONE IS HARD -GRABS SHOULDERS- WHY U DO THIS TO ME
Haha nah it's a great question (you big sap) that my brain needs to be more awake for. Stay tuned <3

Sannosuke - Ahhh you're so sweet to read through it! It's all so old now I'm happy and embarrassed at the same time sdkljfhsluif <3 thank you!
-BIG DAGSQUEEZEHUG-
din's picture

GUD THATS WHAT I WANTED i

GUD THATS WHAT I WANTED
i miss you both!! ♥ hopefully some time soon they can relax in forest c:
hadoukin's picture

[/b] ahaaaa thank you for

[/b]

ahaaaa thank you for answering Dag ! also low key trying to fix the BOLD ISSUEs
edit: not working sob

thelittleraven's picture

[/strong] Maybe this will

[/strong]
Maybe this will help?
Testing testing testing. Sorry to bump the blog without a question, just wanna try and help the leaky tag.
e; y dis


I THINK I GOT IT
e2: no i don't got it
0baf0's picture

Came for the answers, stayed

Came for the answers, stayed for the bold mystery. Laughing out loud
Fixed it.
*flies away*
Icon - ahimsa.Signature - Qanat. ♥
Mjrn's picture

iaurdagnire how do u fix

iaurdagnire how do u fix bolded text

thank u 0 ;n;
Account previously Mjrn, returned to Veedeer.
Kaoori's picture

tiny track here. hopefully

tiny track here.

hopefully i can come up with something, until then i'll just enjoy what others have come up with.
Iaurdagnire's picture

0baf0 - THANK YOU. din -

0baf0 - THANK YOU.


din - After a lot of thinking, I can't pin-point any one memory as being my top favourite. It's fun just looking back through my very first screencaps, it's a nostalgic happy feeling like looking through an old holiday photo album or something. Seeing characters that have since disappeared, remembering epic dancelines etc... there's lot of things. But one memory stands out, and it is actually before Dag as a character even existed. On my very first day in the forest it was twilight, with mushrooms everywhere. I was playing the game with my best friend at the time, and we could not figure out how the hell people could be flying and sitting on mushrooms. It was so much fun running around as fawns bleating at people. I will never forget it because it was before I had any knowledge about how people played the game. Before I knew people roleplayed and created actual characters and before I knew the forest's unwritten social rules. The game felt very free-ing.

As for Dag...

"The more I think about my life, the older I feel - I could tell stories about all the fond memories I have, but there are just so many and I'm sure there are more I have yet to recognize (and hopefully more to make). Everyone I've had the pleasure of meeting and knowing is worth mentioning. If I could encompass all of them in words... I am fortunate to have been in the presence of many fine creatures who could uplift me, and give me rest from myself. They gave me focus and a source of happiness, even in ways that exist only in memory and perhaps not noticed at the time. We are all stories, and it is enough for me to be happy knowing I was a part of theirs as they were a part of mine."
din's picture

awh that makes me a little

awh that makes me a little sappy. i just love dag as a character so much ♥
and i know i asked you, but i think one of my most prominent memories is of before i ever downloaded the game, i dont remember how but i came across a video of velocity on youtube, and i was fascinated. i recorded his moo with my nintendo 3ds and played it over and over because it gave me the chills. then i found the moos other masks made and i recorded them too, just to listen and be enthralled. then i finally found tefc and made me dumb lil cliche noob posts, finally downloaded the game and now boom here i am. its very fun to think about c:
CydaLuva83's picture

A little blind doe came

A little blind doe came cheerfully trotting up to the behemoth, tilting her head up at where she figured he would be. The voice came forth, curious, "If you woke up without one of your senses, the loss of which one would be the hardest to adapt to and why? It could be touch, sight, hearing, balance, smell, speech, time, or any of the others." Cydae asked.
Signature By Aihnna, Avatar by YaraMyst
Iaurdagnire's picture

din - Awww that's such a

din - Awww that's such a nerdy thing to do XD I love it. I pretty much signed up to the game as soon as I saw screenshots of it. "WHAT! I CAN BE A DEER THING! AWESOME. MUST GET."

CydaLuva83 - Dag took a moment to think, "It would have to be... the loss of my sight." He said calmly, hoping not to sound insensitive.
"I did consider a sense of hearing being my answer at first - a lot of things would be devastating to no longer hear - but thought better of it. Although you can't see them, my ears are very small... Generally, smaller deer than I rely on sound more than sight for safety. Now, I can't pick up long-distant sounds as well as other deer are able to, simply because I'm large enough and have the necessary battle equipment so as not to need to watch my back so diligently. If I had no antlers, I'm sure my ears would be HUGE*. Hm-hm, anyway...
I rely on my eyes the most just to navigate the forest without colliding with trees on a normal day-to-day basis! If I lost my sight, well... I imagine it would make moving through the forest extremely difficult for someone of my size."


*lolololololol Dumbo-Dag! Well I dun seen bout everythiiiiing~
Pegasicorn's picture

Did someone say

Did someone say Dumbo-Dag?
*flees*
din's picture

^ PEGA thats so CuTE and

^ PEGA thats so CuTE

and yeah i know xD
it makes me kinda cringe thinking back to it, it was so silly, but hey it got me here in the long run sob
Iaurdagnire's picture

OH. MY GOSH. PEGA. WITH THOSE

OH. MY GOSH. PEGA.
WITH THOSE EARS HE LOOKS LIKE A FENNEC FOX. Awww and that face! He looks like he should be the size of a guinea-pig or something just as small to cuddle :'J
Pegasicorn's picture

Pocket-fox Dag! 8D For

Pocket-fox Dag! 8D For portable cuddles.