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Name: Sarah McKane
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 173 lbs
Species: Gray Wolf
Physical Description: Sarah is a gray wolf. She wears her hair short and often is dressed in her work uniform.
Biographical Data
Sarah McKane is a single mother of Davis and Lucy McKane. At a young age she met and married her sweetheart Arthur McKane from high school. When she went off to a factory job he joined the military and fathered two children with her.
When her children were young teens their father failed to return home from his latest tour overseas. Sarah was given a folded flag and from then on had to raise her cubs alone. She lives in a modest home in the suburbs and continues to work at various factory settings typically as a foreman.
Personal Statement
"The name is McKane. Aside from my two children it's the greatest gift my husband ever gave me. I grew up in a small town where the biggest entertainment was the high school football team. Even though I was in the middle of a flyover state I met the wolf there I'd marry one day. I didn't know it at the time, who does? I figured we'd have fun for a while but he surprised me when he proposed right before he was going to ship out for his first tour of duty. I suspect he timed it like that on purpose knowing I couldn't turn him down when he was going to serve our country.
When he came back we got married and started having kids. I'd send him pictures of me as our babies came further along. He was lucky enough to be home to see Davis born. He missed Lucy's birth but you wouldn't know it how he doted on her. The kids were always pretty well behaved, lord knows one of the plus sides of being a pack based family unit is you learn how everyone's needs matter. Cooperation and supportiveness is just something wolves do. Add to that their father was in the military and taught them all about things like doing your duty and they were never any trouble. Well, almost. Kids always get into something. At least it gave me things to put in the letters to Arthur.
I never had any complaints about being home alone with the kids. They were my babies. Even when they got older they always took care of me as much as I took care of them. When Davis and Lucy were about 15 and 13, I got the visit I'd always dreaded. I wasn't expecting company but when I got to the front door there was military officer with a folded flag. I knew what it meant. I don't think I got out of bed for the next five days.
After my husband died not much really changed, since I was used to raising the kids on my own. Only now I didn't have a husband who would be coming home. In a way it made things easier but I missed worrying about him if that makes any sense. When they shipped his body home I think Lucy stopped talking for six months. That's the downside to being a pack. When you lose a member, it breaks us all.
These days things are pretty good. My Lucy is working at some big office. I don't really know what she does but she seems to like it. Not sure about her girlfriend though. She's dating some snake who seems to really like teasing my Lucy, but she seems to like it and she has been more outgoing since they started dating. Her brother is a cop, working his way up and enjoying what he does. I must admit it's nice having him close to home.
While sometimes I miss Arthur, I think he'd be proud of us. We're still proud of him."
Character is
LaurenRivers
Art by
Squeakie
Name: Sarah McKane
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 173 lbs
Species: Gray Wolf
Physical Description: Sarah is a gray wolf. She wears her hair short and often is dressed in her work uniform.
Biographical Data
Sarah McKane is a single mother of Davis and Lucy McKane. At a young age she met and married her sweetheart Arthur McKane from high school. When she went off to a factory job he joined the military and fathered two children with her.
When her children were young teens their father failed to return home from his latest tour overseas. Sarah was given a folded flag and from then on had to raise her cubs alone. She lives in a modest home in the suburbs and continues to work at various factory settings typically as a foreman.
Personal Statement
"The name is McKane. Aside from my two children it's the greatest gift my husband ever gave me. I grew up in a small town where the biggest entertainment was the high school football team. Even though I was in the middle of a flyover state I met the wolf there I'd marry one day. I didn't know it at the time, who does? I figured we'd have fun for a while but he surprised me when he proposed right before he was going to ship out for his first tour of duty. I suspect he timed it like that on purpose knowing I couldn't turn him down when he was going to serve our country.
When he came back we got married and started having kids. I'd send him pictures of me as our babies came further along. He was lucky enough to be home to see Davis born. He missed Lucy's birth but you wouldn't know it how he doted on her. The kids were always pretty well behaved, lord knows one of the plus sides of being a pack based family unit is you learn how everyone's needs matter. Cooperation and supportiveness is just something wolves do. Add to that their father was in the military and taught them all about things like doing your duty and they were never any trouble. Well, almost. Kids always get into something. At least it gave me things to put in the letters to Arthur.
I never had any complaints about being home alone with the kids. They were my babies. Even when they got older they always took care of me as much as I took care of them. When Davis and Lucy were about 15 and 13, I got the visit I'd always dreaded. I wasn't expecting company but when I got to the front door there was military officer with a folded flag. I knew what it meant. I don't think I got out of bed for the next five days.
After my husband died not much really changed, since I was used to raising the kids on my own. Only now I didn't have a husband who would be coming home. In a way it made things easier but I missed worrying about him if that makes any sense. When they shipped his body home I think Lucy stopped talking for six months. That's the downside to being a pack. When you lose a member, it breaks us all.
These days things are pretty good. My Lucy is working at some big office. I don't really know what she does but she seems to like it. Not sure about her girlfriend though. She's dating some snake who seems to really like teasing my Lucy, but she seems to like it and she has been more outgoing since they started dating. Her brother is a cop, working his way up and enjoying what he does. I must admit it's nice having him close to home.
While sometimes I miss Arthur, I think he'd be proud of us. We're still proud of him."
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LaurenRiversArt by
Squeakie
Category Artwork (Digital) / General Furry Art
Species Wolf
Size 878 x 1280px
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She sounds like quite a remarkable person. Raising kids when your partner is deployed would be hard enough, especially with the uncertainty and never knowing what the future might bring. Raising kids after your partner has been killed must be even tougher, because then you don't have even as much support as they were able to offer. People like Sarah who can do all that and come through with some kind of positive outlook on life are definitely worthy of respect, I'd think. I'd say her children have turned out to be quite remarkable people in their own right, too.
I like the emphasis on pack unity you've established with this bio, and how it correlates to family unity as well. While I've tried to steer my own wolves away from so much of the stereotypical representations - Bleu will just look at you funny if you start talking about alphas, betas and pack ranks like that - I have always liked the idea of pack animals like wolves retaining that unity even as anthros. It certainly translates nicely into a military family, too.
I can imagine she might not be too sure of what to make of a wild child like Kate, but it's cool to see she's accepting of her daughter's relationship, too.
I like her outfit. I wish any of the factories I'd worked in had had a uniform that was anything like as snazzy. Mostly I just ended up wearing bluejeans and t-shirts.
I like the emphasis on pack unity you've established with this bio, and how it correlates to family unity as well. While I've tried to steer my own wolves away from so much of the stereotypical representations - Bleu will just look at you funny if you start talking about alphas, betas and pack ranks like that - I have always liked the idea of pack animals like wolves retaining that unity even as anthros. It certainly translates nicely into a military family, too.
I can imagine she might not be too sure of what to make of a wild child like Kate, but it's cool to see she's accepting of her daughter's relationship, too.
I like her outfit. I wish any of the factories I'd worked in had had a uniform that was anything like as snazzy. Mostly I just ended up wearing bluejeans and t-shirts.
While Davis, Sarah, and Lucy were all developed for a scifi setting originally, I think one of the strengths of my character development is that most of their backstory translates easily from setting to setting as their formative events are universal. Arthur McKane is always deceased by the time the story begins, and Sarah is always a single mother who loved her husband who was away all the time, but for a good reason. Their kids relationship has always stuck too.
I know military moms/wives probably hate being asked how do you do it, but I wanted to convey with her the strength of character it takes to be married to someone who has a career that makes their life not their own. It takes a remarkable amount of dedication and service to do something like that. I am grateful for everyone who has and will in the future. Sarah does what she can because she has to, and she's a pretty tough wolfess.
I imagine at least in the case of Sarah's family being wolves that they would value the pack mentality a great deal. In an anthro society a family is your pack, and you're loyal to them and they to you. It's a mutual bond that keeps you all strong. After all, the kids don't want to let their parents down and vice versa. It cements a strong family bond which I imagine would be important to lupines. While you don't really worry about pack ranks, the idea of the united pack is rather strong with the McKane family.
No doubt she never expected Lucy to date outside her species, never mind a woman or a snake like Kate, but Sarah isn't prejudiced. She'd just have to make sure this lady isn't going to get her daughter into anything she shouldn't, but once that was certain she'd be first in line at their wedding.
Little tidbit, the MM logo on her uniform originally stood for McKane Mining from the scifi setting, but it's a generic work jumpsuit so it works well for modern day too.
I know military moms/wives probably hate being asked how do you do it, but I wanted to convey with her the strength of character it takes to be married to someone who has a career that makes their life not their own. It takes a remarkable amount of dedication and service to do something like that. I am grateful for everyone who has and will in the future. Sarah does what she can because she has to, and she's a pretty tough wolfess.
I imagine at least in the case of Sarah's family being wolves that they would value the pack mentality a great deal. In an anthro society a family is your pack, and you're loyal to them and they to you. It's a mutual bond that keeps you all strong. After all, the kids don't want to let their parents down and vice versa. It cements a strong family bond which I imagine would be important to lupines. While you don't really worry about pack ranks, the idea of the united pack is rather strong with the McKane family.
No doubt she never expected Lucy to date outside her species, never mind a woman or a snake like Kate, but Sarah isn't prejudiced. She'd just have to make sure this lady isn't going to get her daughter into anything she shouldn't, but once that was certain she'd be first in line at their wedding.
Little tidbit, the MM logo on her uniform originally stood for McKane Mining from the scifi setting, but it's a generic work jumpsuit so it works well for modern day too.
Thank you so much, truly. I really put a lot into all of my characters, heros, villians, and supporting characters alike. Everyone has reasons for doing things and causes for why they are the way they are, and paying attention to that especially in the more outlandish stories really helps ground folks in what's going on. While my various projects have things from werewolves to powers to airships, what makes it is the people that fill those universes.
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