@Sleepyowl, Thanks for the vote of confidence! It would definitely be challenging to shift gears and write as an animal character. What kind of project was your rat piece?
@Giratina, Yep that’s why I chose a snake specifically. I just thought that “warm and fuzzy” animals, or really any mammal or even bird, was just too easy. I viewed them as a bit overdone, sorta the “low hanging fruit” of the animal word. I can think of a snail movie (Turbo), a fish movie (Nemo and sequel), several insect movies (Antz, Bug’s Life), birds (Rio), and even a chameleon (Rango), so yes there are some that steer clear of mammals, but not many.
@Baudelaire_Welch, That’s photoshopped, right?? And not only did I choose snake but I chose rat snake, which is a fairly unimpressive medium-sized snake, so it’s not like you’re some awesome king cobra, or python, or anaconda, or something like that (or whatever the hell snake is in that pic). I think “awesome” MCs are much less interesting than more modest MCs.