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Mousey Love Girls

2007-06-24T08:00:47Z

66.190.197.19: /* Existence */

[[Image:ABetterMousetrapPortfolioCover.JPG|thumb|230px|right|Cover of "A Better Mousetrap" portfolio by Jim Hardiman and Desiree Lee]]
The '''Mousey Love Girls''', also known as the '''MLG''', are two [[female]] [[mouse]] characters that have been drawn by many different [[furry fandom]] artists, including [[Terrie Smith]], [[Brian McPherson]], [[Fatalis]], [[Jim Hardiman]] and [[Desiree Lee]].<ref>[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MouseyLoveGirls/files/MOUSEY%20LOVE%20GIRLS%20/ Mousey Love Girls] in the "Files" section of the MouseyLoveGirls Yahoo! Group. Retrieved May 24, 2007.</ref>

Charlene was depicted as a female mouse, with grey fur and blond hair, and she used to wear glasses; Lynne also as a female mouse, but with brown fur and brown hair. They have been depicted in sexual and humorous situations with each other and with various other characters, including a blonde-haired [[badger]] named Julie. Toshe three are depicted together on a 2005 [[conbadge]] for [[Conifur Northwest]], drawn by Terrie Smith.<ref>[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MouseyLoveGirls/files/Julie%20the%20Badger%20in%20our%20lives/ Julie the Badger in our lives] in the "Files" section of the MouseyLoveGirls Yahoo! Group. Retrieved May 24, 2007.</ref>

== Personas ==
[[Image:MouseyLoveGirls_P&B.jpg|right|thumb|230px|The MLG dressed up as Pinky & The Brain.]]
There's a claim that the MLG are actually based on two actual [[human]] female fans by the name of '''Charlene K. Vink-Vermere''' (also known as '''Char'''; Born December 25, 1956) and '''Lynne'''.

The MouseyLoveGirls [[Yahoo! Groups|Yahoo! group]] is moderated by the users [[Herbie Bear|furry_felon]] and '''mouseylovegirls''', under various user IDs.<ref>[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MouseyLoveGirls/members?group=mod Moderators] of MouseLoveGirls Yahoo! Group. Retrieved May 24, 2007.</ref> The Yahoo! profile for "mouselovegirls3" states that it belongs to "Charlene & Lynne," residing in [[Wikipedia:Bellingham|Bellingham]], Washington, USA<ref>[http://profiles.yahoo.com/mouseylovegirls3 mouseylovegirls3's Yahoo! profile]. Retrieved May 24, 2007.</ref>

== The passing of Charlene ==
[[Image:HerbieMLGPost.jpg|right|thumb|230px|Herbie's post about Charlene's death.]]
On May 19, 2007, [[Cigarskunk]] posted on his [[Furaffinity]] journal account that:
{{q|Charlene of the "Mousey Love Girls" (the blond one with the glasses) die[d] [...] of bone cancer<ref>[http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/130283/ Rest in peace Mousey]. Fur Affinity journal entry by Cigarskunk. Posted May 20, 2007. Retrieved May 20, 2007.</ref>}}

On May 21, Herbie Bear posted on the MouseyLoveGirls Yahoo! group that:
{{q|After a long 10 year battle with cancer the love of my life in this world and your Misstres of mischief Charlene [...] passed away peacefully<ref name="to">[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MouseyLoveGirls/message/2622 ''To All members of the Mousey Love Girls Group''], message posted May 21, 2007 by furry_felon on the MouseyLoveGirls Yahoo! Group. Retrieved May 24, 2007.</ref>}}

=== Charlene and Herb's wedding ===

Herb Bear (real name: Herb Rickards) stated that, at the request of Charlene, they had been "married in the hospital May 15th by the Hospital Chaplin with
her long time companions/lovers Lynne & Julie as bride maids". This changed her final name to '''Charlene K. Vink-Vermere-Rickards'''.<ref name="to"/>

=== Farewell picture commissions ===

Charlene had two images "commissioned as her farewell pict[ure]s to fandom"<ref>[http://www.furaffinity.net/view/557114/ RIP Mousey I - Judgement of Anubis]. Posted to Fur Affinity by Cigarskunk on May 20, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.furaffinity.net/view/557123/ RIP Mousey II - Final Journey]. Posted to Fur Affinity by Cigarskunk on May 20, 2007.</ref> by [[furry artist]] Terrie Smith. A third picture "was commissioned for Herb showing him passing Mousey over to [[Anubis (god)|Anubis]] for safe keeping"<ref>[http://www.furaffinity.net/view/557175/ RIP Mousey III - Look after her for me]. Posted to Fur Affinity by Cigarskunk on May 20, 2007.</ref>

== Controversy ==

A fair amount of dispute has popped up concerning who's actually behind the MLG. While there have been posts made under the name of "MLG" or "Mousey Love Girls" on image-boards, there's often debate as to whether the posts were made by (as "MLG" claims) a duo of women whom they are supposedly based off of, or by [[Herbie Bear]] (no relation to artist [[Herbie Bearclaw]]), who's often credited with coming up with the concept of the MLG.

Requests for proof of the existence of the two women behind the MLG are usually met with dismissal, and/or insane requests for proof of existence of those questioning their existence, which only further fueled the controversy.

=== Existence ===

Upon the announcement of the death of one of the MLG, while many offered support and well-wishes, a few mused that Herbie was doing this for attention. Some have even tried their best to prove "Charlene" never existed by checking for obituaries, birth records, and other such information; most of the results, which have been recounted in various threads on Lulz.net's /furi/ board, have shown so far that no woman by the name of "Charlene K. Vink-Vermere Rickards" can be found.<ref>[http://www.mediafire.com/?1gjcpptycgd][http://www.mediafire.com/?7smmfk0yjgk][http://www.mediafire.com/?84yiwdnlqij][http://www.mediafire.com/?1dqzngtpmeg] Past Lulz.net' "Charlene" threads archived as zip files at Mediafire.com. Retrieved June 10th, 2007</ref>

The information about Charlene on Findagrave.com mentions that her burial was at Bayview Cemetery, Bellingham, in Washington State.<ref>[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Rickards&GSfn=Charlene&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=2007&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=19538036& Charlene K. Vink-Vermere-Rickards] on [http://www.findagrave.com/ Findagrave.com]. Record added by Herbert Rickards on May 26 2007. Retrieved June 6, 2007.</ref> In June 2007, someone from Bayview Cemetery stated that there was no record of Charlene K. Rickards being buried there. On June 23rd, a poster going by the name '''Rastard Bat''' posted a scan of a reply letter from the Whatcom County Health Department (dated June 21st) stating that they had no record of death for "Charlene K. Vink-Vermer (Richards)" on file.<ref>[http://lulz.net/furi/res/53154.html] Current thread on the MLG situation on Lulz.net. Retrieved June 24th, 2007</ref>

==References==
The MouseyLoveGirls Yahoo! Group can only be accessed by logged-in members.
<references/>

==External links==
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mouseylovegirls/ Mousey Love Girls] on Yahoo! Groups
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Rickards&GSfn=Charlene&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=2007&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=19538036& Charlene K. Vink-Vermere-Rickards] obituary page on [http://www.findagrave.com/ Findagrave.com]

[[Category:Mouse characters]]

Mousey Love Girls

2007-06-24T07:58:17Z

66.190.197.19: /* Existence */

[[Image:ABetterMousetrapPortfolioCover.JPG|thumb|230px|right|Cover of "A Better Mousetrap" portfolio by Jim Hardiman and Desiree Lee]]
The '''Mousey Love Girls''', also known as the '''MLG''', are two [[female]] [[mouse]] characters that have been drawn by many different [[furry fandom]] artists, including [[Terrie Smith]], [[Brian McPherson]], [[Fatalis]], [[Jim Hardiman]] and [[Desiree Lee]].<ref>[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MouseyLoveGirls/files/MOUSEY%20LOVE%20GIRLS%20/ Mousey Love Girls] in the "Files" section of the MouseyLoveGirls Yahoo! Group. Retrieved May 24, 2007.</ref>

Charlene was depicted as a female mouse, with grey fur and blond hair, and she used to wear glasses; Lynne also as a female mouse, but with brown fur and brown hair. They have been depicted in sexual and humorous situations with each other and with various other characters, including a blonde-haired [[badger]] named Julie. Toshe three are depicted together on a 2005 [[conbadge]] for [[Conifur Northwest]], drawn by Terrie Smith.<ref>[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MouseyLoveGirls/files/Julie%20the%20Badger%20in%20our%20lives/ Julie the Badger in our lives] in the "Files" section of the MouseyLoveGirls Yahoo! Group. Retrieved May 24, 2007.</ref>

== Personas ==
[[Image:MouseyLoveGirls_P&B.jpg|right|thumb|230px|The MLG dressed up as Pinky & The Brain.]]
There's a claim that the MLG are actually based on two actual [[human]] female fans by the name of '''Charlene K. Vink-Vermere''' (also known as '''Char'''; Born December 25, 1956) and '''Lynne'''.

The MouseyLoveGirls [[Yahoo! Groups|Yahoo! group]] is moderated by the users [[Herbie Bear|furry_felon]] and '''mouseylovegirls''', under various user IDs.<ref>[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MouseyLoveGirls/members?group=mod Moderators] of MouseLoveGirls Yahoo! Group. Retrieved May 24, 2007.</ref> The Yahoo! profile for "mouselovegirls3" states that it belongs to "Charlene & Lynne," residing in [[Wikipedia:Bellingham|Bellingham]], Washington, USA<ref>[http://profiles.yahoo.com/mouseylovegirls3 mouseylovegirls3's Yahoo! profile]. Retrieved May 24, 2007.</ref>

== The passing of Charlene ==
[[Image:HerbieMLGPost.jpg|right|thumb|230px|Herbie's post about Charlene's death.]]
On May 19, 2007, [[Cigarskunk]] posted on his [[Furaffinity]] journal account that:
{{q|Charlene of the "Mousey Love Girls" (the blond one with the glasses) die[d] [...] of bone cancer<ref>[http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/130283/ Rest in peace Mousey]. Fur Affinity journal entry by Cigarskunk. Posted May 20, 2007. Retrieved May 20, 2007.</ref>}}

On May 21, Herbie Bear posted on the MouseyLoveGirls Yahoo! group that:
{{q|After a long 10 year battle with cancer the love of my life in this world and your Misstres of mischief Charlene [...] passed away peacefully<ref name="to">[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MouseyLoveGirls/message/2622 ''To All members of the Mousey Love Girls Group''], message posted May 21, 2007 by furry_felon on the MouseyLoveGirls Yahoo! Group. Retrieved May 24, 2007.</ref>}}

=== Charlene and Herb's wedding ===

Herb Bear (real name: Herb Rickards) stated that, at the request of Charlene, they had been "married in the hospital May 15th by the Hospital Chaplin with
her long time companions/lovers Lynne & Julie as bride maids". This changed her final name to '''Charlene K. Vink-Vermere-Rickards'''.<ref name="to"/>

=== Farewell picture commissions ===

Charlene had two images "commissioned as her farewell pict[ure]s to fandom"<ref>[http://www.furaffinity.net/view/557114/ RIP Mousey I - Judgement of Anubis]. Posted to Fur Affinity by Cigarskunk on May 20, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.furaffinity.net/view/557123/ RIP Mousey II - Final Journey]. Posted to Fur Affinity by Cigarskunk on May 20, 2007.</ref> by [[furry artist]] Terrie Smith. A third picture "was commissioned for Herb showing him passing Mousey over to [[Anubis (god)|Anubis]] for safe keeping"<ref>[http://www.furaffinity.net/view/557175/ RIP Mousey III - Look after her for me]. Posted to Fur Affinity by Cigarskunk on May 20, 2007.</ref>

== Controversy ==

A fair amount of dispute has popped up concerning who's actually behind the MLG. While there have been posts made under the name of "MLG" or "Mousey Love Girls" on image-boards, there's often debate as to whether the posts were made by (as "MLG" claims) a duo of women whom they are supposedly based off of, or by [[Herbie Bear]] (no relation to artist [[Herbie Bearclaw]]), who's often credited with coming up with the concept of the MLG.

Requests for proof of the existence of the two women behind the MLG are usually met with dismissal, and/or insane requests for proof of existence of those questioning their existence, which only further fueled the controversy.

=== Existence ===

Upon the announcement of the death of one of the MLG, while many offered support and well-wishes, a few mused that Herbie was doing this for attention. Some have even tried their best to prove "Charlene" never existed by checking for obituaries, birth records, and other such information; most of the results, which have been recounted in various threads on Lulz.net's /furi/ board, have shown so far that no woman by the name of "Charlene K. Vink-Vermere Rickards" can be found.<ref>[http://lulz.net/furi/res/53154.html Latest "Charlene" thread] on Lulz.net. Retrieved June 4th, 2007</ref><ref>[http://www.mediafire.com/?1gjcpptycgd][http://www.mediafire.com/?7smmfk0yjgk][http://www.mediafire.com/?84yiwdnlqij] Past Lulz.net' "Charlene" threads archived as zip files at Mediafire.com. Retrieved June 10th, 2007</ref>

The information about Charlene on Findagrave.com mentions that her burial was at Bayview Cemetery, Bellingham, in Washington State.<ref>[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Rickards&GSfn=Charlene&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=2007&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=19538036& Charlene K. Vink-Vermere-Rickards] on [http://www.findagrave.com/ Findagrave.com]. Record added by Herbert Rickards on May 26 2007. Retrieved June 6, 2007.</ref> In June 2007, someone from Bayview Cemetery stated that there was no record of Charlene K. Rickards being buried there.<ref>[http://www.mediafire.com/?1dqzngtpmeg] June 4th Lulz.net' "Charlene" archived thread. Retrieved June 10th, 2007</ref> On June 23rd, a poster going by the name '''Rastard Bat''' posted a scan of a reply letter from the Whatcom County Health Department (dated June 21st) stating that they had no record of death for "Charlene K. Vink-Vermer (Richards)" on file.<ref>[http://lulz.net/furi/res/53154.html] Current thread on the MLG situation on Lulz.net. Retrieved June 24th, 2007</ref>

==References==
The MouseyLoveGirls Yahoo! Group can only be accessed by logged-in members.
<references/>

==External links==
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mouseylovegirls/ Mousey Love Girls] on Yahoo! Groups
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Rickards&GSfn=Charlene&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=2007&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=19538036& Charlene K. Vink-Vermere-Rickards] obituary page on [http://www.findagrave.com/ Findagrave.com]

[[Category:Mouse characters]]