Mousey Love Girls

2008-07-10T02:22:36Z

74.227.156.177: /* The passing of Charlene */

[[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>}}
The information about Charlene on Findagrave.com lists her burial plot at [[Wikipedia:Bellingham, Washington|Bellingham]]'s Bayview Cemetery 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 [[wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Find_A_Grave|Findagrave.com]]. Record added by Herbert Rickards on May 26 2007. Retrieved June 6, 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 about the claim that Charlene and Lynne are actually the "personas" behind the MLG. While there have been posts made under the name of "MLG" or "Mousey Love Girls" on image-boards, there's debate as to whether the posts were made by them, 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,{{fact}} which only further fuels the controversy.

=== Charlene's death ===

Upon the announcement of her passing, 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 related information.

=== Lulz.net ===

On their weeks after her assumed death, inquire results about her existence and burial site were displayed and commented on the [[Lulz.net]] image-board. The information posted during that time would indicate so far that no woman by the name of "Charlene K. Vink-Vermere Rickards" existed, the lack of a death record or certificate, or that she was even buried at Bayview Cemetery.<ref>[http://www.mediafire.com/?1gjcpptycgd][http://www.mediafire.com/?7smmfk0yjgk][http://www.mediafire.com/?84yiwdnlqij][http://www.mediafire.com/?1dqzngtpmeg] [http://www.mediafire.com/?7vk31w04f2n] Past Lulz.net' "Charlene" threads archived as zip files at Mediafire.com. Retrieved June 27th, 2007</ref><ref>[http://lulz.net/furi/res/59307.html] Current thread on "Charlene" on Lulz.net. Retrieved June 27th, 2007</ref>

However, Sage Freehaven admitted that the same search methods and engines being used by himself to find evidence of Charlene's identity could also not find any evidence of his own identity.{{fact}}

Some individuals have reported not being able to replicate the search results offered on Lulz,{{fact}} or being able to contact the public officials mentioned on the Lulz inquires,{{fact}} dismissing the results as mere trolling.{{fact}}

==References==
The MouseyLoveGirls Yahoo! Group can only be accessed by logged-in members.
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==External links==
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mouseylovegirls/ Mousey Love Girls] on Yahoo! Groups (note that the image archive there is now empty)
* [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]

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