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Diesel Leon

2010-06-21T23:24:08Z

82.23.209.55: /* Diesel as a character */ editing out link

[[Image:Diesel.png|right|thumb|169px|Diesel]]
'''Dr. Diesel Leslie Leon''', or just '''Diesel''' is the former [[lynx]] [[fursona]] of [[Dare|Diesel T. Dare]], a contemporary poet and spare-time cartoonist. His player also used his character in many art and fiction-based works - Diesel is mainly depicted in [[fatfur]] and [[inflation]]-related work, predominantly artwork, but stretching to prose, poetry and an interactive trail in the past. The character and fursona of Diesel has since been retired and replaced.

== Diesel as a fursona ==
Diesel was a 'Belliologist' and 'International Stuffing Co-Ordinator' with a phD in Stuffing Sciences. A friendly, though extremely modest character, and one of great mystery and ambiguity, Diesel was notorious for his elusiveness.

His player has since stated that Diesel's fursona adequately represents himself, though with 'several inches more self-confidence, and cooler hair'.

Diesel's status as his player's fursona has since been retired.
== Diesel as a character ==
In the [[fatfur]] and [[inflation]] community, Diesel was depicted as an inflator rather than an inflatee, though in the past the character hasn't escaped the weight gain he dishes out on a regular basis, featured in his creator's story ''Lisa and Torchwood Lose Their Feet'' as well as several [[roleplay]] ventures. Though his role as 'feeder' could be intimidating for some, his demeanor is often less-than-serious and has a commendable bedside manner.

In the summer of 2006 Dare released [[Diesel Revealed?]], an interactive trail built for readers and viewers of his art to discover and piece together the deep, convoluted past of Diesel, through 'newspaper cuttings', conversation transcripts and diary entries. Giving no specific answers, the trail has supposedly been left unfinished for completion in 2007 - with ambiguous symbols, several unknown identities and a cyclical approach to storytelling, the trail is inherently mysterious, but is asserted to be possible to solve with the information currently given.

In 2007 Diesel gained his 'own' series, portrayed as the central character to [[Ghostriding to Minneapolis]], a weekly serial. Unlike ''Lisa and Torchwood'', this project is slated to be 'deeper, darker and more shocking', whilst remaining witty and irreverent. Dare has said that this series will tie up all loose ends created via the Revealed trail, and picks up where the last piece of evidence left off. It has been stated that even in the series' prologue (released in March 2007), one of the big mysteries surrounding Diesel's character was revealed - the death of his partner, Elizabeth.

Dare has since stated that although Diesel's character traits and identity represented within GTM and Diesel:Revealed were identical to the character he embodied through the fandom, he has urged that the situations and character histories given within the works are not canon to the fursona; and that he is, as Diesel, was 'playing a character role'.

In summer 2008 following Dare's retirement of the character, Dare has made it clear that although he is no longer his 'face in the fandom', the doctor may be making cameo appearances in future works. Given Dare's current abstinence from the fandom as of June 2010, it is unlikely that such works will come to fruition.

== Appearance ==
Diesel's appearance has changed no less than five times in the past year and a half, maintaining a [[feline]] identity but changing hairstyles, outfits and demeanor (especially during his second phase, in which he was distinctly 'emo'). He currents sports a red, scruffy haircut, a large goatee and predominantly a black short-sleeved shirt and white tie. He also tends to wear black or blue slacks and is bare footed. He has always remained a white [[cat]], normally with a flirtatious grin in hand. His player has since stated that his appearance as of 2007 was largely inspired by Green Gartside, the lead singer of low-fi pop act Scritti Politti.

Diesel's appearance ultimately does not stray from his player's appearance; particularly in the sense of their sharing of a goatee beard (which is arguably the lynx's most notable feature).

== Trivia ==
* Diesel Leon is named for his player's favourite word, and a fictional Nintendo character - 'Diesel' due to its spelling being completely removed from its pronunciation ([dI:zul]), and '[[wikipedia:Characters_in_F-Zero_X#Leon|Leon]]' after the mysterious pilot of the Space Angler in ''[[wikipedia:F-Zero X|F-Zero X]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:F-Zero_GX|F-Zero GX]]''.
* Diesel's middle name, 'Leslie', is a direct reference to a scene in the Aardman/Dreamworks feature [[Wikipedia:Flushed Away|Flushed Away]]; in which the henchman character Whitey ponders over his cohort Spike's proclamation that 'danger is my middle name' by dully responding, 'I thought it was Leslie'.
* For a period, the character wore a shirt bearing the 'Dharma Swan' logo - a reference to the television series ''[[wikipedia:Lost (TV Series)|Lost]]'', and perhaps a further edge to the character's mythology.
* Diesel has a [[wikipedia:Scottish|Scottish]] accent, whereas his player does not, and tends to write in dialect.

== Links ==
* [http://doctordiesel.deviantart.com Diesel's DeviantArt Page]

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Diesel Leon

2010-06-21T23:23:29Z

82.23.209.55: /* Diesel as a character */ update

[[Image:Diesel.png|right|thumb|169px|Diesel]]
'''Dr. Diesel Leslie Leon''', or just '''Diesel''' is the former [[lynx]] [[fursona]] of [[Dare|Diesel T. Dare]], a contemporary poet and spare-time cartoonist. His player also used his character in many art and fiction-based works - Diesel is mainly depicted in [[fatfur]] and [[inflation]]-related work, predominantly artwork, but stretching to prose, poetry and an interactive trail in the past. The character and fursona of Diesel has since been retired and replaced.

== Diesel as a fursona ==
Diesel was a 'Belliologist' and 'International Stuffing Co-Ordinator' with a phD in Stuffing Sciences. A friendly, though extremely modest character, and one of great mystery and ambiguity, Diesel was notorious for his elusiveness.

His player has since stated that Diesel's fursona adequately represents himself, though with 'several inches more self-confidence, and cooler hair'.

Diesel's status as his player's fursona has since been retired.
== Diesel as a character ==
In the [[fatfur]] and [[inflation]] community, Diesel was depicted as an inflator rather than an inflatee, though in the past the character hasn't escaped the weight gain he dishes out on a regular basis, featured in his creator's story ''Lisa and Torchwood Lose Their Feet'' as well as several [[roleplay]] ventures. Though his role as 'feeder' could be intimidating for some, his demeanor is often less-than-serious and has a commendable bedside manner.

In the summer of 2006 Dare released [[Diesel Revealed?]], an interactive trail built for readers and viewers of his art to discover and piece together the deep, convoluted past of Diesel, through 'newspaper cuttings', conversation transcripts and diary entries. Giving no specific answers, the trail has supposedly been left unfinished for completion in 2007 - with ambiguous symbols, several unknown identities and a cyclical approach to storytelling, the trail is inherently mysterious, but is asserted to be possible to solve with the information currently given. The entire trail can be viewed via Diesel's [[Fur Affinity]] page (see links).

In 2007 Diesel gained his 'own' series, portrayed as the central character to [[Ghostriding to Minneapolis]], a weekly serial. Unlike ''Lisa and Torchwood'', this project is slated to be 'deeper, darker and more shocking', whilst remaining witty and irreverent. Dare has said that this series will tie up all loose ends created via the Revealed trail, and picks up where the last piece of evidence left off. It has been stated that even in the series' prologue (released in March 2007), one of the big mysteries surrounding Diesel's character was revealed - the death of his partner, Elizabeth.

Dare has since stated that although Diesel's character traits and identity represented within GTM and Diesel:Revealed were identical to the character he embodied through the fandom, he has urged that the situations and character histories given within the works are not canon to the fursona; and that he is, as Diesel, was 'playing a character role'.

In summer 2008 following Dare's retirement of the character, Dare has made it clear that although he is no longer his 'face in the fandom', the doctor may be making cameo appearances in future works. Given Dare's current abstinence from the fandom as of June 2010, it is unlikely that such works will come to fruition.

== Appearance ==
Diesel's appearance has changed no less than five times in the past year and a half, maintaining a [[feline]] identity but changing hairstyles, outfits and demeanor (especially during his second phase, in which he was distinctly 'emo'). He currents sports a red, scruffy haircut, a large goatee and predominantly a black short-sleeved shirt and white tie. He also tends to wear black or blue slacks and is bare footed. He has always remained a white [[cat]], normally with a flirtatious grin in hand. His player has since stated that his appearance as of 2007 was largely inspired by Green Gartside, the lead singer of low-fi pop act Scritti Politti.

Diesel's appearance ultimately does not stray from his player's appearance; particularly in the sense of their sharing of a goatee beard (which is arguably the lynx's most notable feature).

== Trivia ==
* Diesel Leon is named for his player's favourite word, and a fictional Nintendo character - 'Diesel' due to its spelling being completely removed from its pronunciation ([dI:zul]), and '[[wikipedia:Characters_in_F-Zero_X#Leon|Leon]]' after the mysterious pilot of the Space Angler in ''[[wikipedia:F-Zero X|F-Zero X]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:F-Zero_GX|F-Zero GX]]''.
* Diesel's middle name, 'Leslie', is a direct reference to a scene in the Aardman/Dreamworks feature [[Wikipedia:Flushed Away|Flushed Away]]; in which the henchman character Whitey ponders over his cohort Spike's proclamation that 'danger is my middle name' by dully responding, 'I thought it was Leslie'.
* For a period, the character wore a shirt bearing the 'Dharma Swan' logo - a reference to the television series ''[[wikipedia:Lost (TV Series)|Lost]]'', and perhaps a further edge to the character's mythology.
* Diesel has a [[wikipedia:Scottish|Scottish]] accent, whereas his player does not, and tends to write in dialect.

== Links ==
* [http://doctordiesel.deviantart.com Diesel's DeviantArt Page]

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Diesel Leon

2010-06-21T23:22:01Z

82.23.209.55: /* Links */ deleting dead FA link

[[Image:Diesel.png|right|thumb|169px|Diesel]]
'''Dr. Diesel Leslie Leon''', or just '''Diesel''' is the former [[lynx]] [[fursona]] of [[Dare|Diesel T. Dare]], a contemporary poet and spare-time cartoonist. His player also used his character in many art and fiction-based works - Diesel is mainly depicted in [[fatfur]] and [[inflation]]-related work, predominantly artwork, but stretching to prose, poetry and an interactive trail in the past. The character and fursona of Diesel has since been retired and replaced.

== Diesel as a fursona ==
Diesel was a 'Belliologist' and 'International Stuffing Co-Ordinator' with a phD in Stuffing Sciences. A friendly, though extremely modest character, and one of great mystery and ambiguity, Diesel was notorious for his elusiveness.

His player has since stated that Diesel's fursona adequately represents himself, though with 'several inches more self-confidence, and cooler hair'.

Diesel's status as his player's fursona has since been retired.
== Diesel as a character ==
In the [[fatfur]] and [[inflation]] community, Diesel was depicted as an inflator rather than an inflatee, though in the past the character hasn't escaped the weight gain he dishes out on a regular basis, featured in his creator's story ''Lisa and Torchwood Lose Their Feet'' as well as several [[roleplay]] ventures. Though his role as 'feeder' could be intimidating for some, his demeanor is often less-than-serious and has a commendable bedside manner.

In the summer of 2006 Dare released [[Diesel Revealed?]], an interactive trail built for readers and viewers of his art to discover and piece together the deep, convoluted past of Diesel, through 'newspaper cuttings', conversation transcripts and diary entries. Giving no specific answers, the trail has supposedly been left unfinished for completion in 2007 - with ambiguous symbols, several unknown identities and a cyclical approach to storytelling, the trail is inherently mysterious, but is asserted to be possible to solve with the information currently given. The entire trail can be viewed via Diesel's [[Fur Affinity]] page (see links).

In 2007 Diesel gained his 'own' series, portrayed as the central character to [[Ghostriding to Minneapolis]], a weekly serial. Unlike ''Lisa and Torchwood'', this project is slated to be 'deeper, darker and more shocking', whilst remaining witty and irreverent. Dare has said that this series will tie up all loose ends created via the Revealed trail, and picks up where the last piece of evidence left off. It has been stated that even in the series' prologue (released in March 2007), one of the big mysteries surrounding Diesel's character was revealed - the death of his partner, Elizabeth.

Dare has since stated that although Diesel's character traits and identity represented within GTM and Diesel:Revealed were identical to the character he embodied through the fandom, he has urged that the situations and character histories given within the works are not canon to the fursona; and that he is, as Diesel, was 'playing a character role'.

In summer 2008 following Dare's retirement of the character, Dare has made it clear that although he is no longer his 'face in the fandom', the doctor will be making cameo appearances in future works.

== Appearance ==
Diesel's appearance has changed no less than five times in the past year and a half, maintaining a [[feline]] identity but changing hairstyles, outfits and demeanor (especially during his second phase, in which he was distinctly 'emo'). He currents sports a red, scruffy haircut, a large goatee and predominantly a black short-sleeved shirt and white tie. He also tends to wear black or blue slacks and is bare footed. He has always remained a white [[cat]], normally with a flirtatious grin in hand. His player has since stated that his appearance as of 2007 was largely inspired by Green Gartside, the lead singer of low-fi pop act Scritti Politti.

Diesel's appearance ultimately does not stray from his player's appearance; particularly in the sense of their sharing of a goatee beard (which is arguably the lynx's most notable feature).

== Trivia ==
* Diesel Leon is named for his player's favourite word, and a fictional Nintendo character - 'Diesel' due to its spelling being completely removed from its pronunciation ([dI:zul]), and '[[wikipedia:Characters_in_F-Zero_X#Leon|Leon]]' after the mysterious pilot of the Space Angler in ''[[wikipedia:F-Zero X|F-Zero X]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:F-Zero_GX|F-Zero GX]]''.
* Diesel's middle name, 'Leslie', is a direct reference to a scene in the Aardman/Dreamworks feature [[Wikipedia:Flushed Away|Flushed Away]]; in which the henchman character Whitey ponders over his cohort Spike's proclamation that 'danger is my middle name' by dully responding, 'I thought it was Leslie'.
* For a period, the character wore a shirt bearing the 'Dharma Swan' logo - a reference to the television series ''[[wikipedia:Lost (TV Series)|Lost]]'', and perhaps a further edge to the character's mythology.
* Diesel has a [[wikipedia:Scottish|Scottish]] accent, whereas his player does not, and tends to write in dialect.

== Links ==
* [http://doctordiesel.deviantart.com Diesel's DeviantArt Page]

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[[Category:United Kingdom]]