Sono Eliane Anderson-Kei
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Sono Eliane Anderson-Kei is the alias of Angela Kathryn Helen Long. She is an artist of both furry and non-furry characters, though recently her furry work, more feral than anthro, has become prominent. She lives in the downtown New York City area, attending college at the School of Visual Arts as a Cartooning major.
She is from the Neptune area in Monmouth County, New Jersey. She graduated in June 2006 from Communications High School in Wall, NJ. She is happily dating Suri, who is currently a senior at Communications High School.
If she is known at all, it is possibly for her "Kukidist Mythology" project, or one of her three webcomics.
Sono has an obsession with 'watermelon' as a color scheme and hearts in dialogue bubbles.
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Sono: The Dragon
Sono As An Avatar
Sono is a flightless mammalian dragon called an Een. The species is most noted for having four ears instead of two. The upper set of ears is used for hearing sounds over long distances, while the lower set of ears are for shorter ranged sounds. The anatomy is similar to that of a hyena.
Sono's coloring is a base of dark grey, with her mane, muzzle, the topside of her tail, and her upper set of ears being a gold-yellow. The furless skin membranes on her wing-structures, as well as the inside of her ears, are a pale yellow. This color scheme descends from the hair color of the human character Sono.
Sono is most commonly found in feral form, but on occasion is seen in anthropomorphic form. In this form she generally loses the yellow mane down her back, and her hair models the hairstyle of the human Sono. In anthropomorphic form, she is often seen with Suri (an angler-fox), Cass (a chinchilla) or both, as these are the two most important people in her life. Suri is also sometimes seen in feral form with Sono. Cass has only been in feral form once, in a concept for a larger work. She appeared as a hybrid chinchilla-cat.
Sono's Role in the Kukidist Myhtology
Sono, when appearing in the mythology, is the daughter of Jualia Arwen Kei and Mathau Nanthanal Anderson and the sister of Si Ilun Anderson-Kei. Her father is from an urban thread living in Kin Caroline. Her mother was born to the shrine party's thread. Sono does not decend for the thread's initial alpha bloodline, as her great grandmother migrated to the shrine from the northern end of the Western Region. She was raised as an attendant and a courrier, and kept out of the hunting party because of her small stature.
Her rank accended directly to the alpha of her thread when she returned from a courrier assignment with her brother and another member of the thread to find the entire thread wiped out due to an assault on the shrine connected with the country's rebellion against the gods. She was immediately put through coronation to become the new alpha.
Sono is the leader of the thread of eens living in and around the shrine of Caroline, the goddess of Motherhood and Western Compass. She is generally a cheerful friendly creature and is very devoted to Caroline and her thread. She does not understand exactly why the people of Compass have turned against the gods, which resulted in the murder of most of her thread, leaving only herself and three others. Because of the shrine party's close ties to Caroline they are classified as domestic eens. Sono can fluently speak the "Language of the People" (English) and the "Language of the Gods" (Invsid). She was taught this as a kit, like most members of her thread, in order to be able to help visitors to the shrine.
Sono only appears in the mythology in feral form.
Sono: The Person
Angela Kathryn "Sono" Helen Long is an art student at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, studying to become a graphic novelist. As several members of her close family are artists by trade, she was raised in a very creative environment and in turn became an artist herself.
She has been drawing since 2001, and focused majorly on comics starting in 2004 with "From This Point On", which, after multiple incarnations was discontinued due to a lack of drive in the project. Her main projects now are "That RP Comic", a Roleplay/Gaming comic with Suri, and Idle Thoughts, a "doodle comic" of fluxuating popularity. She is also in the beginning stages of a nameless comic that she will be working on during her coming school year.
Since 1998, Sono has been best friends with Cass (who occasionally in her art is in the form of a chinchilla anthro, or a feral chinchilla-cat). The two attended high school together and are rumored to be a collective Russian spy under the codename "Sangi", which is a combination of their given names (Sandi and Angi). They have co-written several fan fictions. However, these fan-fictions have lead to some of the girls' most memorable characters, as well as scores of inside jokes. Cass practices photography as a hobby, and Sono is very often seen modeling in her photos.
In the summer of 2006, the two traveled to Los Angeles, California together to see a Rascal Flatts concert. While there, they stayed in a condo that Cass's family had inherited from her great grandfather. During that time, the girls cleaned out some old items in the house and Sono discovered a grey newsboy-style hat which she has adopted and affectionately named her "Pimp Hat".
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Sono has been happily dating Suri since June of 2006. He is often depicted in her artwork as a blue and green fox with an angler-fish light hanging from the end of his over-sized tail. This has produced the ongoing joke of Suri being Sono's "big cuddly nite-lite", poking fun at her fear of the dark. The two currently host the online comic "That RP Comic", about themselves and two friends and their adventures as role-players and gamers.
Conventions
Otakon
Sono goes to Otakon in Baltimore, MD anually. It so far has been her only convention.
Sono is most frequently seen in the Artist's Alley, although she has never had a table there herself. She had planned for one in 2007 but due to unforeseen circumstances she was not able to get one, and plans for one in 2008. She can also be found at Anime Parliament, where every year she presents a case.
Cosplay
Sono anually gathers a cosplay group of no less than 5. They work out their series and roles and spend the weekend mostly in character. It is one of Sono's favorite activities.
- In 2005, she cosplayed Hanon Hosho in a Mermaid Melody Pitchi Pitchi Pitch cosplay group with 4 others.
- In 2006, she cosplayed Edward Elric in a FullMetal Alchemist cosplay group with 5 others.
- In 2007, she cosplayed Miles Edgeworth in a Phoenix Wright cosplay group with 8 others.
Anime Parliament
Sono and her cosplay group attend the Anime Parliament every year and present a planned case usually relating to their cosplay. It is their favorite part of the convention and they usually shape their convention activities around the time of the event. To date, Sono has not technically lost a case.
- In 2005, Sono proposed to have Hikaru Shidou removed from her seat as the pillar. After presenting evidence as to why Hikaru was not deserving of the position he request was granted and Hikaru was replaced by Menchi of Excel Saga on the grounds that "Menchi would show unconditional love to anyone who got her away from Excel".
- In 2006, Sono, along with Cass (cosplaying Trisha Elric) and DJ (cosplaying pre-armor Alphonse Elric) proposed that Hohenhime Elric was an unfit husband and father and that he be turned into a plush toy and fed to Envy's dragon form. While the evidence they presented did not get their claim granted, they did get Hohenhime convicted of being an idiot, which lead to the same punishment. In the same trial, Alphonse was also awarded the title of "The Man".
- In 2007, Sono, along with Cass (cosplaying Maya Fey) and Suri (cosplaying Phoenix Wright) put Maya on trial for being a plot device. She was found guilty, but instead of punishment was given a cookie because she's adorable.
FurAffinity: United
Due to health issues, Sono was unable to attend FurAffinity: United in 2007 but hopes to go in 2008.
Common Characters
- Danube and Walker - Danube (Dahn-ew-beh), a gold colored fox, was created as supplementary character to an elf named Sepia, but quickly gained premise over her and somehow earned the title of "the fox king". Walker, a black fox with a yellow tuft of fur on his head, is Danube's younger brother, and Sono's mascot. He was created for a logo project in her sophomore year of high school, and instantly became one of the family. His coloring mimics Sono's and he is rumored to be the animal form of "Sono-kun", Sono's male counterpart.
- Mitocontriactal & Matrixal - Mito and Matrix, as they are commonly called, a pair of orange dogs with blue tiger stripes and manes, are generally one in the same. They are two personalities occupying one body, differentiated usually by a pair of sunglasses that are only worn in the guise of Matrix. They are a yin and yang pair, said to be involved with Sono's fate and karma sisters.
- Ko, No, Mi, and Ya - Four anthropomorphic nekomata representing the greater and lesser parts of yin and yang. Ko and Ya are said to, respectively, bless or curse people depending on their karma, while No and Mi respectively spin and cut the threads of fate. These are by far the busiest members of the Kukidist godhoods and the least seen.
- Mao-Yuu and Ieron - The two main supporting cast members in "From This Point On". Mao-Yuu is the youngest son of the gods Mao-Kai and Mao-Ren, but was dead upon birth. Because of his immortal blood, he became a ghost. He wandered into Sono's house and, seeing her personal dilemma, offered to take care of her. Ieron is a river spirit that Sono found and adopted when he was a kit. Both characters are homosexual, and are a couple. During the early runs of "From This Point On", there were several ongoing jokes about the two of them being the series's "super secret shonen-ai", and about Mao-Yuu's inability to complete more than 10 seconds of any DDR song.
- Sins & Virtues - Another facet of the Kukidist lower godhood is the Seven Deadly Sins and the Seven Holy Virtues. All 14 characters are eens in their natural forms. The most commonly depicted character is Lust, who serves as a voice of reason to the rest of the sins. Another common sight is the internal conflict of Greed pitting Envy and Gluttony against each other for the right to her affection. In the beginning she cares for neither of them and this is entirely for her own amusement. Later, Lust solves this conflict by introducing Gluttony to Charity of the Virtues, and Greed ends up marrying Envy. The sins eventually produce three children later in the story -- Vanity; the daughter of Lust and Pride, Theft; the son of Greed and Envy, and Angst; the son of Wrath and Sloth.
- Jenna Yuki - By far, the oldest of Sono's characters, having existed for approximately 10 years. She currently appears in Sono's webcomic, [Stand] Her species is listed as "Canid", meaning she is from the world called "Canis" home of wolf/snow spirits, one of two animal-spirit based worlds in her story. She is sent to Earth after her people are killed in a war against Felidae, a cat/metal spirit world. In an agreement with a moon spirit, if Jenna performs an undescribed task her people will be returned to their former glory. On Earth, Jenna meets Keisuke Yuki, who would eventually become her husband and the father of her two biological children, Balto and Myst. Jenna also adopts a third child by the name of Amber.
- Zero, One, and Dos - The three siblings of the apocalypse. All three are giant dogs in their natural form, but are often seen in human forms. Zero and One are twin boys, while Dos is their younger sister. Both brothers are married, and Zero is the father of two children. Dos at this time remains single. All three siblings appear in the 10 page comic "Misunderstood".
- Darci & Caleb Maison - Darci is the fox-goddess of trickery, and Caleb is the squirrel-god of trade and commerce. They are married and, in spite of the fact that they are often at odds due to Darci's sense of humor, very much in love. They appear in the short-story folktale comic "As It Goes". During this comic Darci coined the phrase "shadowy doom-crow" as a description of Oni, the crowgod of hatred who attacked Caleb during the course of the comic.