I made a comic :3
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A black-and-white comic with seven panels. The comic’s title is “The Duality of Furries.”
First panel: My “generic anthro canine” fursona is holding a phone, smiling, and looking flattered.
Second panel: A phone screen showing a conversation. Me: “ur cute :3” - them: “no u >w<” - me: “not as cute as u O//w//O” - them: “u the cutest”
Third panel: My fursona smiling and holding a phone, similar to the first panel.
Fourth panel: Another phone screen with further messages. Me: “oki gotta go now :3” - them: “nuuu why? ;-;” - me: “goin 2 a concert uwu” - them: “oooh have fun <3”
A text box: “one hour later”
Fifth panel: My fursona is in a dark concert hall and participating in a circle pit (lots of people running in a big circle to the rhythm of the music). My sona is smiling and has determined eyes. The circle pit is surrounded by other concertgoers. Big, red letters above the circle pit spell “KILL.”
Sixth panel: My fursona is in the same dark concert hall and participating in a mosh pit (an area where seemingly violent dancing occurs). My sona is windmilling their arms with closed eyes and a strained expression on their face. Others in the pit are doing a two-step, the bees knees, and the chicken dance. Big, red letters above the mosh pit spell “KILL.”
Seventh panel: My fursona is crowd surfing with a big smile and their arms raised. In the background, a photo from a Dying Fetus concert (a death metal band) shows the band members to evoke the feeling of being at a concert. Below my crowd surfing sona, big, red letters spell “KILL KILL.”
That ending hits hard. I don't know what the exact rules of "anything he wants" are, but it feels like this one wish, making everything the way it used to be, isn't possible. Maybe it's possible and just not revealed, but the heaviness of that scene makes me think it's not (or it's like one person in the comments says and the story is a permanent loop).
I really like how they fit the complexity of human relationships in a 10-minute film. Being best friends in school but then losing touch (at 4:08, Oktana implies that he hasn't seen Poteto in four years, which is related to Poteto's illness, I think?), the feeling of being "replaced" with other people (like Oktana's friend / partner?), and the overwhelming pain of loss that Poteto feels despite his powers at the end. Of course, there's plenty of silliness ("I'm destroying the world because he called my ears goofy"), but beyond that silliness, there's raw, human emotion that isn't always rational, like Poteto's destructive behaviour when he realises that his best friend has a "new" life. I wasn't really sure what was going on during the first half of this film, but the ending pulls it together very nicely.