“…(the) leader is not necessarily the strongest or most dominant dog, but the most intelligent – and is acknowledged as such. The pack depends on him for its survival.”
The third part of a writing project that follows on “Getting my first fluffy pony” and “McBrega”.
This piece was inspired by the real life stray dogs of Moscow, in particular the dogs of the Moscow Metro. Although about two hundred stray dogs have been known tor eside around or near the metro, an estimated 20 have been observed at being adept in utilizing the Metro for travel. I imagine fluffies, by virtue of better udnerstanding human names and concepts, might be better at commuting on subway trains. The piece was originally meant to be a lot more neutral, but I found myself veering to hugbox as I started writing about Anya, though briefly.
Some notes:
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Lyudmilla Poyarkova is based off two people - Lyudmilla Trut and Andrei Poyarkov
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Sophia’s story is based off a dog who gave birth to a litter of pups on the Moscow Metro
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Barbara Devushkina, the “author” of this story is named after the two protagonists of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Poor Folk - Barbara Dobroselova and Makar Devushkin . Barbara Devushkina will reappear in the fifth part of this writing project, along with Mikhail
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one idea I had left out from this write-up was that the fluffies of the Moscow metro came with bioports, and thus the occasional commuter can jack in a smartphone or compatible appliance to access information that’s “stored” within the Metro strays
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the inclusion of the AVGN episode on Berenstain bears in this post is a little deliberate. Relevant to this setting, McBrega biotoys would have an interactivity similar to the Kid Vid Voice Module and the Nintendo R.O.B.
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I wrote Anya as an example of a Metro fluffy, but I feel tempted to write about her and her pet dog. Perhaps some other time in future
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