Crossed Souls: Meet Chandler

Waaay back in 2007, I fell in love with a beagle. Her name was April, and she was my first ever fur baby and my first ever baby. My husband and I adopted her when we bought our first house, and we were in love. Fast forward five or so years and our lives had changed dramatically and because of that, it was impossible for us to keep our girl.

So, we rehomed her to a lovely family who was in the military and about to relocate to Alaska. They had a couple of small kiddos who we knew would love her as much as we had. I’ve never quite healed from letting her go, and to this day sometimes I wonder about her.

So, when it came time to pick a familiar for Willa, I had to pay tribute to my girl and use a beagle. Willa’s lonely and socially, she’s had a rough go of it. Beagles and known for being so sweet, loving, and gentle that I knew that was what she needed…

Except Chandler isn’t those things. He’s this fun dichotomy of snark and assholishness wrapped up in a cute, fluffy body so no one really expects the crap that comes out of his mouth. I named him after Chandler on Friends because 1. I love that show so much, and 2. I imagined him this sarcastic jerk who didn’t really make any situation better even thought that’s literally his job.

Unfortunately, sarcasm is really, really hard to write. I don’t think I quite pulled him off like I wanted to, but I did my best and hopefully as things progress I’ll figure out how to write sarcastic dialogue. How do you feel about Chandler? Love him? Hate him?