What real or fictional animal would you be?

[Navvan]

So yea if you could be any animal, fictional or otherwise, what would it be?

As a fictional animal I'd be a kraken cause being in open ocean scares me silly so being the biggest thing in it, and having everything scared of me would be nice for a change

As a real animal I'd go for a polar bear because I love cold weather and sleeping a whole lot while occasionally mauling civilians... plus bitches love polar bears right?

There are plenty of sea monsters that are equal to or larger than the kraken in size. Heck by most representations (which is usually slightly larger than a large frigate) there are things in the real sea bigger than the kraken. Blue Whales for example. Although to be fair some representations of the kraken put it at several miles in diameter which would by far make it larger than any animal that ever lived.

As for mythologicall creatures

You Have the Aspidochelone (Island Turtle) which as the name suggests is the size of an island

You Leviathan which in some stories is as much as 300 miles (482 km) long which is crazy and dwarfs the kracken

You have Jörmungandr aka the Midgard Serpent from Norse mythology which circles the entire globe which is even more insane and dwarfs the Leviathan.

Then of course you have roughly equivalent creatures like Charybdis and Scylla and a slew of others.

Also fun fact the Kracken was originally depicted as a more crab like creature.

Personally I always like shapeshifting creatures (ones that can alternate at least between their form and human form. If I had to pick I'd probably say the Kitsune/Nine-tail fox. They are fairly neutral swinging both to good and evil spectrum pending on the individual/story, are powerful, and in some accounts capable of reaching omniscience.

Real Life creatures I don't think any would do. I like the advantages of being a human and I don't really think I'd want to become any other animal. If I had to I'd likely choose either a Blue Whale or an Raptor of some kind (Modern Bird Raptor capable of flight).

 

[CrimsonBlaze]

I found this to be absolutely adorable.

You should actually hear them. Despite being wild cats, the little cheetas make chirping sounds, almost like birds.

Spoiler: Warning! Beware of the overdose of cuteness! You have been warned!

OT: Fictional creature: I would say a European dragon with many abilities and powers. Something akin to the dragon found in Dragonheart (minus the whole "sharing pain" connection).

Spoiler: Draco

Real creature: I would really like to see what it would be like to be a chameleon, my favorite reptile. Being able to see in two different perspectives at once, changing my scales to blend into my surroundings, and trying out my long tongue; it would be awesome.

Spoiler: Chameleon

I want a dwarf chameleon!

 

[Baldur Moon]

So yea if you could be any animal, fictional or otherwise, what would it be?

As a fictional animal I'd be a kraken cause being in open ocean scares me silly so being the biggest thing in it, and having everything scared of me would be nice for a change

As a real animal I'd go for a polar bear because I love cold weather and sleeping a whole lot while occasionally mauling civilians... plus bitches love polar bears right?

As for mythologicall creatures

You Leviathan which in some stories is as much as 300 miles (482 km) long which is crazy and dwarfs the kracken

You have Jörmungandr aka the Midgard Serpent from Norse mythology which circles the entire globe which is even more insane and dwarfs the Leviathan.

Also fun fact the Kraken was originally depicted as a more crab like creature.

Yea I thought about Leviathan almost immediately after posting but thought it'd only be fair to let someone else have it since I already put it down

As for the Midgard Serpent... Norse mythology definitely needs more exposure in popular fiction cause that's flipping awesome

 

[fish iron4]

Think I can just leave this here...

 

[Dyono]

A Human Being!.........What? Not everyone is the same you know, I had to open a dimensional portal to just to stop time, break into someones house, read there mind so that i know their computer password and their Escapist log-in code, ONLY then could i reply to this thread......But i must say you human beings have some really sick stuff on...what's it you call it? Ah the "Internet"...................Weirdos.

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

I'd be a Coelacanth, of course.

I like you.
OT:
Real: A fox!
Fictional: A cute kitsune! A griffin!

 

[Jolly Co-operator]

I'd be a Billy Bumbler. That way, I could be a beloved pet, and still be able to talk. I could say any swear word that comes to mind at any time and in any situation without consequence

 

[acillies45]

Platinum Angel with a "hexproof" aura.

 

[Matthew Kjonaas]

I would pick a unicorn and stab people with my horn to remove the belief that they are not evil or violet.

 

[Toaster Hunter]

Real: A honey badger
Fantasy, Cthulhu

Spoiler

 

[Baldur Moon]

Real: A honey badger
Fantasy, Cthulhu

Spoiler

I was wondering when someone would bring up Lovecraft

 

[ace_of_something]

I have an absurd amount of animal tattoos a whooping crane flying away from the sun over a heard of buffalo on my calf. and As part of a mosaic on my arm, shoulder,chest there is a viking fighting a bear.

So obviously a Whooping Brown Bearffalo Crane.

A domestic cat, or a gelatinous cube.

MUWHAHAHAHAHA! The cube cometh!

I played a game once where the DM had kobolds in magic spheres inside gelatinous cubes. The spheres allowed them to 'ride and command' the cube like a mount.

 

[White Lightning]

Fantasy: Some sort of Giant Sea Monster.

Real: Some sort of Giant Sea Monster... what don't look at me like that, they're down there. I know it.

 

[RatRace123]

Real: Water Bear, because I would be essentially indestructible.

Fictional: Dragon, because, c'mon you're big, you can fly, and you often guard vast quantities of treasure or beautiful maidens.

 

[ace_of_something]

I would totally be a platypus in real life because those things are so freaking sweet..
As for a fictional animal I would be hydra or a unicorn.. If I were a unicorn I'd get all the human chicks for sure, but hydras are sooooo bad ass!

Typically Unicorns can only be seen by virgins. Just throwing that out there.

Real: Probably either some type of bigass eagle or a wolf

Fictional: Street Shark. How can you get more jawesome than that?

Oh my god that show. I actually knew a good chunk of the cast of that show as they were involved in my high school's drama program at the time.

 

[Darren716]

Real: Bear, you're at the top of the food chain and you get to sleep for 4 months straight
Fictional: Pegasus, because Rainbow Dash that is all

Spoiler

 

[freakymojo]

Fake: Crawmerax the invincible. come at me vault hunters.
real: an owl of some sort.

 

[Kyr Knightbane]

Real? Komodo Dragon. Yeah, a single bite from me poisons you and you die. Plus i can run hella fast and i am the biggest lizard

Fantasy? Deathclaw. Yeah, awesome sauce