"Is [character] meant to be [identity]?" can be a difficult question to answer to not because of authorial reticence, but because very often the real answer is "[character] is modelled after several people I know, some of whom might well be [identity], but if they are it's none of my damn business".
![A drawing by @raymoldy. An anthro creature is holding up a laptop and excitedly telling the viewer "check it out, I've simulated my own consciousness!"
On the laptop screen is an image of that creature screaming, accompanied by a popup box that says "Screaming [OK]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:iln2wm3y343rxqhqbidgwse3/bafkreifq55enkyqi4piflfgxvmem63gbmxj4zzamg4p3nymcrqykxtwmjm)
