Week 71! (Patreon)

Ashley's hobby of plushie-making has also been more central to her character and the comic at large than Kale's or Bruce's, but not quite so much as Campy's. It was the central "thing" that Eve and Gus focused upon when trying to win over Ashley in Arc 11, and it's come up now and then in other places as well.

I'm not entirely sure when I thought up the idea of giving Ashley this skill and interest. I know that when I revamped her for the New Canon, I came up with the notion that Ashley collected plushies, but her actually making them might've just been a spontaneous addition for the punchline of a certain random comic somewhere. The idea in general of her being into cute plush toys, as well as having a general secret enjoyment of being more feminine and "girly" in private with her pink room and dresses and so forth, was to add depth to her outward behavior and mindset I suppose. It seemed natural to have a person who usually acts in a dominating and forward manner in public to also enjoy partaking in softer and less abrasive activities and behaviors in private (although she turned out to be less private about the plushie-making than originally planned, I think). It adds more layers to Ashley than just being a bossy and brash sort.