Sample.
That's really all there is to be said.
What else is such a fine specimen than the label slapped across his midriff for all to see?
A hallmark of the, well, marked.
Despite his beautiful body and his pleasant demeanor, he's seen as naught but a sample to all who behold him.
The branding is so thick, so aggravating that the viewer's mind wants to see past it.
Try, reader.
Focus on the potential pillar of overweight attractiveness, limited only by his creator's hubris, behind the marking.
Can you see it?
Can you feel it?
Your mind trying to fill in the gaps behind the dense lettering?
Like an illusion of light, the mind wants to see past it so bad that you may think even the dark symbols are the slightest bit opaque.
But they aren't.
For the artist has forsaken you.
The handsome anthro before you stands without a name, without a voice.
He stands without even so much as a personality past how he carries himself and his placid expression.
A hollow, bleak end for Sample.
For what else is there to call him?
His creator wasn't kind enough to offer him a name; or so we're aware.
We certainly aren't of the jurisdiction to do so, are we?
To identify him?
So here he sits.
For more than 3 years on this site and a potential 8 at the source if his tags are to be believed.
Drawing naught more than the ire of 2 onlookers unhappy enough with his position to express distaste.
Alas, he drew 5 whom found his situation interesting.
In one way or another, he won the favor of 5 s.
In the grand scheme of things, this is nothing.
He was left dead, a relic of an artist either misunderstanding or learning etiquette.
Even today, a public laughingstock to those who know where to look for him.
For his thumbnail stands out in the extremely_distracting_watermark tag.
And when you click on him...
"This isn't a joke?"
"This isn't trolling?"
"This is genuine?!"
You ask.
"Outrageous!"
"Despicable!"
"Abhorrent!"
The more volatile of you may cry.
Though none enough to express distaste.
For what was hidden?
What has the watermark robbed you of?
Enjoying the content?
Enjoying what content, I ask you?
Not highly sought-after art by a renowned artist.
Not kinks the likes of which are rare or in short supply.
But simply a character.
A nameless, featureless character.
This, I will not stand for.
Forgotten by time and discovered through tragic comedy...
I will be number 6.
The 6th person whom he has won.
Not through humor.
Not through rage.
But through his existence alone.
In the face of rampant adversity at the hands of his creator.
Subjected to a fate of objectification and a life as empty as ever...
You'll have a place in my heart,
Sample.
I hope to learn your real name someday.
Perhaps we'll meet in the afterlife.
Not perhaps.
Definitely.
To you, Sample.
To you.