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I was like, 90% sure that if I did make Grace PHM in frankenplush form, I would use either a fox or a golden retriever as the base for him.

Then I was going through my box of rodent UnMades (donor plushies bought specifically so I can make chimeras out of them) to find mice for a different project, and boom, here's this hamster giving off Ryland Grace vibes all over the place.

I gave him his book-canon arm and neck burns on his left side along with Rocky's three fingered claw imprint on his right arm. I had to take off the original hamster arm on the left and replace it with a less fiddly teddy bear one so I could sew the "burn scar" fabric over it (it's from a Happy Meal Welsh Dragon toy). I went a bit too ham on that side and the scar is well up over his face and scalp, but on reflection I liked how it looked so I decided to keep it.

His dirty blonde hair is the tail from a Glider the Prehistoric Bird beanie baby left over from an earlier project.

I've really been enjoying fanon's various takes on Angel!Grace so I gave him multiple sets of wings and added buttons in corresponding colours to represent additional eyes.

I initially toyed with shouting out the Good Luck Blanket design in my frankentoy, but there was really no way I could do it justice and tbh I think it would look busy and cluttered on such a small plushie. So instead I picked colours that we see Grace it a lot during the film and used buttons to echo / reinforce that.

I still need to give him some glasses - I dont think I have any bespectacled donor plushies besides the one I used for Tiny Chef, so I might try twisting a couple of paperclips into spectacle shape and see if those work!

(Simon heard Grace was super into rocks so he decided to show off some cool stones we found on our latest trip to the beach)