>>57033089It's all good, anon. From the sounds of it, you deserve nothing less. Get out there and be the samurai sea lion of your dreams. Dunno if that in your case means writing about it, finding like-minded individuals to roleplay it, getting some art commissioned, playing a run of Super Mystery Dungeon as an Oshawott, or just remaining content to dream about it, but there are as you can see plenty of options.
This is less a pro-tip and more just my opinion, but if you decide to go the PokeOC/Pokesona route, I find it's best to do the bare minimum needed to distinguish your character from a generic member of the species, usually through the character wearing accessories or through small design changes/imperfections to the 'mon itself. See examples like Absol OCs often having cracked horns, or pic related.
>>57033196Not sure I deserve such high-praise - I just try to find the intersection of kindness and logic and go from there, is all. Still, much obliged, anon.