mine's like yours; if i were a bear, tht's just, how i would be. but yeah, some people seem to use it to show who they want to be, or how they view themselves.. frankly i find that a bit disconcerting

Really, the only way I view the character is by just using it as an avatar for me, it's not different than me, or really its own character, its just a representation, like if you draw a chibi version of yourself, you're not really 3 feet tall with eyes are big as plates, but its still supposed to be a representation.

They're just avatars, otherwise, if you REALLY think its you, then you've lost touch with reality completely.

Furry is no more than a fandom to me. I use the furry fandom as an outlet for my different and sometimes dirty literature.

My being a tiger is a bit more personal than just an animal I admire, but it's not my inner self. It's just an animal that has been kind of...just THERE in my life.

My character isn't an image of my inner-self, but more of a reflection of who i am...does that make sense? I dont believe i was some Dragon in a past life, nor do i believe i am a Dragon trapped in a human form...It's more like, I find my self showing Dragon like characteristics. Nothing weird or strange, just things like i eat really fast and kind of scarf down my meal. Other things to of course.

My Fursona is how I express my Ego, Id and Super Ego, through Ewn, Howard and Rachel Respectively. ^.^ Some metaphorical, psychological battle between wants, usually when I try to make a decision I imagine what they would say or attempt to do, so it's a handy and fun way to decide on what breakfast I want to have. (Although one of them is a Flesh-eatting Robot so... yeah. >.>)

I think being a furry..

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It's a label! Whaaat is a label?
It's defines something. In this case, a personal label, or a label about a person that is. (Usually, I guess!)

After that point it's up to the person themselves how powerful a label is :U
Is a label something you live or is a label a facet of you? Or something else, if you care for it to be?

Labels are facets for me!

I carry a furry label, but I'm still Jeshua above all, just as I carry the labels neckbeard, or the attribute of having hazel eyes.
(Which is from birth, and having a neckbeard is not nor is uh 'being a furry', but regardless none of them define me.)

As for that label, I put it there! And so it means what I want!
In this case, I have a furry label because I created a character, for personal brain stimulation and entertainment in general, because I have lots of free time and I thought it was fun. Still do.

I like it to share attributes of me (height, weight, eye color) and yet have it's own (uh, not human?) so that it is unique, as well as serve as an icon to convey abstract ideas.


WUOAH I TALK TOO MUCH

you made it so simple <3

I agree with Sadnessdragon

My Fursona is partly who I am on the inside and partly who I am to people I know, but have to hide bits of myself from for fear of being ridiculed. It's a way to express myself without having to explain everything or be ashamed. It's also an outlet for things I would never do in in real life.

I chose that particular animal because I seem to identify best with wolves. I carry some of the same characteristics.

Plus, it's fun!!

I like to see them as a representation, like the character you play from a game, or in a RPG.
But I also feel mines more like how I WANT to be, how I would see my self, his personality, confidence ect. Alot of which I lack. so it gose to him.

Just so happens hes a raptor, a dionsaur I like and admire.

Why, yes, I really am a level-63 wizard with melee ability!

Funny how other fandoms are just weird while ours is freaky.

It means that I enjoy anthropomorphic media...can't really say much else than that. Like, Papi is pretty much me, but a fantasy-version where half human and half animal people exist. It's something I enjoy in an imaginative sense, not something I try to ascribe to reality. I don't believe I'm channeling a "fox spirit" or that my avatar is "really me on the inside".

Now, I think some people jump the gun with assuming that every person that talks about "inner animals" and "true representations of self" is a moron: you still have to allow for animist religions. I.E.: I know a guy who's a Native American shamanism practitioner. He believes in spirit animals and the like, and though people like him are more than admittedly in the minority, it's important to not disrespect their beliefs,.

I just like pinups and smut. I also read Usagi Yojimbo comics, and used to read small-press / underground stuff like Space Beaver or Critters or Albedo or Omaha back when that sort of thing still existed. It seems like "lifestyling" was way less prominent back when I joined the fandom.

Mine just represents myself in an anthropomorphic fox manner. It's just my hilarious voice put to paper.

Well now, I just use mine as a little avatar. It's just to represent me online. But, I didn't want to make something like a wolf/fox/dragon/zombie/demon or something like that.

I'm into martial arts, so is my fursona. I have glasses, he has an eye-patch. I sort of... limited him to my limitations and abilities I guess, but I certainly don't walk around thinking I'm a coyote ninja. That would be a little weird.

I consider myself a furry because (1) I like clean animal/anthropomorphic media and (2) I appreciate the sense of community that comes with the fandom.

My 'sona is really just a way for me to represent myself to the furry world. She's how I draw myself. Her scruffy fur is based on my frizzy hair, her body is shaped like mine, she wears my exact wardrobe, her personality is my own... She's just what I'd be if I weren't human, I guess. She's definitely not an "inner animal" for me; I understand myself to be fully human, and besides, I'm sure there's some other animal besides a lion that would "fit" my personality better. Heh.

That said, I do tend to walk on my toes often, and occasionally I fight back an urge to drop on all fours. It's just so fun to identify with the animal kingdom sometimes!