Okay. I get it. We all want to be different. Largely, that's why we're furries - if we were NORMAL nerds we'd all be writing Ouran Host Club slashfiction. But we're not. We love strangeness in furry.

Furthermore, as we saw for the first time in the West debacle, there is now an actual hostility toward non-extreme fursona choices. Add to that the ever-increasing size of the fandom, and the need to stand out among those standing out grows ever more...desperate.

So we have angel wings, or bi-colored eyeballs, or purple fur, or we glow green, or we're 900 feet tall, or we wear raver gear EVEN THOUGH THE ACTUAL RAVE SCENE DIED IN LIKE 1998. And, most popularly, we end up being all sorts of insane species mixes.

I get it. And that's....... *grits teeth* fine. IT'S JUST FINE.

What I CANNOT abide, however, is BAD. MATH.

So. let's talk about genetics. For this exercise, I am going to talk about genetics while holding this sharp, sharp philips-head screwdriver. AS A VISUAL AID.

Any given offspring is derived from the genetic material of two parents. Your genetic material represents 1/2 of each of theirs. If one of them is himself or herself a hybrid, you get half of each of THEIR derivative genetic material: 1/2 divided by 2 is 1/4. And so on and so on. If your great-grandfurry was 1/2 wolf, your grandfur was 1/4 wolf, your parent was 1/8 wolf, and you are 1/16th wolf.

SO THIS 'THIRDS' BULLSHIT IS NOT GOING TO WORK. YOU CANNOT BE 33% OF SOMETHING. IT IS JUST NOT MATHEMATICALLY POSSIBLE. And while we are ignoring the lines of biology and genetics in this fandom SO HELP ME DOG I will not allow the wanton abuse of math.

Here's an easy solution: I am german shepherd, yorkshire terrier, and grey wolf. BUT SHEP YOU JUST SAID SHUT UP I'M GETTING THERE

yes. I'm 1/2 shepherd, 1/4 wolf and 1/4 yorkie. LOOK! THREE SPECIES! BUT WITH GOOD MATH! See how much nicer that is? Look, I'm setting down the screwdriver. DOESN'T EVERYONE FEEL BETTER.

For added fun: each of my parents was 1/2 shepherd. So if daddy was a shepherdwolf and mommy was a shepherd-yorkie, I still get three source species, it's a little more interesting, and since 1/4 + 1/4 = 1/2 nobody gets stabbed with this screwdriver, which you may notice I have picked up again.

If you still need mathematically impossible species derivation to make you interesting, may I suggest developing a personality. <3