So, this question has been brought up once before, but I wanted to see what you guys wanted to say about it.

The Question:
What does fursuiting mean to you? Do you own one just because others have one? What does it mean to you to own your fursuit of your 'sona (if applicable) and do you get into another mental state when you wear it (some people say they change into something else, some people don't)?

My Thoughts:
Fursuiting, to me, is a form of expression that entails a lot of different aspects. It's a form of acting, in that you wear something and act out something else entirely. I made mine personally, because for one major point that I didn't want to spend 1k on a fursuit that can be made with my own bare hand. I also made my fursona, so that I can be able to say to others that he exists and comes out every once in a while. My fursona is playful and shy and having my fursuit allows me to tap into those emotions and be expressive of who he is. Since he is a depiction of who I am in real life, I try to project myself through the character and when you go to hug him or say hi to him, that's me as a person.

I appreciate and applaud those who take on an entirely different personality. It takes a lot to mentally switch while in a costume. I see the person's fursuit as not just something else entirely, but as the projection of themselves. The one's who don't interact with other people and just stand there to get pictures since their suit was made by someone like Scribbles or MadeFurYou (not hating, just enhancing a point), I will refuse to interact with them and try to have fun. They are the people that I see that got the suit to try and get popular. With people like me who will run around first day and use props (i.e. My Squeaky Steak Chew Toy) to entice other furs to look the other way and put a smile on other people, that's who I'll chat with. You depict yourself as a fun individual and thus, I would love to talk to. It's sad though, because some of those people get so wrapped up in the con-goings that I say hi once in the headless lounge and poof, I don't see them again.

I try hard to interact with others and play around and it's very easy in a fursuit for me to do so, because people look at you all the time. I've also noticed that fursuits that are puppy-ish or even toon-ish will get noticed moreso than the realistic fursuits.

One last thing, I've also noticed, for someone like me, that it's a little harder each time to fursuit. Like, to mentally prepare myself to fursuit is more of a challenge more-so now than ever before. For instance, I'll want to suit up and play around, but then I don't either because of not enough people, no motivation to, or just plain tired.

Those are my thoughts, what about you guys?