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Is your character an extension of yourself? (Reply)
12 years ago
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Ahh, I've never had a journal entry with so many comments and opinions, though I guess it was expected since it's a pretty big topic for a lot of people.
I managed to read all of the comments left here and they really did open my eye to the idea. I can't explain it myself and why I seem to have an uncommon opinion about it, but I definitely understand it better.
I made Orion back when I was only 13 years old. (I guess that means Orion's 10th birthday is close, haha) but I never made him to be a part of me. Some of his personality traits are loosely based off of my own, but I wouldn't consider Orion to be an extension of myself. To me, he's just a character, but he's a character that I created and spent many years thinking about and putting thought into. I have an attachment to him, in that sense.
And about the names, I don't necessarily have a problem with anyone calling me Orion. I just feel like if I get to be pretty good friends with you, it'd be more personal, so I'd be comfortable being called by my actual name. It seems like a lot of people here don't actually like their real names. It's opposite for me, I love my name to death! I'd definitely prefer being called by my actual name, but I'm not against being called something else if it' easier to remember or if I'm at some kind of furry event. Very understanble.
I really appreciate all the comments though, it was great seeing so many views on the subject!
I managed to read all of the comments left here and they really did open my eye to the idea. I can't explain it myself and why I seem to have an uncommon opinion about it, but I definitely understand it better.
I made Orion back when I was only 13 years old. (I guess that means Orion's 10th birthday is close, haha) but I never made him to be a part of me. Some of his personality traits are loosely based off of my own, but I wouldn't consider Orion to be an extension of myself. To me, he's just a character, but he's a character that I created and spent many years thinking about and putting thought into. I have an attachment to him, in that sense.
And about the names, I don't necessarily have a problem with anyone calling me Orion. I just feel like if I get to be pretty good friends with you, it'd be more personal, so I'd be comfortable being called by my actual name. It seems like a lot of people here don't actually like their real names. It's opposite for me, I love my name to death! I'd definitely prefer being called by my actual name, but I'm not against being called something else if it' easier to remember or if I'm at some kind of furry event. Very understanble.
I really appreciate all the comments though, it was great seeing so many views on the subject!
As for my character, yes he is loosely based on me, mostly in personality. I have to put some of myself in a character to be able to relate and write for them. Else, they're just... there.
You know what. I was just thinking the same exact thing today.
MY character was drawn by somebody else on Christmas Day. Now that I'm more suited into the art/furry business side of things, I thought of making a dual personality; the same character with the same traits, and another character similar to me, but with an emphasis on certain other emotional aspects. Both would be part-extensions of myself, but the reason why I'm thinking what I think is because I'm also attached to my cat in the way that you're attached to Orion (loosely based off me and stuff like that).
I'm wondering if that's the signs that I'm growing the seeds of insanity :V
Ehhh yeah but seriously having multiple personalities is a hit-or-miss thing since it takes some explaining to do for the casual eye :V
I have two fursonas, Fin is me (minus hody type and looks lol) but Ai consider him a part of me and I consider him me. Julia is the female prsonification of myself, she is my feminine side. I consider her to be what I see myself as female wise (body type at least...yay for multiple gender identities xD)
My characters however simply represent an idea, interest, or kink that I have and love
As far as the extent irl....my friends all call me Fin, those that know I have a female side also call me Julie or Julia. Even my coworkers call me Fin xP.
I based my 'sona on things I like, traits I like, appearances that I like, and when I write anything involving my 'sona I always portray the same sort of personality I have. About the only difference in the portrayal of my 'sona compared to just me would be the allowances for the different body. But even the things like body language and habits are traits I find nifty and appropriate for a species like the one I've created.
As for what I identify with in person I have no preference to what people call me, but like you if I were to consider you a friend in and out of the fandom I would like to address you by your real name.
But yeah, I really understand how do you feel when you have a character that everyone else think it´s a representation of you, in other words, a "fursona". Same thing is happening to me, I do like to draw my characters, especially my Orion, not because he´sconsidered an extension of myself, he´s just a character for a story of mine.
As for the last thing you just mentioned about people disliking their own name or not, I didn´t think in that possibility. I just though that people who insist in calling them as their character´s name or their accounts are for sticking with the rp thing or for "insecurity" by telling their real name to people that they don´t know at all.
People can choose what they want for their own, but you´re free to express of what you want about subjects like this. So good one Orion (Heh, I prefer more calling you by your name XD but as far as I know, I can just call you Orion)
When I’m with furries, I prefer to be called Tyins rather than my real name. It just feels awkward to me to hear my real name when I’m hanging out with furs. A group of really close fur friends and I didn’t even learn each other’s real names until months after we hung out together and it’s still so awkward to call them buy those names. It’s even more awkward when we’re in a setting where we need to call each other by our real names and we slip… hah
Also I'd rather be called by my actual name when hanging out with furries because 1) I've heard some impressive butcherings of "Schizo" 2) That's also a mental condition 3) I do have a real name.
my sona is actually very closely tied to me. The only part that didnt have a ton of thought being the species, that was just a "omg samoyeds are so cute!". but everything else is heavily symbolic of things that have been done to me or traits that i myself have. Nobody really gives a second thought to the four diamonds located on my sona because they are supposed to be artistically appealing and flow with the overall design, but the placement and even the subtle differences between the diamonds have a looong ass story that i would never even waste my time posting anywhere xD
I made my character not quite as an extension of myself, but more so as a personality I aspire to become (if that makes sense). Being totaly care-free, giving and forgiving, and generally always trying to help out and put positive energy unto the world.
As for names, mine was based on what I was gonna call this webcomic I had satrted at the time with my 'sona and a few other characters of mine. No other personal connection tbh, but people started calling me Moku, and it stuck (and I dig it..!). There was a time where an FA friend was in need of housing for a couple days so I invited him to stay over, and it was hard for him to start calling me by my real name instead of Moku :P Even though we've chatted a bunch, we never thought to reveal our real names :x
Eventually she was simplified and became more of a blank canvas that I could impose on... but she was never really an extension of me as she seems to have developed her own personality over time. She's still purple.
Although if around furries I do prefer to be called "Aardy" rather than my actual name.