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12 years ago
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So I thought it high time I actually started using my journal.
Beware, I'm massively opinionated, usually crass, and I argue because it's fun. If that doesn't appeal, I'm not apologising. As a corollary, I try to be insightful and speak my mind and heart at all times.
I am so very new to the furry scene, and I'm currently still slightly wide eyed about the whole thing.
My partner, K, has had a fursona since forever, and when I thought about it personally, I couldn't see myself with a fursona. There was never really a defined mental image for me of what an inner personality would look like.
And then someone posed the question to me, 'What kind of animal would you be?'
I saw myself as some sort of dog, but when they suggested a labrador or doberman, I couldn't see it.
Someone suggested a husky, but that wasn't right, either. I had given up hope of ever really relating to my partner and his furry side, because I couldn't find the right shape in my mind.
Then it clicked: Like a brush of fur on the side of my cheek, Cormac was born.
An Alaskan Malamute, huge, hopelessly happy and awkward, and endearingly friendly and open minded.
Cormac's a reflection of the side of me I never really got to share when I was getting my ass or heart kicked in highschool, but he soon became an integral part of me and my reality. I've never really gotten what a fursona brings, and now...
I get it.
Cormac isn't a representation of myself as an avatar - he's an aspect of me that has taken on shape and has a name. And he gets to be that without all of my baggage and fuckery. I get to be that through him.
I don't know if this is the same for everyone, but it's the experience I've had.
I'd love to know what other people have experienced or gained from their furry side.
Beware, I'm massively opinionated, usually crass, and I argue because it's fun. If that doesn't appeal, I'm not apologising. As a corollary, I try to be insightful and speak my mind and heart at all times.
I am so very new to the furry scene, and I'm currently still slightly wide eyed about the whole thing.
My partner, K, has had a fursona since forever, and when I thought about it personally, I couldn't see myself with a fursona. There was never really a defined mental image for me of what an inner personality would look like.
And then someone posed the question to me, 'What kind of animal would you be?'
I saw myself as some sort of dog, but when they suggested a labrador or doberman, I couldn't see it.
Someone suggested a husky, but that wasn't right, either. I had given up hope of ever really relating to my partner and his furry side, because I couldn't find the right shape in my mind.
Then it clicked: Like a brush of fur on the side of my cheek, Cormac was born.
An Alaskan Malamute, huge, hopelessly happy and awkward, and endearingly friendly and open minded.
Cormac's a reflection of the side of me I never really got to share when I was getting my ass or heart kicked in highschool, but he soon became an integral part of me and my reality. I've never really gotten what a fursona brings, and now...
I get it.
Cormac isn't a representation of myself as an avatar - he's an aspect of me that has taken on shape and has a name. And he gets to be that without all of my baggage and fuckery. I get to be that through him.
I don't know if this is the same for everyone, but it's the experience I've had.
I'd love to know what other people have experienced or gained from their furry side.
