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11 years ago
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Ok so I am sitting here with not much to do at work so I figured I would write a story about how I found the furry fandom!
I knew nothing about the fandom initially. I randomly came across it back in 2009 when I used to frequent a chat client/software called IMVU! Some of you may have heard of it, but it is a 3D chat program similar to second life. You interact with people all across the world with your 3D characters or "avatars." There are chat rooms dedicated for certain things, one of which including furries.
I awakened as a therian back in 2009, and it was around that time I also started to delve into the IMVU furry community. I was attempting to "find others like myself" and the furry fandom was the first group to fully accept me for, well me! They thought it was dope that I could randomly m-shift into a wolf and go "wolf mode." They all knew of my wolfish behaviors and quirks, and most of my friends on there loved me for it! They thought it added to my personality, and for the first time in a long time I felt accepted!
I had many online relationships back in the day. Most of which fell apart due to the distance and never being able to "see each other." And of course some people can hide behind a computer screen, and one person I dated long distance ended up also dating other people online. As soon as I found out that one went down the drain quickly, along with a perma block from my phone, FB, etc.
I later on found the therian community and was finally able to truly find others like myself and that had gone through similar experiences as me! But the furry fandom was where I was accepted first and foremost, and it is where I stay! They are the most loving and accepting group of people I have ever met!!! I hope to be in the fandom for years to come!
I slowly started finding out about FA, and I joined the site back in 2011! That is when I started looking more into the fursuiting aspect, and commissioned my first suit from
zrcalo back in 2011. Sadly the head did not work out but I salvaged the paws and feet to go with my partial for my new mask of snow from 
sharpe19! :3
I finally got her body suit made by
therealurubabe in May 2013, and got to go to Anthrocon in fullsuit! I went to 
furthemore before that in partial, fullsuited and partialed at AC, then got to go to furthemore this year and will get to go to Anthrocon again! I attended AC in 2012 with my ex at the time 
c-los but things did not go well and I hardly suited. I had a partial I got from 
eddie-ka that I later sold once I got Snow made properly!
The fandom is a hobby of mine, and a passion. But I am a therian at heart, and always will be. I can stop being "Pearl" or "Snow" if it really came down to it as far as the fandom itself is concerned, but I am still Snow at heart. I cannot take that part away from me. I have been Snow since I awoke as a therian in 2009. It is a part of me that I had hidden deep within me for years. That I pushed back and ignored. I always had wolfish traits but I ignored them. My full m-shift was back in 2009, and that is when I realized what I truly was inside. My soul is both human and wolf, at least that is how I perceive it! I feel like both, but I am a human, and I appreciate my life as a human! But I integrate my wolfish quirks into my fursona of "Snow" and when I run around in suit. I have had to change some of my behaviors when in suit. I bark more (more like a dog would) and act more giddy and happy than if I really acted as my theriotype. Otherwise I would be less verbal, more with whimpers, some howl-barks but mostly just quiet. Howling only when I feel I need to be heard or need to let out emotion. I act more dogish / like a wolf dog in suit than my actual theriotype is. The barking I normally do in suit is my attempts at making a character that goes with the suit.
I have one other character I made, Pearl, that I made as an ice angel dragon version of Snow. She is me almost as much as Snow is. I always loved dragons, and when I heard Telephone opened up the angel dragon group I jumped on it to make my own angel dragon version for myself! She is as close to me as Snow is. She moreso embodies my innocence and selflessness though moreso than Snow, where Snow is just "me." Her character is going to be happy, giddy, sweet and innocent, but energetic. She bursts into energy at random moments, but her silly cuteness makes you want to explode!
I also have a german shepherd husky mix I made that is somewhat partial to me, but she is a character I could get rid of if I ever had to. I love german shepherds and huskies, and I originally made myself a semi custom "fur" on IMVU of a german shepherd husky mix, which I later turned into a somewhat 3rd fursona for myself. She resembles the parts of me that feel "domesticated" due to having to live a life as a human, living in a home, and still retaining that canine like quality of myself. She also portrays the sassier parts of me. The sexier, sassy part of me I do not show much. :3 She is the more feminine qualities of me.
But anywho, figured I would write you guys my story. Hope ya enjoy!
I knew nothing about the fandom initially. I randomly came across it back in 2009 when I used to frequent a chat client/software called IMVU! Some of you may have heard of it, but it is a 3D chat program similar to second life. You interact with people all across the world with your 3D characters or "avatars." There are chat rooms dedicated for certain things, one of which including furries.
I awakened as a therian back in 2009, and it was around that time I also started to delve into the IMVU furry community. I was attempting to "find others like myself" and the furry fandom was the first group to fully accept me for, well me! They thought it was dope that I could randomly m-shift into a wolf and go "wolf mode." They all knew of my wolfish behaviors and quirks, and most of my friends on there loved me for it! They thought it added to my personality, and for the first time in a long time I felt accepted!
I had many online relationships back in the day. Most of which fell apart due to the distance and never being able to "see each other." And of course some people can hide behind a computer screen, and one person I dated long distance ended up also dating other people online. As soon as I found out that one went down the drain quickly, along with a perma block from my phone, FB, etc.
I later on found the therian community and was finally able to truly find others like myself and that had gone through similar experiences as me! But the furry fandom was where I was accepted first and foremost, and it is where I stay! They are the most loving and accepting group of people I have ever met!!! I hope to be in the fandom for years to come!
I slowly started finding out about FA, and I joined the site back in 2011! That is when I started looking more into the fursuiting aspect, and commissioned my first suit from
zrcalo back in 2011. Sadly the head did not work out but I salvaged the paws and feet to go with my partial for my new mask of snow from 
sharpe19! :3I finally got her body suit made by
therealurubabe in May 2013, and got to go to Anthrocon in fullsuit! I went to 
furthemore before that in partial, fullsuited and partialed at AC, then got to go to furthemore this year and will get to go to Anthrocon again! I attended AC in 2012 with my ex at the time 
c-los but things did not go well and I hardly suited. I had a partial I got from 
eddie-ka that I later sold once I got Snow made properly!The fandom is a hobby of mine, and a passion. But I am a therian at heart, and always will be. I can stop being "Pearl" or "Snow" if it really came down to it as far as the fandom itself is concerned, but I am still Snow at heart. I cannot take that part away from me. I have been Snow since I awoke as a therian in 2009. It is a part of me that I had hidden deep within me for years. That I pushed back and ignored. I always had wolfish traits but I ignored them. My full m-shift was back in 2009, and that is when I realized what I truly was inside. My soul is both human and wolf, at least that is how I perceive it! I feel like both, but I am a human, and I appreciate my life as a human! But I integrate my wolfish quirks into my fursona of "Snow" and when I run around in suit. I have had to change some of my behaviors when in suit. I bark more (more like a dog would) and act more giddy and happy than if I really acted as my theriotype. Otherwise I would be less verbal, more with whimpers, some howl-barks but mostly just quiet. Howling only when I feel I need to be heard or need to let out emotion. I act more dogish / like a wolf dog in suit than my actual theriotype is. The barking I normally do in suit is my attempts at making a character that goes with the suit.
I have one other character I made, Pearl, that I made as an ice angel dragon version of Snow. She is me almost as much as Snow is. I always loved dragons, and when I heard Telephone opened up the angel dragon group I jumped on it to make my own angel dragon version for myself! She is as close to me as Snow is. She moreso embodies my innocence and selflessness though moreso than Snow, where Snow is just "me." Her character is going to be happy, giddy, sweet and innocent, but energetic. She bursts into energy at random moments, but her silly cuteness makes you want to explode!
I also have a german shepherd husky mix I made that is somewhat partial to me, but she is a character I could get rid of if I ever had to. I love german shepherds and huskies, and I originally made myself a semi custom "fur" on IMVU of a german shepherd husky mix, which I later turned into a somewhat 3rd fursona for myself. She resembles the parts of me that feel "domesticated" due to having to live a life as a human, living in a home, and still retaining that canine like quality of myself. She also portrays the sassier parts of me. The sexier, sassy part of me I do not show much. :3 She is the more feminine qualities of me.
But anywho, figured I would write you guys my story. Hope ya enjoy!
You have a great suit too :D