There are two main ways I see going about it.

1) Have two fursonas. I do, though they are for the two sides of my personality; one's a dom, one's subby. Other people have multiples for various reasons.

2) Accept that he's just a character you wish you were and enjoy 'playing' at being in the suit.

3) Do a real change and accept that he'll change in ways to become more like you are.

My thoughts on it.

This is really tough because through out the past few years I have been trying to find my fursona. Developing your fursona is alot developing your inner most self. Your fursona has to become you, a part of you. Most people do different fursonas for different characters of theirs. I only have one fursona that reflect myself. To give you a little bit of infor on my fursona it has gone through several changes.

At first it start of as a rabbit, it was a developing stage for me. I always had a affinity for rabbits, I felt close to them but overtime as I changed I knew It didn't me. I have always loved canadian lynxs as well, I researched them, got to know their habits. I tried my fursona as a canadian lynx for a long time. Thats until I talked with a grey muzzle about the fandom and what it means to them. I had a long, very long discussion with them about my flaws, my strengths, how quirky and odd my personality can be at times. The grey muzzle I spoke with told me that I was closer to my fursona than I imagined.

He sat there and explained to me about the "fursonas" we try to create and then the "fursonas" we are naturally. After I gave him alot of information about myself he describe out his fursona and the reason he felt close to it, since him and his fursona was one in the same. Thats when I came to realize that my fursona was a wolf, the way I move, the way I act, the way I handle things "naturally" My true self was that of a wolf. Many people over time develop themselves into something more. We learn, we adapt, we evolve. In order to figure how you are going to develop into your fursona, you must figure out your true self. It's a soul searching quest and I still got aways to go but Im glad I finally found my basis, my true self.

Well that was certainly helpful my friend and I thank you for your comment. I do know however what my animal fursona is, like you I am a wolf. However this problem is deciding which wolf. The one I want to be or the one I have. Let me delve a bit deeper.

The current fursona I have right now is almost akin to a god. Hes immortal, power-hungry, can control reality with a thought yada yada yada. Yes there is a back story but its a long one and not really relevant in this matter. Suffice to say that he is what I want to be. I have been known to be a evil, conniving backstabbing bastard at times and the people who know me will attribute those attributes to me. Does this mean that I don't do good, of course not though don't tell anyone that I've had this fursona for years and hes had some revisions but nothing groundbreaking.

This new char. of mine, Cryo, really does not match my personality that much. Yes there are traits to him that I can identify with. Hes a soldier, like me. He's vulnerable like all of us and not a god. He tried to do the right thing when he can. Hes caring about others and wants to help out when he can.

I think I just came apon the answer to my question but if I had to hazard a guess...Cryo is the Yin to my Yang. But in my eyes, I cannot have two fursona's and have to have one or the other. Is this a limitation im putting on me or am I actually making some lick of sense?

Also with the name. My friends (furry) all call me by Corvin, my original fursona. That is the side of me they usually see. Cryo is new and no one calls me by that, at least not yet I'm sure. I'm just so torn between the two.

You have to keep in mind, why do we develop characters seperate away from ourselves? When roleplaying, art, movies, stories...etc...What most people do is make an all new entity altogether. As for myself when I do some sort of background or story, completely fictional with little bits and pieces of me added in there to many different characters. But when it's reversed and I want to develop myself and my fursona I can only have one identity. Consider having one fursona as a hub, this is where you act like a sponge and contain everything you are, everything you experienced, and everything you have yet to become.

Simple enough alot of people develop their characters onto a elobrate stage of existance, but then you have those whose fursona's reflect who there are, same life story, same personality traits. Their fursona is who they are. Someone asked me why I call my fursona "Ghasthowler" if it's not a seperate entity, why don't I just use my real name? Ghasthowler is the name I use to identify the "furry" side of me, it's not seperate like most would think.



For instance here is a small description of my character

My fursona is named Ghasthowler, he is an anthro grey wolf. He often appears to have tribal markings all throughout his fur, they serve as a reminder of his true self. Sometimes he wears clothes then sometimes he wears just a loin cloth. He is laid back, but he usually seems to know more about whats going on than he lets on. He has his serious moments but he is easy to get along with.

Mature in his ways he is a tactical individual, he has his strengths and weaknesses. He has some hidden scars within his fur which is tinted dark charcoal, grey and eventually fading into a off white color and even deeper scars in his soul but they don't rule his way of going about things. His face often gives off carefree and dumbfounded outlook on things. His eyes shine yellow as they pierce ones soul, normally when someone talks to him he ends up being a great listener. He also likes being petted, often affectionate with his friends.

He stands around 5'7" having a medium build weighing in about 175 pounds, with a small belly on him because for some reason his friends use him for a pillow which he doesn't mind. Quick and agile, which make up for his size being the runt of his family. For having such a rough exterior, he is often mistaken for being feminine in some ways. Being embarrassed by his closest friends often due to the fact when he bends over his butt has a heart shaped look to it.

Over all that is how I am, the tribal markings, loincloths etc...are all the things that I like irl. As for his background, my story is very similar to his in a different setting.

There are instances where people have "alts" as their extra fursonas.
Maybe not one matches your personality, but all of them may share just one, if not two, of your traits.

There are a variety of ways to fix this.

One is that it is in fact the same one only one is a more powerful or ultimate version of the other. An example would be like Wargreymon is the same as Agumon only more powerful and evolved.

Another is that there are different versions of the character to represent the Psyche of someone. An example is the character The Mask where one is normal but the other is an extreme version of the Psyche and is god like.

Another is The same character in alternate dimensions. An example is the character Jet Li played in the movie The One where different worlds have different versions of the same man. Or you can alternate the profile and personality of the character to more represent you.

I learned in a book called the Japanese Manga Comic Matrix that it is best to make a character that has as much flaws as it does strengths. A perfect character is not as interesting as one that is perfect in everyway.

My fursona is an eagle but is afraid of heights. LOL.

Simply make a matrix of personalities that are positive and not positive that you are interested in and make a random pick of it in some way and do this several times. Take the average and you should make a character off of that. Another is to pick one thing that your fursona desires the most that is your greatest desire and make a character off of that as well. Do one or both but at least make it based off of a great desire and then add personality traits to it that makes it easy and difficult to attain. Like Naruto's greatest desire is to be successful at being needed by being Hokage. His traits are easy at making friends and high energy. Plus he is a complete idiot and lacks patience. Just try it. It is not as hard as one thinks.

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