Hey everyone!

It's been almost a year since I've been on FA, how is everyone doing?

Lately, I've been looking back on my four years in the fandom, and I've been thinking about what it means to me - what being a furry means to me. I discovered the fandom back in my freshmen year of high school, when I was moving towns and schools, and the fandom was sort of there for me when during that time. But over my four years in HS, it never clicked; I never considered myself a part of the fandom, just more of a spectator. I mean even my fursona wasn't what I wanted it to truly be. So as a result, I wasn't really in it for the long haul, I just sort of floated in and out of it, that is until just recently. You could say I “found” the fandom again. I think my issue was I’m a very introverted person and I lived in the middle of wheat fields and cattle ranches, and I just felt distant from the fandom. But then I got to college and discovered the fandom again. And this time, it clicked. I can't really explain it, it just happened. I think I just needed to give the whole thing some time.

Along with not really connecting with the fandom in general, I didn’t really feel happy with my fursona. A couple of years ago, I changed his design and name, but even then I wasn’t happy with Skylyr. He never felt like a representation of me. So I sat down and really thought about what I wanted my fursona to be, and I made some changes. Actually, a lot of changes. First off, I decided to change my name from Skylyr to Soren. Soren has always been a name I’ve loved, even growing up, and I figured it’d be fitting since it’s Scandinavian and my entire family hails from there. I also dropped the dragon part, so now I’m just a fox. Other than that, I just changed the over design somewhat. I’ll be posting a new ref sheet soon!

So yeah, with that being said, I'm still here! I apologize for being so distant, I just had to figure some stuff out. I’ll still be on FA, but I also made a twitter and am planning on being much more active on that.

I hope you all are doing well! Don't forgot to follow me on twitter!
https://twitter.com/Soren_Fox