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So, ah, this is a post I've been meaning to make for a few months now but kept getting scared and putting it off.
Scared? Why? I don't know, most people already know about it, or are open minded about it.
But over the past 5 or so years I've been coming to terms with my gender identity & sexuality and things are finally clicking into place.
I'm Agender. I am not male, I am not female, I'm neither. I use neutral pronouns like they/them/their.
I never felt comfortable with myself as a kid. I was so scared of having to grow up and fill a role I didn't feel comfortable with, didn't identify with. But I didn't think there were other options for me, and I'm so thankful to know now that I don't have to fit into society's standards of what a man or a woman is.
I can just exist as myself.
So that brings me back to my fursona, and my identity here within the fandom.
"Vio", as it is now, is a character I created when I was 16, and a name I've been using for myself since I was even younger, 12 or so.
I've changed and grown a lot since then, and it's only natural that something I created so long ago is not quite as accurate a representation of myself as it once was.
Why not just change Vio up to fit you now? I thought about it, but I love Vio how they are now, I wouldn't change a thing on them. The forked tongue, the blue accents, the pouch, all the quirks, I love it and wouldn't ever want to change it. But it just doesn't fit me the same way it once did.
Vio's not going anywhere! They'll always be my baby, my artistic muse, my beautiful creation.
But Nico is so much more "me". Based off my real-life appearance and attitude. I really enjoy the simplicity the design brings. I've felt like I've really been able to express myself through them.
Nico is a name quite personal to me. It's Italian (like me), it means victory, something I can relate to through all of my struggles. It's a name I recall being jealous of as a kid. It just "fits" me. It works. It feels right.
I just felt like I had to get all of this off my chest.
So... Hi. My name is Nico. It's nice to meet you.
Scared? Why? I don't know, most people already know about it, or are open minded about it.
But over the past 5 or so years I've been coming to terms with my gender identity & sexuality and things are finally clicking into place.
I'm Agender. I am not male, I am not female, I'm neither. I use neutral pronouns like they/them/their.
I never felt comfortable with myself as a kid. I was so scared of having to grow up and fill a role I didn't feel comfortable with, didn't identify with. But I didn't think there were other options for me, and I'm so thankful to know now that I don't have to fit into society's standards of what a man or a woman is.
I can just exist as myself.
So that brings me back to my fursona, and my identity here within the fandom.
"Vio", as it is now, is a character I created when I was 16, and a name I've been using for myself since I was even younger, 12 or so.
I've changed and grown a lot since then, and it's only natural that something I created so long ago is not quite as accurate a representation of myself as it once was.
Why not just change Vio up to fit you now? I thought about it, but I love Vio how they are now, I wouldn't change a thing on them. The forked tongue, the blue accents, the pouch, all the quirks, I love it and wouldn't ever want to change it. But it just doesn't fit me the same way it once did.
Vio's not going anywhere! They'll always be my baby, my artistic muse, my beautiful creation.
But Nico is so much more "me". Based off my real-life appearance and attitude. I really enjoy the simplicity the design brings. I've felt like I've really been able to express myself through them.
Nico is a name quite personal to me. It's Italian (like me), it means victory, something I can relate to through all of my struggles. It's a name I recall being jealous of as a kid. It just "fits" me. It works. It feels right.
I just felt like I had to get all of this off my chest.
So... Hi. My name is Nico. It's nice to meet you.
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Congrats on discovering yourself <3 I'm sorta the same my gender identity is androgynous (feeling between male/female, but I lean more on masculine). I too have been working to change my fursona, funny because my little lion has wings too ahaha <3 figuring out your identity is such a free feeling!
Aaaw Nico is so pretty!
I understand how it is, my fursona has changed a bit over the years as well. I used to depict her, more often then not, with a more lady-like body which just isn't me. But as I became more comfortable with myself and even my therianthropy, I've drawn her with a more genderless body and more feral. I use she pronouns mostly, but she either dresses really girly or really boyish, so a bit-gender fluid in that area like me.
I understand how it is, my fursona has changed a bit over the years as well. I used to depict her, more often then not, with a more lady-like body which just isn't me. But as I became more comfortable with myself and even my therianthropy, I've drawn her with a more genderless body and more feral. I use she pronouns mostly, but she either dresses really girly or really boyish, so a bit-gender fluid in that area like me.
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