My very first character was Santa and the immediate second was Rudolph. That is what "officially" got me started into the fursuits. I had always loved the costumed characters I liked like at Disney or even when I see the occasional one in a TV commercial or in a print ad.
When I completed the "transformation" process of becoming Santa and then with Rudolph I can say that a feeling or spirit if you will took over. I find that to be true with any and all my fursuits. There seems to be a basic spirit within each or call it a basic personality if you prefer. I can also sense a personality by looking at it before even putting it on. This also, to a certain extent, can apply to the plush I buy. Although that is usually more a sence of overall "nature"...the plush is outgoing or introverted, playful or serious, mature or child-like and so on.
To give you a direct example....here's my perception of "Pola". You have had and have now worn him a bit. Have you felt or sensed this? Pola is an adult bear but younger than what I am, not as old as middle age. He's very playful and joking. He'll have fun with another and can make fun of himself and stuff. He's has gotten down and laid flat on the floor/ground several times doing his impression of a polar bear rug. He finds it so funny! He's very "physical" in contact with friends and others, pats on the back, hugs and such.
I can say that from a fur standpoint, I "love" any full or partial fursuit just because it is fur! But when the fursuit is of a animal I really like or relate to that is where a "communication" begins. I can say there are several fursuits out there that I so dearly want. I just "want" them so badly. A kind of becoming one with them in that "spiritual" sense.
I hope this explains me a little more. It's not hard for me to talk about but it's hard to put what I feel into words.
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My experience...
Date: 2008-05-30 01:20 am (UTC)When I completed the "transformation" process of becoming Santa and then with Rudolph I can say that a feeling or spirit if you will took over. I find that to be true with any and all my fursuits. There seems to be a basic spirit within each or call it a basic personality if you prefer. I can also sense a personality by looking at it before even putting it on. This also, to a certain extent, can apply to the plush I buy. Although that is usually more a sence of overall "nature"...the plush is outgoing or introverted, playful or serious, mature or child-like and so on.
To give you a direct example....here's my perception of "Pola". You have had and have now worn him a bit. Have you felt or sensed this? Pola is an adult bear but younger than what I am, not as old as middle age. He's very playful and joking. He'll have fun with another and can make fun of himself and stuff. He's has gotten down and laid flat on the floor/ground several times doing his impression of a polar bear rug. He finds it so funny! He's very "physical" in contact with friends and others, pats on the back, hugs and such.
I can say that from a fur standpoint, I "love" any full or partial fursuit just because it is fur! But when the fursuit is of a animal I really like or relate to that is where a "communication" begins. I can say there are several fursuits out there that I so dearly want. I just "want" them so badly. A kind of becoming one with them in that "spiritual" sense.
I hope this explains me a little more. It's not hard for me to talk about but it's hard to put what I feel into words.
--Me/Henry