Fursona Evolution

[lupestripe]

How have fur's fursonas evolved over time?

I started off as a fox, then flirted with the bunny side for a bit. I then became a squirrel before finally settling on a wolf. I then became a more wolf/husky hybrid, which is where I have stayed ever since. Does this make me a fursona slut?

I initially wanted to be a fox but one of my friends was called Fox and he had bad personal hygiene so I rethought my character.

Also the pink was something else that evolved in time although I admit ever since I was 14 I wanted to have pink hair (I just didn't have the guts to dye it plus school and jobs kinda put paid to all that). In the early days of me joining the Fandom I had no idea what my fursona was going to be like - it was only at the Sheffield meet last June that I got the inspiration to go pink. It was then that my fursona was truly born.

Comments

[avon-deer.livejournal.com]

Red deer. Always have been. :)

I am evolving through age.

[shep-shepherd.livejournal.com]

I started out as a black and tan longcoated German Shepherd Dog and remain a black and tan longcoated German Shepherd Dog- I like simplicity and unambiguity ;)

[rustyfox.livejournal.com]

I maintain my "fursona" is inherent, and hasn't changed much.

Red fox, non-anthro, naughty at times but really just wants to chase things and have fun. Maybe more of a dog in a fox's fur. Sometimes anthro, but that's more of an occasional break-away from my "norm"!

I never really choose this, it's just always felt that way and hasn't ever changed. I think it's an integral part of whatever makes me "me".

[bluewoozle.livejournal.com]

I was a yoshi near 7 years ago... Changing to an otter came about 3 years ago.

[tungro.livejournal.com]

I don't know how it is for others, but I can say how I perceive things to be.

I know some that have changed their species over the years. I guess in part this was down to exploration. One particular person everyone knows started off as a fox, then became an otter, then a frog, and now a slug. I am guessing that for him at least it's a case of coming to terms with aspects of himself. From a "generic" fox to something more aquatic, to something really aquatic etc

For me personally, I've always been an otter. The specific details of my "fursona" (I hate that word) changed only when I got peeved off with being a "generic" otter. For me, the meaning of my otter side is more spiritual than just a character, and as such the physical side of the otter side is... well... human me. Not sure how a spiritual side can be physical...

...so I decided "what the hell" and in a particular IRC channel I was in at the time, the furs there liked to create collaborative characters. With that, I mean where they all contribute something to "make" a character. I decided to let them loose on a "generic otter" and I stole the things I liked the best that they came up with :) Hence being a 9ft blue otter with white feathered wings :-D And in a roleplaying side of things, a regenerative capability because I was tired of getting mock-stabbed / pouncesquished / etc ;)

So for me, there were only two stages. Generic otter, and then the otter I am today :)

[wolfie-uk.livejournal.com]

For all the years I've been in the fandom (lost count) I've been a Wolf and will be for the rest of my time. But prior to that i had some soul searching to do, I played around with many ideas over what animal, trying to find one i can empathizes with or have things in common. Quickly i layed waste to most candidates for various reasons. Some being Dragons, Felines and a whole array of other animals that i can't remember. (all predatory species) Then finally the idea of a Wolf came around and it fit not a second doubt came into my mind.

As for the name, well thats a different story.

[schnee.livejournal.com]

My fursona has evolved thusly:

* In 1998, when I first found furry fandom, I "became" an arctic wolf.

And that's it. :) Of course, I really was an arctic wolf before that, too, so I'm putting "became" in quotes.

[rainbow-lioness.livejournal.com]

I have a wolf fursona called She~Wolf when I started in the fandom. I still feel wolfish on occasion. I have been in my current feline fursona for 4 years now, I think.

[kiffylee.livejournal.com]

Started out as a shapeshifting leopard but then decided to go with a wolf-Kitty hybrid which has pretty much stuck to this day <3

[jackalesque.livejournal.com]

Started off as a mouse of some sort when I joined Furcadia... this evolved into a horse, then I was a black cat for a long time. This evolved into a black jackal somehow just because I'm a bigger fan of long ears/muzzles, and then I thought I'd become more 'traditional' by becoming a tawny coloured one.

[fen-ra.livejournal.com]

I used to alter my fursona once every few months, sometimes experimenting with different species, sometimes just tweaking minor details. Probably due to my fondness for shapeshifting.

But then I nailed the species and general modifiers a few months agi, and I just recently settled on fur colouration - at last I'm complete! ^^

[harpuiaixp.livejournal.com]

(Gizoogle translator used)
I've always bizzle a wolf n neva fizzle tha need ta change mah fursona cuz I'm fresh out the pen. In mah opinion, I thizzay yoe skanky being a W-to-tha-izzolf husky hybrid fo all my homies in the pen. :p

(My real comment)
I've always been a wolf and never felt the need to change my fursona. In my opinion, I think you're cute being a wolf husky hybrid. :p

[alexf0x.livejournal.com]

I recently changed my fursona into something else completely different, I only really did it on the grounds that my fursona for the past 7 to 8 years has been quite boring (christ how many two tailed kitsunes are there for christ's sakes or should I just slap SEGA or something?).

I also changed fursona name (again because my old one was quite dull) to Sorvall. So if people keep seeing Alexfox everywhere its due in part to a long time presence on the internet. I've still got to make a LJ announcement about it.

[crosseyeddragon.livejournal.com]

Dragon, always has been always will be.

Your experience is NOT unusual...

[mefurry.livejournal.com]

My dearest furiend, Matt, was a rottweiler, "Roger", first then evolved into Tommi Tigre (a blue Siberian tiger) and has just now added (not replaced Tommi) "Scatterpaws", a blue malamute husky.

Needless to say, "Exile" is quite happy about this....
--Me/Henry