A very furry question

[Runemist34]

I'm especially fond of sugar and cream in my tea, actually.

If I understand your meaning, you're saying that shapeshifting is unnatural, and thus should not exist, yes? So, what about people who have Gryphon fursonas, or other hybrids? Or even people who have Pokemon and Digimon fursonas? Are we saying they don't exist and thus cannot have that fursona either?
I, personally, am not especially fond of some ideas in the fur fandom, but I don't ever tell people they cannot exist. That's rather hypocritical, don't you think? Gee, in my mind, I can be an anthropomorphic _______, but you can't be an anthropomorphic something else? Both of them don't exist, as we do not actually have anthropomorphic species on this planet. I see it as the same, and agree with the others...it's all about creativity.
That's why we're all here, is to be creative and put ourselves out there however we choose to.

[Xen Garden]

Much respect for you man. If this site worked like a site I go on called GenXGlow, I'd press the respect button for what you just posted.

Also I concider my character as more of a "demonic spirit" than a "species".

[Vanilla Skunk]

I didn't say it is wrong to be creative.

But, here's another can of worms.

There are a whole lot of furries, like 70% or more, that believe they are what they create.

A cat re-incarnated after death as a human.

You can't do that with a digimon. :P

[Runemist34]

I suppose that depends on how you view creativity, and how it happens/where it comes from/what happens after it's done.

That rather aside, this was more asking for opinions on a particular dilemma, than having a huge existential debate on whether furs are "allowed" to be something "made up" or indeed mythological.

If your intention was to say that I should be a Snow leopard and try to be satisfied with that, then I respect your opinion.

[Vanilla Skunk]

Well on that note, You can stick to the snowmeow, by all means.

If you want to be a hybrid, by all means go ahead, but those are the consequences.

How's that?

Imagine how difficult it would be for the artist drawing your hybrid species... but if you can pull it off, Awesome. :3

[Runemist34]

Yes, I imagine it would be pretty difficult to draw that kind of hybrid! :birdy:

[Vanilla Skunk]

Thus, if you want to be a hybrid, it may be a good idea to design it well.

Make the design, set up your own custom colour scheme, 'cause we gotta look at your butt ugly self (just kidding) and see what you come up with.

If you run into an imagination block, you have a choice.  Go back, or put it off.  Or try something else.  Just don't go changing every couple of months...  it shows instability.

[Renwaldo]

The foundations of this subculture are built around 'instability.'
The founding fathers of furry society were basket cases of extremely acute dis-associative identity disorder.

If somebody wants to be wolfox with angel wings one month and then a vampire demon cat the next, let them. They could do soooo much worse.

Let me put it to you this way, is pretending you're a purebred wolf very psychologically stable behaviour? Is it something generic society embraces?

Since when has there been these rules? Why is it okay to be a fox or a wolf, but not a hermaphrodite green furred wolfox with antlers and dragon wings?

[Zen]

Since when has there been these rules? Why is it okay to be a fox or a wolf, but not a hermaphrodite green furred wolfox with antlers and dragon wings?

What? That's not allowed??? *pouts* No fair!

That's pretty much my opinion on it: be what you want to, **** what other people think.  Mythical, real, purebred, mix, doesn't matter.  Just be true to what you are.  I've even seen one fursona that was a 3-headed chimera with a snake as a tail.  Sure *to me*, that seems preposterous.  But that's them, and how they choose to be, so good for them.

[Rascal Coyote]

Hmm.  I'd say pick the character you feel is the most socially accepted, yet representative of yourself, and stick with it.  There's nothing wrong with having multiple 'characters', but I've always believed in having a single one as 'you'.

I'm a good example.  I'm Aphinity the dolphin, but I have ioco as a second character.  I can pull him out of my hat, so to speak, whenever I want to :)

agreed, it's pretty much the same with me,
I'm Rascal Coyote, but I also have a second character Temba the Lion.

[Vanilla Skunk]

The foundations of this subculture are built around 'instability.'

No it's not, it's built around fur.  It's just unstable at times because we can't agree on anything.

[Renwaldo]

No, I meant all of our cultural icons are unstable crazies.  :-\

[Vanilla Skunk]

We have culture icons?

[Xen Garden]

There are a whole lot of furries, like 70% or more, that believe they are what they create.

So you're saying that in my past life I was a Demonic Spirit? Sweet.

[spuug]

> Does the idea of having multiple characters become confusing?

Yes, it does.   Other people can't keep up with all your character changes (often having different names), and it makes you seem capricious.  So I prefer  the idea of chimerical characters to represent multiple aspects to ones persona.  The idea is already well-established in mythology.  (Sphinx, Gryphon, Minotaur, Chimera, &c.)