How Your Fursona Relates to Your Personality...

Finnigan Posting;

Today, I'm polling the furry masses. I'm asking this question:
How does Your Fursona Species Reflect Your Personality?
It's the basic fundamental building block to becoming a "furry" and finding yourself as a person. Usually when a person picks a fursona, they choose animals that best reflect themselves or what they would like to be as a person.
(Ps; this is a super long blog post)



Here's my answer:
My fursona directly relates to who I am. Her actions are the actions I would make on my own. I'm a very proud and loyal person, while still maintaining self-preservation. I'm Finnigan, the arctic wolf.
Most of us all know wolf characteristic traits. They're commonly depicted as family/pack based animals, keen hunters, adaptable, persistent, a love for the night, and a love for fun. They're strong, graceful animals that can live in the harshest conditions. These canines are easily admired, but also quickly feared because their intelligence surpasses what we think they have. Wolves are also very shy creatures, contradicting the stereotype that these animals attack humans.

Finnigan and her IRL cousin,
Sylver, the fox.

I would love to think of myself as a loyal, loving person. Family means everything to me, no matter what. Nothing was better than running as a "pack" of young children with my cousins growing up. I did have the "pack", and the dynamics that came with it, that most people wished for. Some of my best memories were from romping around with my best friends and family through the bush. Living in the country in Canada we get that option of having a whole forest/bush to ourselves, and we took full advantage of it.
Although I am proud, loud and sometimes annoying with my "ALL CAPS" talk on MSN and online. I am a very shy person if I am in a very small group, with a lot of people I don't know. I often hide behind my mate if the option is there. If there is a need for me to step up to the plate and come out of my shell, I most certainly will. Let me note, me being shy, only lasts for 20 minutes or so. Tops. I guess I'm a leader by nature. I'm able to take the lead when need be. But I'm lazy as heck, so if somebody else that was responsible wanted to take the ropes, I would be more than willing to hand over the lead.
So, uhm... That's pretty much my personality and my fursona species in a nutshell. - Finnigan, 18, Canada

Now here's what some other furs have to say:

Tundru, Dire Wolf

I'd say my fursona's personality is similar to mine though there's a lot that's different. For example, Tundru is more self confidant then I am and more dominant. So there are parts of my fursona that reflect me (such as my kind, down to earth side) but at the same time there are parts that are very different. I'd say my fursona is a combination of me and the person I want to be. Though that's the appeal isn't it? Being someone you're not?

I chose a Dire Wolf because I wanted to feel more unique. In a fandom full of grey wolves and foxes I wanted to stand out. Very few people had used Dire Wolves so I jumped on it. 

- Tundru, 22, Canada

Gallifreyan, Wolf

My Fursona best represents me because I'm a naturally social person. But only social within the family and friend circle I have. It takes me a while to trust people but when I do they become a life long friend. I'm curious and inquistive and very possessive.

- Gallifreyan, 23, England

Kei, Japanese Bobtail

When I became part of the fandom, i decided that, to chose my fursona, I'd examine the different aspects of my life, including personality, habits, likes and dislikes, etc... I chose a to be a domestic cat. More specifically, a Japanese Bobtail. My reasoning is thus: I tend to share many personality aspects with a cat, such as laziness, love of food, love of sleep, cuddling, can work well with others, but mostly independent. I also love to lay in the sun a nap. :P I chose the specific breed because of my love for Japan, which is fairly obvious, and wanted something a little more unique than a typical cat. Not many furries with cat 'sonas have a bobbed tail (like Japanese bobtails and Manx's do). I also think they're adorable.
-Kei, 21, Canada.

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