I have a question about your fursona?!
First and foremost, do you have one? I don’t. But as I’m growing my community, interacting with others in this community, I see how many others have one. Including non-content creators.
The psychology of personas (and thus fursonas) is fascinating to me, as a fan of the SMT:Persona series and as an introspective individual constantly asking questions about myself and my fellow humans. The biggest question is always “how do we choose to interact with our world, fellow humans, and ourselves?” and then second “What do we choose not to share with the world, fellow humans and ourselves?”
For a while now, I’ve had the opinion of “I’m a human who writes stories about animals to other humans who like stories about animals.” But as I’m interacting with my readers and I’m working through my alphabet superset, my own opinion of myself is changing.
This, of course, was to be expected. By writing and turning my internal thoughts to external stories, I’ve started sorting out the tangled wires, cords, and string of repressed thoughts, feelings, emotion, ideas, and opinions. They link together and form a chain that connects the person I am in my real life to the person I share online with you all. But these two are not equal.
Now, don’t get me wrong, our two morals are the same. We have the same values. We think the same things. Have the same history. Same hopes and dreams of the future. But I think about how the person that you all interact with behind a screen and the person I’d be in the flesh is not the same. For one, what do I look like to you? A plushy rhino? A nondescript voice? Probably male? A string of the letters “Ryuji5”? A new notification alert? None of those are wrong, they just aren’t complete pictures of the entity, the persona, that I think I embody online.
As I write more and comment more and talk with you all more, the entity of Ryuji5 grows. It grows alongside the entity that is not Ryuji5. One’s success translates to the other’s happiness. One’s interactions turn into the other’s memories. And both make me so happy! Ever since starting writing in earnest back in May of this year, my (the entity who is not Ryuji5) self-esteem and self-confidence and self-worth has skyrocketed. As Ryuji5 gets watches, comments, votes, favorites it gives me pride! I’m so proud of myself. And that just makes me feel like my writing has gotten even better. Which is then posted by Ryuji5, which translates to more watches, comments, votes, and favorites! It cycles back and forth and the tie that binds the two grows stronger.
So back to my question to you all about your fursona.
Do you have one? Why? Why did you choose to interact with others in the furry community in that way? Why did you design the animal, creature, colors, personality, history, and name for your fursona that way?
And if you don't have a fursona, why?
And as a closing question, should I, Ryuji5, have one?
I'd love to hear your thoughts!
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