difference between a character and a fursona?

[papayatoot]

Title says it all. Are they the same thing? If not, what's the difference?

[Sherlockian]

A fursona is usually a character that represents you as a person. So basically, a persona (but furrier). A character can just be a random character that has no personal meaning, whether it's a character for a RP or just a random one you've created out of boredom x)

[Spottedbears]

I think the term "fursona" was mostly coined by furries who wanted an anthropomorphic persona but wanted to make it unique. Someone with a fursona if not always, most often identifies as a furry.

whichiswhyIdon'twantafursona

[AutumnTheWulf]

To be honest, fursona for me is something that represents you as an animal.
A character can be something random, I have a lion character because I've wanted to play as a lion sometimes in-game.
But a fursona is something much more than just a character for me.
My fursona is Autumn and it represents me in eyes of the wolf.

[papayatoot]

ohhhhh I see. I think I accidentally made my very first characters (the ones in my profile pic) very close to who I am in some aspects, so, combined, those two wolves are my fursona. I guess. lol (cues the lock)

[popstar123]

Personally for me a frusta is what you would look like as an animal. It doesn't have to be a furry like my frusta, Siri for instance is just how i would most likely look as an animal, its shares everything from my personality to my looks. Thats why i mainly use her as a hangout character

[WolfQueen]

A fursona is a term for a persona that is an animal character. It's pretty much a character that represents what the creator would be as an animal. Fursonas are often cartoon-driven, thus making them anthropomorphic. The term fursona was originally created in association with the furry fandom but now it's used outside of the fandom more.

A character is an illusion of a living being that is created in the mind of an artist, often having a personality made up by them (ex: Harry Potter). A character that is too relatable to an artist is not a well-made character. That would be a persona.

[Preach]

Well, this was something new for me as well. Someone said fursonas were like your main characters or something.

[Edolicious]

I've always seen a fursona as the animal character you have that you identify as. For instance, in the world of Feralheart, I go by Edol, the German shepherd, or Tooth the lion. In short, yis, I guess you could say a fursona is sort of your 'main' charrie/charries, while a character is 'an illusion of a living being which is created in the mind of an artist', as was so brilliantly explained by Jenga <3

[Jango_Fett]

to me, a fursona is basically the animal you/what you want to be/wish you were

a character

is not

most of the time