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"Heeeeeeyyyyy!"
"Hi."
"Whatcha drawin'?"
"My fursona."
"...What's a fursona?"
*a daily conversation in the life of me*
I'm asked this so many times and I never know how to respond. I usually look the person in the eye, give a "Durr" face and say, "Err... let me get back to you on that.". I can never explain it. Since the people who ask it aren't the type who know the ins and outs of the Internet, whenever I try to explain they just look even more confuzzled xD
So pretend I've just discovered the Internet and bumped into FeralHeart. How would you explain to me what a fursona is?
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To me, it's a furry version of yourself. It's based off the word persona which is an alternate version of yourself.
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Mom's phone is a butt.
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New to the internet huh? >3> Welcome...Enter at your own risk...Anywho, a fursona is a animal like character that represents yourself. It can look how you want it to look and act how you want so long as it resembles you in some way. Picture yourself as an animal or a furr-..animal like creature. That's why it's called a FURsona, fur on an animal, ya know?
(When people ask me this, I usually just say: "Some animal." ^^; I understand where you're coming from lol)
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Oh... wow, it's stuff like this that makes me think "How would I explain that?"
I'd probably say something like, "Well, a fursona is an animal character that represents me." I actually... don't know completely what a fursona is. I don't really have characters that represent myself xD
I asked our god, Google, and their description was: An animal character used to represent oneself online or in furry role-playing.
I think the word is a bit different to other people o3o I just think it's an animal character, because as I said I don't have characters that represent myself.
I dunno, don't ever listen to me xD I don't know stuff.
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Oh... wow, it's stuff like this that makes me think "How would I explain that?"
Indeed, it's really this type of stuff that's difficult to explain. I didn't learn these words by looking them up. I learnt them by watching other people use them. That's how I learned what derp meant xD
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Oh... wow, it's stuff like this that makes me think "How would I explain that?"
Indeed, it's really this type of stuff that's difficult to explain. I didn't learn these words by looking them up. I learnt them by watching other people use them. That's how I learned what derp meant xD
Same here. O.O
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Oh... wow, it's stuff like this that makes me think "How would I explain that?"
Indeed, it's really this type of stuff that's difficult to explain. I didn't learn these words by looking them up. I learnt them by watching other people use them. That's how I learned what derp meant xD
Same here. O.O
I felt like... it's something I shouldn't ask. Something I couldn't ask. You simply watch and learn. It's weird xD
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Oh... wow, it's stuff like this that makes me think "How would I explain that?"
Indeed, it's really this type of stuff that's difficult to explain. I didn't learn these words by looking them up. I learnt them by watching other people use them. That's how I learned what derp meant xD
Same here. O.O
That's how I learned what derp meant too o3o I Googled it to see what they said now and if I had Googled what it meant a while ago I probably wouldn't have used it xD They say it means stupidity and stuff, I just use it randomly :P
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Yeah, or it could also be like "Maybe I don't want/need to know". Cx
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"Fursona
Web definitions
An animal character used to represent oneself online or in furry role-playing
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fursona (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fursona)"
`Nuff said.
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To me A Fursona is an:
''Original Animal Character created by you that either Represents you, Or Looks like you''.
I get kinda sick and tired of seeing A ''Fursona'' As a two legged Furry who is you in your animal form. That I guess is still right but still not. If you know what a ''Persona'' Is it's A ''Original Human character that Represents you or Looks like you.'' JUST like a Fursona but not an Animal but A Human. You don't see anyone drawing themselves and calling them their ''Persona'' do you? So why do it with Animals?
For example my Fursona BlackBerry (Kreptis who takes the form of a Lynx) has my stubbornness oh yes he does. He talks alot like me he slurrs alot and is very lazy (JUST like me Lol). His mane kinda looks like my hair at the moment (Very silky and long) And he usually wears A Silver Cross Necklace (I usually like those fine silky Cross Necklaces). His marking colors are my favorite colors (Shades of Blue, Green, Purple, and In between those colors). We are both Semi Young Adults. And yet we are not the same person. I am not BlackBerry and BlackBerry is not me. BlackBerry is my highly detailed character that I made with my own time and he represents me alot. Yet he is not me. Now the same can be with Furry characters. You are not your own detailed Furry Character and your Furry Character is not you. But yet you both are close and made your Character based off your own Characteristics/Looks.
The people who see themselves as their character are usually the ones who think themselves as animals and they usually don't have A ''Fursona'' but just themselves as an Animal. Which is 100% completely fine you do what you want <3, But Saying you have A Fursona and it's just you as an Animal is kinda unlikely? Hmm unless my point of view of a ''Fursona'' is complete different than other people's.
That is just my way of thinking of a Fursona. Same with the Persona. Just drawing yourself and calling it your ''Persona'' is not right in my way, That's just art of yourself. Drawing art of yourself as if your an animal and calling it your ''Fursona'' I guess it could be both right and wrong. I just think of a Persona being A Human Character you draw that might look like you a bit (Maybe the height?, hair color?, eye color?, same style of clothing you wear?) and might be a bit older/younger than you and might not even be a human and calling it your ''Persona'' is correct. So it should be the same as A Fursona instead A Fursona is an animal character created by ''YOU''.