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Title: other characters;
Post by: josh_down on September 20, 2010, 11:49:43 AM
now i know you get everything in the furry fandom, but if someone replies and says; "i have 3 and a half characters so there's no answer i can take!" i will suffer a breakdown brought on by an overpowering sense of worthlessness.

now... back to the subject in hand;

i've only had one character for *ages* now, and so i've been thinking about creating another. i have him in my mind too, and i know it's a totally meaningless thing in the grand scheme of life and the true meaning of the universe, but i do feel a bit strange about it, and feel like i would be betraying a part of myself if i did it. stupid i know, but true.

i'm not asking for your opinion on my dilemma, however i am interested in what your views/experiences (for want of a better term) are on multiple fursonas. what's the most fursonas you've seen from one person? do you have many characters but only one *fursona*? and what's your idea on the difference between character and fursona?
Title: Re: other characters;
Post by: DatFox Coleo on September 20, 2010, 12:33:25 PM
Woot first vote
Title: Re: other characters;
Post by: Vosur Aekira on September 20, 2010, 12:42:05 PM
Hrm... probably a question you don't want to hear, but the term "fursona" would lead to a furry-persona (or "fur character"), but some may have characters more suited to non-fur attributes. Would you consider those type in the poll for "fursonas"?
Title: Re: other characters;
Post by: Armalite_ on September 20, 2010, 02:50:00 PM
I guess I could say I have 2. Although I never really shed light on my other character, let alone bring him up, I still think that even though he exists it sorta counts I guess. :/
Title: Re: other characters;
Post by: Timmy Fox on September 20, 2010, 04:13:54 PM
I have 1 character which is my main fursona and pretty much me.. then i have 2 other characters which is pretty much just other characters to me.. but i guess that makes 3.
Title: Re: other characters;
Post by: 1funn on September 20, 2010, 07:06:15 PM
Well, technically speaking, I have one "Fursona", but I have many, many "Characters" which don't represent me, yet I use them in writing and my stories, and occasionally Roleplays.
Title: Re: other characters;
Post by: Zephri on September 20, 2010, 07:23:19 PM
I only have one which reflects me (Is me).

I might make another that is more colorful (literally) in the future.
Title: Re: other characters;
Post by: White Wolf Guardian on September 20, 2010, 07:57:31 PM
I'm surprised you didn't add an option for no fursona and alternatively a "or character" in each option. I only say that because there are a few people who participate that don't have fursonas or even just have characters without it being a fursona.
Title: Re: other characters;
Post by: CrazyCat on September 20, 2010, 10:06:00 PM
As of September 20, 2010  5:05 P.M. US Central Time, I only have one fursona, but I have been seriously considered creating another fursona, and might do so in the near or distant future.
Title: Re: other characters;
Post by: WingedZephyr on September 20, 2010, 10:32:08 PM
I only have one fursona. I've created other characters, but even if they are somewhat a "part" of me, I don't consider them to be a representation of me. I use those for other purposes - writing stories, art inspiration, etc.
Title: Re: other characters;
Post by: Sealion on September 21, 2010, 04:09:42 AM
I only have one fursona.  I do have multiple characters, but they're not as personal.
Title: Re: other characters;
Post by: ___ on September 22, 2010, 12:17:28 AM
To me, you can never have another fursona. Your fursona is you, and having another fursona would be like having you cloned and say that you're both the same person. I have another "character" but she's not another fursona.
Title: Re: other characters;
Post by: Takarah Luna on September 22, 2010, 01:24:27 AM
I don't really have more than one fursona... Really... All the fursonas I've had have just been inmpovements on the one before the current...
Title: Re: other characters;
Post by: Kitt_R_Beesley on September 22, 2010, 05:21:59 AM
Personally I only have one but I think others have multipul fursonas to exemplify a certain trait about themselves without havin that trait compete against all the others.
Title: Re: other characters;
Post by: josh_down on September 22, 2010, 11:11:29 AM
To me, you can never have another fursona. Your fursona is you, and having another fursona would be like having you cloned and say that you're both the same person. I have another "character" but she's not another fursona.

this is exactly how i felt a while ago, but i'm being swayed. not by what's been said here... this was just something to get you guys talking. lol... but more just general life.
Title: Re: other characters;
Post by: ___ on September 23, 2010, 01:46:35 AM
Yea. True that.
You can't really change someone's mind on that sortta stuff. Its a personal decision.
Title: Re: other characters;
Post by: josh_down on September 24, 2010, 01:48:54 PM
for sake of relieving the tension that i'm sure you're all feeling about my inevitable life changing decision (i'll leave you to decide weather that's sarcastic or not) i feel i should let you know that i've got him as an extra character that i play as with mates (along with a couple of others i have) but i'm sticking with him being just a character, and not a fursona. i'm too much of a lion now to switch.

and for sake of being bothered; he's a 37 year old anthro (obviously by the age) pangolin going by the name of Loren Elimu (elimu meaning knowledge in swahili) with dark blue scales which fade to a purple as they get to the tail. he represents my thirst for knowledge, hence his age and his name.
Title: Re: other characters;
Post by: Lucky on October 17, 2010, 11:02:15 PM
the way i see it, am only one person, the way i act is the way my fursona acts,  i couldn't really find a reason to have another fursona. When it comes to RPs i can act another way but deep inside it will still be the same fursona
Title: Re: other characters;
Post by: Vee Katame: His Wolfy on October 17, 2010, 11:19:22 PM
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