After years of being interested I decided to join the furry community "officially", so to speak.
I didn't identify as a furry until a couple of weeks ago, it was a slow process. Although I have enjoyed cosplaying since my early teens and reading the "Warriors" book series has lead me to have many many cat fursonas in the realm of roleplays, I didn't realize that there was a whole community dedicated to playing your fursona with others (not just limited for example to a typical "Warriors" plot, but pretty much whatever you wanted).
A little bit about my fursona... Rabbits are somewhat my soul animal, so she's one, a hare to be specific. When it comes to behaviour and looks she is closer to a hare than a human most of the time, being out in the forest, munching on greens and cuddling with family. We hares don't trust easily, we are always on the lookout but once we do it's a friendship for a lifetime! Her name is Hazel, which is inspired by the movie "Watership Down".
Her character came up for the first time when I was writing a somewhat sci-fi steampunk story about a robot rabbit girl toy coming to life and becoming a servant for a rich eccentric inventor called Mr Foxworth after the death of her creator. It should have been a love story about the two of them and I was planning to cosplay her on conventions, where I'd search and call for Mr. Foxworth. However, making a furry costume isn't easy, I hope to find some useful instructions here, haha. I only have a mediocre, felted rabbit mask I made years ago for the character.
I suppose that's enough for a start, feel free to ask me any questions!