i'm plural! and sometimes therian!
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| name | ember |
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| pronouns | she/her |
| species | human |
| realness | 100%; you are talking to ember |
| where to find | in-person, at my physical body, all the time |
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the classic! ember is a teacher. she loves learning how to solve problems, and passing that problem-solving intuition to her students. and loves having a sense of "image" onto the world. she likes signing her full name out where she leaves her creative mark, and being addressed by others as "miss ember".
ember laughs at most things to get through her day. she struggles with handling bouts of anger or rejection-sensitive-dysphoria when something really won't settle in the back of her head.
bonus character: you may see ember try to anthropomorphize herself into a type of bird when drawing. usually for birthday cards, or in her own doodles. this is ember at her core when she feels like representing herself in a birdier way than merely representing herself as human.
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| name | varia |
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| pronouns | she/her |
| species | bird |
| realness | 60%; occasional second-self |
| where to find | furry conventions, home, among other furries |
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the mascot for goodnight girl, and also ember's image of self-ownership and self-growth. varia likes to be comfy and physically loved by others, be it hugging others while wearing something soft, being a warm pillow for her partner, or having her white-pink down complemented.
she's found that cawing is a great way to nullify the feeling of an intrusive thought, because she's just a silly bird.
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| name | daryl |
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| pronouns | he/they |
| species | black capped chickadee |
| realness | 0%; fictional character, icon |
| where to find | on-stage, online through social media/forums |
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my first named fursona. daryl will always be a part of me and my masculinity. i use him as a way to convey deeper, darker, more sexual thoughts about life and the nature of romance. i enjoy being him to create art, but i would feel uncomfortable if someone tried to talk to me in person as daryl. for everyone else's purposes, he's just a fictional character i perform on stage or into a microphone. it is sometimes nice to be seen as daryl, but it feels dishonest on my part that i don't always connect with him. in this way, i feel like the next voice is better suited to take daryl's place when people want to refer to the fully-owned masculine side of me.
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| name | gil(l) |
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| pronouns | he/him |
| species | crow/bald eagle/shoebill |
| realness | 30%; lucky to spot |
| where to find | at the skatepark, in a smash tourament |
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my newest voice. he's my personal ownership of the idea of masculinity, and has let me re-engage with the bits i liked personally and want to carry out into the real world. there are many things that obviously aren't exclusively masculine, but to me i had a strong imprinting of 'this activity' with 'boys and masculinity' when i perform these activities. what others do doesn't affect me in this way, it's entirely internal. it's hard not to slip into gil when i'm skateboarding, competitive gaming, or enjoying the rowdy company of some dudes.
they were useful for me to help figure out where i sit now with my identity. may they be remembered for being a crucial stepping stone.