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I guess I should start this off by stating that I am a Furry. A Furry is an Anthromorphic or otherwise animalistic creature which has predominantly animal features while retaining some human characteristics, but most importantly a level of intelligence comparable to that of a human. This of course, is an imaginary state of mind which is known as a Fursona. A serious Furry essentially assumes their Fursona in every day life or wherever it is possible to safely and comfortably get away with it. Basically that means that a Furry is a person who is by choice attached with their Fursona, and in many ways they may even reject who they ever were before discovering their Fursona.
For example; "I am Ether-Ru", a name meaning "Spirit of the Rabbit", "Ether", meaning "Spirit", and "Ru", which is a term meaning "Long ears", but more specifically it is directed toward Rabbits, and Kangaroos. In the beginning, I simply pretended to be many creatures while playing as a kitten. I dreamt of the idea that an entire world, not so different from our own, could be ruled by these animal-like creatures, and for most of my spring hood I never knew what to call such an idea, or how exactly that would classify my place among the rest of society. It wasn't until the age 13, when my grandfather was on his death-bed that I came to discover my true name. He told me "When you were born, I wanted so much to name you Ether-Ru" and he explained what the name meant, where it came from, and why he saw that name in me. He also explained that my mother disagreed with the idea of using strange names for a kitten, and how I would be made fun of by other cubs my age.
Being an imaginative kitten, I was instantly proud of my true name, and adopted it to replace the one my mother gave me. It made him happy, and gave me a new sense of individuality. To explain why I keep referring to myself as a kitten, a kitten is not only the whelp of most felines, but also of a few other creatures, one of which being rabbits. Even though I now had a new name, I was still a bit too young to know what a Furry was or how indepthly involved with the idea I had already become. By the time I was 15 I had finally come across a group of furries while I was getting off of work one weekend. They were talking about "Role Playing" and ideas for their "Furry RP" on a web site called "Furcadia". Being that I had long since been an active DnD player, I knew what a RP was, but I didn't know it could be done text-style online. Intrigued, I later discovered that it wasn't just a place for RP, but it was also a place where every single player at the time was playing a character that was similar to the creatures I had been obsessing about for countless years before that.
I was so excited; I created a character based on my very first drawing named "Vixen Whitail", which at the time was a female fox with no real story. She never really represented anything about me, but I was so proud of the drawing I became attached to the character for a few years. Of course, I created several characters and interconnected their stories, changed Vixen Whitail into a Squirrel, and RPed during most of my spare time. By this time I knew I was a Furry, but I was so caught up in my story building that I hadn't taken to any particular Fursona. I believed that a Furry's Fursona is something that comes to them, and not just something that they pick from a list or necessarily base on some preexisting character from another story, anime, cartoon, or video-game. Eventually I began to catch myself protecting and hiding a particular character away.
This character was a grey-back, white-chested, blue-eyed, snowshoe hare by the name Ether-Ru which had been my most privileged and secret character for all this time. Out of a vast assortment of other characters in my elaborate story, this was the one that was most like myself at my best, and had become everything I ever wanted to be. I started to pay more attention to myself in real life and compare it, looking for similarities between my likes/dislikes, and those of an ideal rabbit. Studying myself, I concluded that not only did the name and character my grandfather gave me make me feel the happiest, but also the most at home, and complete.
At the age 17 I had mentally transformed to something entirely too strange for my mother to cope with. I had come to terms with not only my Furdom, but also my sexuality, and my religion, which was not exactly a welcomed life-style to the rest of my family. Thus I moved out, and got a full-time job. Free to be myself, I became more and more open about things that I once kept closeted. I began to cross-dress more freely now, although I had been doing it in secret since the age of 5. I demanded that I be known by my Furre-name, where before I only used it as a nick-name. I had always been a bit shy, but I found myself opening up more and more, but almost strictly I was opening up to other Furries. I finished school, and by the age 20 I had completely rejected everything I ever was before my Fursona, and I finally came out with all the other things I had hidden away for most of my life.
My character was always welpish, and I liked to RP myself playing with a very young character who had become a great friend of mine. The funny thing was he was such a young character that he still had diapers, and although I played as a character which was a bit too old for diapers, I enjoyed wearing them in his company. At first I just thought I was trying to be cute, but then I recalled having done similar things in real life. As it turned out, not only was I a Furre, but I was also a DiaperFur behind the scenes. Now several years later, past the age 23, I have finally decided to stop hiding my feelings about wearing diapers. Even though I am opening up about it, I will still likely only be involved with the Diaperfur/Babyfur fandom when in the company of those who are either comfortable with it, or welcome the idea with open paws. I'm still an active Role Player, and I've chosen to attempt at making a career out of both writing Furry Novels, and doing artwork based on my stories and previous RPs.
I'm generally honest about myself and willing to share with most any furrson interested in listening to what I have to say. Because of intense RP over the greater portion of my life, I have learned to be capable of changing myself to suit any situation outside RPing scenarios. Being able to do such a thing usually makes it easy to strike conversation with new friends. Like anybeast however, I have strong opinions about certain subjects which I may try to avoid if I can't stand up against it. For instance, there is nothing wrong with believing in a higher power, regardless of what it may be, but that doesn't make it right or justifiable to force religion or damnation upon others. I have a tendency to stand up against those who are cruel, insensitive, or unjust. None of us are perfect, and that should be a wonderful thing which is appreciated and explored with an open mind, rather than judged, cursed, or left exile. I believe in a better world, and I carry it with me every day.

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