So, I'm changing my fursona! I've been a wolf for a very long time - since 1999, before I became a furry, as I got into the fandom via the therian community. I'm a wolf in a way that I can't be other things; it's an aspect of myself that I can't change and wouldn't ever want to. On the other hand, just because I'll always be a wolf at heart, doesn't mean that I can't be other things as well!

It's something that I've felt for a couple of months now; I had a string of dreams about dragons, and for a while I was (and still am) considering a dragon alt-fursona. And then when I got to America a few weeks ago, something changed and I felt... different. I've had Skye, my skunk/hyena character, since the end of 2006, and both he and Edana (my fennec/coyote girl) were designed to be a kind of... extrapolation of different parts of myself, to be able to explore ideas in a way that I didn't feel safe or comfortable with at the time. Hyenas have (or at least, are associated in my mind with) that 'don't give a fuck' lack of worry, that underlying confidence and self-assurance; and skunks are cute and soft and associated with sensuality (think Pepe Le Pew but less sexual-harassment-ey), and they have big fluffy tails (which I've always liked the idea of, having a massive cuddly tail - it's something that's carried through into a couple of my characters). Maybe it's a sign of progress, then, that I feel more comfortable with myself, that I'm looking at incorporating these parts back into myself.

As a consequence, I'm becoming a hyenaskunk! Or a wolf/hyena/skunk; I'm keeping my wolf form - one of the defining features of werewolves is that they shapeshift into wolf-monster forms, after all - and my feral form will stay full-wolf, but my 'general use' 'sona is evolving. New artwork will follow soon!

So! Skunkyena hugs, anyone? :)

D.F.