#fursuits -

[bodyhorror]

A hot take from my Instagram story today

[bodyhorror]

Me at the end of the furry con after being exhausted having to explain to everyone that my fursona is a neopet. 

[phantombright]

okay hear me out, about me overthinking the phantom overthinking fursonas

the phantom gets close to bobby fulbright to learn about his mannerisms, lifestyle, personal preferences and habits, so they pose as whoever and befriend him, right? bobby is easy to befriend anyway so it doesnt really matter what kind of character they play for this, so they start out with a kind of generic and mild mannered persona and then eventually tune it more to fulbright so they get along even better

anyway, at some point, fulbright designs the phantom a fursona, because bobby is a giant furry, probably a fursuiter even, and he’s like “if you have a fursona too i can draw our fursonas together!!” and he’s pushed them to make one before but they just keep saying they can’t draw and arent creative (an excuse, they can draw perfectly fine, but they just wouldn’t know how to design some sort of animal-person based on themselves), so bobby takes things into his own hands and makes them one himself

and while this is good (it is a token of friendship after all, which is what they were going for), the phantom is kind of messed up about it. they don’t have a self or original personality or anything like that, and every identity they take on is just a role they’re given and forced to carry out for work... and here some guy just gives them one (with giant pawhands), for fun and friendship and based on what he thinks they are like! and a lot of it they can refute to themselves, like, “i made it yellow because you like yellow” (they don’t really), but other traits were put in “because it feels right” (”you can change it if you like”) and they have no way of deciding whether thats because of the role they’re playing or if bobby has somehow seen through them and knows more about them than they do. they find themselves thinking about their self and comparing it to the fursona. identifying real parts of themselves in the process. its weird and uncomfortable and furries should not have this much power!!!

and over time the phantom starts thinking of the fursona as their real self (i mean, what else do they have?), applying traits of themselves onto the character, and using the character as a reference for their self and being. bonding with bobby over their fursonas is a way they can have a real friendship but still project it away from themselves (as it all happens on paper)... they become extremely invested with it and even pretend to learn how to draw from scratch in order to do this with bobby

after the events of dual destinies, when everyone’s trying to figure out who the phantom really is and what they’ve been involved with, they eventually hint blackquill to their “true identity”, hidden under one of the kitchen drawers in bobby fulbright’s apartment... out comes a giant folder of furry art, mainly drawn by bobby, of their fursonas hanging out and drinking smoothies together

[nachtkern]

the reason blackquill is so fond of the color black is because it’s really useful in fursuiting, eg making eyes, hiding kinks and seams and velcro/zippers in the sewing because its hard to see on black, but even more than that, blackquills fursona is just a giant realistically proportioned bird and she has to wear long black gloves else you would see her arms and it would be weird and it just wouldn’t work if it was any other color than black

[ouppybuppy]

did u pick up ur fursuit?? i saw u post about it and i'd love to see pictures if ur ok w/ that if youve picked it up

unfortunately nooo i havent had the chance D: the maker works on the weekends but we’re trying to sort things out..ive been really busy my school break too so im gunna see when i can pick it up!

dw i’ll be sure to keep you all completely updated ;3

[ouppybuppy]

oooo will you post any pictures? i rly wanna get one commissioned but i dont have the money ;-;

aww that sucks :( i got mine from a fursuit making duo in my state so it’s super convenient, and theyre awesome! i’ll post more details when i actually get it! it only cost $700 AUD for a partial (head, hands, paws, tail) so it’s very good considering! but i definitely recommend saving up for one if it’s within your ability/situation!

and yep, pictures will DEFINITELY be posted!

[ouppybuppy]

Will you take pics of your fursuit (in it or not, whatever is most comfortable) and post them for us to see? Im so excited for you!!!

sure thing!! trust me i’ll be posting it everywhere haha