If there's only one sign that I'm actually a greymuzzle, let it be the fact that I barely kept up with Pokémon beyond Gen 1, heh. Gen 1 is the only gen as far as I'm concerned!
Lapras and Rapidash were my faves. I also rather like Cubone/Marowak.
Pokémon Red on the Game Boy was my first game! Actually I played it on the Game Boy Pocket and then the Game Boy Color. I remember getting super excited about Pokémon Snap on the N64.
Now that I think about it, maybe I liked Calvin & Hobbes because so much even when I was younger because I found it so validating. It's a nerdy and highly relatable journey but with a TON of heart. I might have found a little bit of myself in Calvin and Hobbes themselves, too, heh.
But that's the beautiful thing about art, isn't it? Art is forgiving, and it rewards experimentation.
"Messy?" -- sure, maybe, I dunno. But definitely assertive and deliberate, and kinda fierce! I like it
Aha, I see that now, too.
My thought exactly -- why not contribute to OpenStreetMap?
I rather like my NUC. I trust that Asus will do some neat things with the concept
My fursona was never trans, but she was always a girl. She represented the ideal version of myself, who turned out to also be a girl, heh.
Her species has changed, though. Originally she was just a dog of some sort. Then at some point I decided I wasn't afraid to break the mold a little bit, and now she's a zebra. That species change DOES coincide with my own gender identity journey, though.
(To be clear, I've just retconned Hanalei into being a zebra the whole time -- it is not the case that Hanalei herself was originally a dog (*) who transitioned into a zebra, haha)
(*) ADAB: Assigned Dog At Birth?
For me, there were several separate threads that all came together at one point.
In middle school, I was envious of my friends' artistic abilities and I resolved to get better at drawing. This was during the heyday of DeviantArt and so I made an account and followed my friends. Traversing through people's profiles and what they liked, just randomly surfing, I discovered the work of Melissa O'Brien ("Frisket17") and I fell in love with their entire oeuvre.
Then I realized why I was so in love with her work specifically: for the first time, I saw depictions that closely resembled the world that I had built in my head -- a sort of sunny, tropical spinoff of Redwall. And then I was like, oh my god, it's not just me! I'm not the only one who wants to see this sort of thing. I wanted The Lion King but in a city. I wanted the beach episode of Redwall. I finally had a word for it: I wanted furry. And it turns out I could draw these characters, too -- I could flesh out my own world AND get better at art. Win!
I didn't realize it at the time, but the reason I had created my own world in the first place is because I desperately wanted an escape from my real life woes about gender identity and my sexuality. I learned through anthro art the relationship between the furry fan and their fursona, and I was like, "I want one, too." I REALLY liked the idea of being a person, but WITHOUT the BS human limitations that were contributing to my gender dysphoria.
So, I guess I stumbled upon the fandom initially because I wanted to get better at art, but the reason I stuck around is because it offered a safe space for me to explore identity. That was the real awakening.
This is wonderful! I get good vibes from Weaver.
Hehe FurryMUCK Access Interface Device. Seriously though that is very, very cool, gives me ideas for the cyberdeck I've always wanted to build. EstroNoodl looks tasty
This might be fairly old-school but I gotta have the NERDTree in plain Vim.