Hey guys, I'd really like to get into fursuiting, but I have a problem. Many people say that, when fursuiting, you need to "bring the character to life," but my fursona isn't vastly different in terms of personality to myself. And that personality is that sometimes I do want to run around and have fun, but at other times I simply want to be calm and do "everyday" tasks like enjoy coffee without all the added performance, sometimes coffee is just coffee.
Then there are the problems of the suit itself. Number 1, I want the suit to be small enough where I can wear shorts and a t-shirt with it, but still have the suit underneath so I am free to change like normal, I understand my outfits will have to be a bigger size, but many fursuits appear simply too big for clothes. Number 2, a lot of my personality is in my eyebrows, I make many facial expressions simply through the ol' brows and I worry that I won't be able to translate the same personality into a fursuit since my brows will be covered, I am thinking of learning animetronics to give my eyebrows life in the suit, but a simpler solution would be nice. Finally, I speak a lot, not a lot of unnecessary jabber, but I do have a habit of going on rants, telling jokes, and overall being social, not on a deep level, but small talk. It's my understanding that fursuiters are supposed to be mute with those they interact with to preserve the character, and my question is are there exceptions to this rule? Is there a way I could design a suit that it would be considered "acceptable" at least on some level to communicate with other people, more specifically, non furs?
Thanks for any help given!
