A Question to all Furries

[Puncia]

Have any of you been split between personality and preference? I'll explain.

Upon creating your fursona(s), you add things and subtract, decide on traits and personalities maybe. Like how some mammals have unnatural long and furry tails or even more than just one tail, ears that would not fit the species life in nature and so on. When doing this, have you ever been split between thinking it's something that you like, that looks cool and you want, and thinking it's a type of thing that would fit your personality or your fursona's?
Have you ever thought that your fursona should have (or be without) something not because it'd be cool but because it's an important trait? In an obvious example; let's pretend someone had an accident in real life that left a big scar on their body and it's ugly, but gave their life a new and better meaning. They also added that scar to their fursona just because of that. Or if someone connects a certain colour to their life or an important memory, and adds that?

Have you ever wanted something but decided not to because you truly feel that it wouldn't fit you, that it would even be a lie (even if it would be darn cool or cute or hot)?

I'm not experiencing a dilemma here for myself, I'm just wondering what you guys think about this.


Moreover...
I've seen some fursonas here that are quite inventive and interesting. Like a stitched up lizard with button eyes as an example. What makes those of you that have these, make these?

[Jaggs]

Well in the creation of Jaggsky I gave him the ability to generate two extra tails that can act as arms and/or legs(kinda like a monkeys tail) for help in drumming and sailing. As well as his coloring matches my drum kit(black(shell) & chrome(hardware))

[Buddywolf]

Ive mixed my most commonly known fursona with other traits then eventually just put them in a new fursona.  But yea, I have experamented with multi tails and stuff

[WingedZephyr]

There's pretty much a personality reason behind every single feature of my fursona. Colors, markings, species, build, etc. It's the main reason why I've been so content with keeping my fursona, I think, because she reflects just about every aspect of me in one way or another. The fursonas I had before my current one weren't much beyond that idea of "well this is cool, so I guess I'll use this." It just didn't really feel as personal to me.

[kosu]

My fursona is totally wizard.   

I dunno if mine was preference or personality actually >.< I knew I was a housecat, and then the whole black fur with specially located white areas of fur just came to mind.  I enjoy being cute ^.~ so I made what I thought was a cute kitty.  I dunno, question perplexes me.

[Righteousbro]

I started off just random stuff, then I kinda added more and more too it. Originally it was mostly just a cool thing, then I started to fit it to my desires. Now my fursona is basically a representation of everything I can imagine that I want, any traits I want are put into him, whether obtainable or not.

[Puncia]

How long did I take for you guys to "complete" your fursonas to what they are right now? Have you changed much since toy started? I'm asking not only because I am still fairly new to this whole thing but also because I'm curious about you.

[Righteousbro]

How long did I take for you guys to "complete" your fursonas to what they are right now? Have you changed much since toy started? I'm asking not only because I am still fairly new to this whole thing but also because I'm curious about you.

For me, I'm still not complete. I change it constantly, that's why I never really post a "story" for him, even though I have one it'll probably change in half an hour. When I first started I was an ordinary red tiger, now I have several feature that I added and changed. To get to the basic principles of what it is now it took 'til about 2-4 months ago, and I made the 'sona in April.

[CrazyCat]

How long did I take for you guys to "complete" your fursonas to what they are right now? Have you changed much since toy started? I'm asking not only because I am still fairly new to this whole thing but also because I'm curious about you.

My fursona hasn't changed from the time I created it. Except for the pyrokinesis thing, but that's because I've always been obsessed with fire for as long as I can remember. The paper hat I just added a few months ago because I thought it would look cool.

[TechRoo]

I am still trying to find a permanent fursona. Right now i am changing them faster than i change underwear  .
But i guess i try to make it as much of a representation of me as i can, both the good and "bad" parts.
So no muscular tough guy character for me......

[Z1FF]

well, i did with Dakes what i can't do/have. beeing free. traveling. the green colour is the peace i want around me/ inside of me.

Dakes didn't change a heck from my original idea, i just forgot the black patern he have near the stomach...but its better without it

[Jaggs]

How long did I take for you guys to "complete" your fursonas to what they are right now? Have you changed much since toy started? I'm asking not only because I am still fairly new to this whole thing but also because I'm curious about you.

seeing as He's hasn't existed for long he's not completely done, but some things are set in stone tho. Also i had originally planed on giving Jaggsky a piercing to go with the mohawk but shot down the idea because I'd never ever do that to my self in RL

[WingedZephyr]

How long did I take for you guys to "complete" your fursonas to what they are right now? Have you changed much since toy started? I'm asking not only because I am still fairly new to this whole thing but also because I'm curious about you.

I had my first fursona about 5 or 6 years ago, which was a cat. Not a lot of thought put into it. Then I had a blue dragon scalesona for a little while. Still not a lot of thought into it, but I was starting to think about what kind of things would reflect my personality. Later on I switched to a cat/dragon, though it had random coloring that didn't mean much. And I finally nailed down what I wanted her to look like about 2-3 years ago. There have been some very minor changes to her since, but overall she's stayed the same since then.

[Z1FF]

How long did I take for you guys to "complete" your fursonas to what they are right now? Have you changed much since toy started? I'm asking not only because I am still fairly new to this whole thing but also because I'm curious about you.

i had a red wolf before, named Asaka. i kept her 2 years, but it wasn't me at all =D

[Puncia]

Mm it's quite interesting reading about this, I gotta say. I feel very newbish on the area since my first fursona was created while I entered here.

I also like to peer into other people's minds, heh heh.